Haven't spent much time at Mudcat for the past couple weeks, not sure exactly why... Haven't gotten a lot accomplished, either. First the cold, then the dregs of the cold, then, I guess, just up and down days.

Did get a fair amount of raking done last week...getting the leaves off the flower beds so the crocuses, daffodils and scilla aren't smothered. Need to excavate the early tulips out back. Made the mistake of using bare hands to de-leaf around the irises and now have teeny tiny prickles embedded in my hands from the thorny vine that also inhabits (it's trespassing) that bed. But I was out there attending to another chore and it called, despite not having the little rake or a pair of gloves.

Woke up to the ground covered by white stuff this morning -- it's pretty much all gone now, but not what I wanted to see. And the temperature is half of what it was last week...or even the other day, when it was close to 80F.

Laundry in now, need to get away from the computer and get the clean dishes out of the dishwasher so I can start loading it again. Got the bed changed last night before I crawled into it. Made bread pudding yesterday, got the trash up to the road for pickup. (Feeling virtuous about that -- I walked it up instead of taking the car.) But yesterday had to force myself to do absolutely anything constructive, so mostly watched a movie ("Providence" directed by Alain Resnais) and got a start on the fourth season of "White Collar" so I can return it to my sister.

Need to get the vacuum cleaner (Freecycled) out of the car to make room for some directors chairs I need to bring up from the cellar, get into the car, and de-accession to a friend who needs them.

AND go to that session in Dover tonight for the first time in months -- weather, other cancellations, being sick, and just being unable to deal with people have all been getting in the way.

Linn