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Air temperature 53 F, wind south about 7 mph, cloudy with fog at the airport. Hourly forecast suggests that rain won't begin until evening. Should be able to survey the neighborhood per schedule. Grumpy mood may be influenced by back and ribs still aching from that bike fall.

Damp but not raining

Lilacs are leafing out and one even has flower buds showing. Ornamental crab-apples and plums starting to bloom. Two mockingbirds offering competing claims to territory. No cat friends.

Long association

So I'm cutting up mushrooms for the evening stew and comment that some of the stems are resisting removal. And Wife ups and says "Resistance is futile." And I add, "You will be assimilated." These things happen when you've been married for over 50 years.