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Equinox afternoon-after Old Man Winter showed us his remaining virility, he cut us a break by returning some sunny, although chilly, weather. Rightfully so, in my opinion, after a particularly grueling February.

Later in the week-squirrelies at the Diner-Nutkin and a mature BigTail, being quite peaceful together at the buffet

 The young one from last season

Nutkin catching some rays-this one is a mystery as we have not seen any other of her kind at our place. With its size, I have figured a female or a runt male from last season.

Buddy, blissed-out by the hearth, keeping his Mum's blanky warm for her until she returns. Such a good boy!

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3/25-cold, blustery with snow squalls-sheesh!

3/30-enormous system associated with a massive cold front with snow and ice to the North and major t-storms along the leading edge. 9 tornadoes were reported in MI with a 95 mph straight-line burst in Jackson Co. 

Major ice storm up North and Ontario:

The Mackinaw Bridge was closed for 30 hours, first due to severe icing then waiting for the shards of ice to depart.

The worst seemed to go North and South of us and other than 5 minutes of wind and sheeting rain, we had little accumulation. 

Happy April! Mr. Robin enjoyed himself at the bath-it's egg making time so he wanted to look smart for his wifey.

 

4/2-Storms Pt. 2. It rained hard most of the day. A wet, bedraggled Mr. Bun sought refuge under the pool overhang.

 

Rainfall Wednesday and overnight amounted to 3"! I'd rather have it in smaller portions but happy all our trees and plants received a good, deep drink as they all fire up to do some growing. No warmth yet-won't even see 60° for the next 10 days! This morning is sunny and v windy. The usual pond in the back 40 that we get in such situations.

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The Secret of Kells-2009 animated feature about the making of the Book of Kells, an extraordinary illuminated manuscript from the 9th Century. This film is just as extraordinary with wonderfully rendered imagery often incorporate ancient Celtic designs that move and morph. Highly recommended.

"There's nothing in this life but mist and we will be alive for a short time". 

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I made pizza for supper and C finished up some elderly arugula by putting it on her pie. We wondered if this was a Californian thing or if it came over from the old country? Welp, arugula was first mentioned back in Roman times so it is probably safe to say that this topping originated in Italy.

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Fun Facts:

Welcome strangers!

When the astronauts who were stranded for months on the ISS splashed down near the FL coast, they were soon greeted by a pod of dolphins. NASA stated that this is not an unusual event-this behavior has been seen before with splashdowns. Dolphins are known to be highly curious and social-perhaps this is their oceanic version of The Welcome Wagon which, btw, was founded in 1928. 

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Bad employer

Bach 1715

In November 1717, the composer JS Bach was thrown into jail because of a dispute with his employer, a Duke. Bach was unhappy being passed over for promotion several times and had procured another position with a Prince. This upset the Duke who decided to punish by sending him to a "justice room" rather than a jail cell. Bach spent nearly a month there and proceeded to compose a number of works. His continued intransigence enraged the Duke who thought Bach could be bullied and finally released Bach. While in detention, Bach had worked on the first book of what was to become A Well-Tempered Clavier.

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From documentarian Errol Morris-solving one of the Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories-The Umbrella Man. A cautionary tale:

   

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 Curious winter weather phenom, a "Sun Candle":

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FUBARland

The Roach photo op at an empty Kennedy Center:

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The Stone Roses I Wanna Be Adored 1989

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 Liberation Day tariffs

Matt Curnoc

From The Guardian: King penguins on Heard Island. Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on the uninhabited Heard and McDonald islands near Antarctica, along with other remote external Australian territories the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Norfolk Island.

That's right! Gonna put some hurt into the lives of those ungrateful penguins! So glad the Roach's idiots did some research on their targets. Not. Too much work! Just tariff everyone! Make them feel the wrath of King Roach!

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Meet the Rivian!

I saw my first Rivian today. Curious front face. Rivian is an American electric vehicle manufacturer whose first model year was in 2021. Neva heard of them-perhaps it's because the base price of the critter above is over $71,000.