It’s hard to come up with a theme for this time of year. Except for the daily practice my friends and I have of walking around the place, looking for signs of Spring. I’ve heard from other friends in other parts of the country who are doing the same thing. There are buds, but flowers are far and few between. I did see a hummingbird today which might mean that the currants are finally flowering.
Roger is butchering Colson today. He was a glorious looking rooster, but had bad manners. Hopefully will make good eating.
Going backwards through the last six weeks, highlights include our grandson Corbin’s eleventh birthday. We had a lot of fun with him here on the island in the short time he was here.
Other activities include lots of yoga, reading (mostly Sue Grafton novels), and streaming a lot on tv. Also harvesting willow and seed exchanges. Planted some of those seeds in the greenhouse—we shall see.
The other theme is “Repair”. I was involved with the Grange’s First Repair Fair. Brought my sewing machine and mended for people all afternoon on Super Bowl Sunday. There was also darning, silk-screening, lamp repair, bicycle repair, etc, etc. I’ve been patching and darning ever since. Darning is a great occupation while Zooming which we are still doing. COVID has not left, in fact, we are having our own flare-up on the island these past few weeks. Many friends who have been SOoooo careful for the past three years have caught it from who knows what. I wore a mask at the one live concert I went to this month—a Klezmer duo doing a benefit for Ukraine.
The next few weeks should get a lot busier. I’d tell you about them but brain fog is settling in—-oh NO!
Thornbush Report 
The Repair Fair looks amazing. Good Work! Still very hard snow covering most of our ground. But lots of inside work left to do.
Love seeing your almost spring report. My camellia has buds but not opening yet. The magnolia is holding promise but looks a week or two behind last year.
Maybe plan a day trip out to see your spring?