Hey, Buuud!

Although it is hard to tell from today's general picture:

There has been an exciting development:

I did my best to show you, perhaps if you click on the picture and check it out full-size, you'll be able to see that my dogwoods, have buds!

I also discovered that my son has caught my spring fever, last night I overheard him on the phone and the conversation went something like this:

"Can't you wait for the trees to start blooming?"
Pause while C.O. talks.
"Well I can't! Hee hee haw haw wah wah wah wah hee hee wah hah hah hah hah!"