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February 28th<\/sup> must have a complex.\u00a0 It\u2019s the only day that doesn\u2019t know from year to year whether it will be followed by February or March.\u00a0 But you say to yourself, \u201cWhy doesn\u2019t it just consult the calendar?\u201d\u00a0 Don\u2019t be ridiculous.\u00a0 Days of the year don\u2019t have calendars or even hands to turn pages.\u00a0 Ridiculous.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always resented the fact that they add an extra day to February.\u00a0 No one wants more days in February.\u00a0 If you want to add a day add it to August.\u00a0 Every school child in the world would bow down and worship you for postponing September an extra day.<\/p>\n

But here we are, a Non-Leap Year, March waiting in the wings and even the COVID maniacs in New England facing up to the obvious that everyone hates them and they\u2019ll have to give up the mask madness.\u00a0 I found a classic car event in mid-March and I\u2019m already looking forward to getting some good shots for the site.\u00a0 Ah spring is in the air.<\/p>\n

So, I looked at the news today; Ukraine, SOTU, KBJ, Ukraine, SOTU, KBJ, Ukraine, SOTU, KBJ as far as the eye could see.\u00a0 Well, I need a break from this stuff.<\/p>\n

So today I introduced Princess Sack of Potatoes to the mysteries of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.\u00a0 I intended to get her a nice high quality glass prism for the class but Camera Girl explained to me that pre-school children and glass aren\u2019t a good mix.\u00a0 So, I bought some plastic prisms and we had to make do with some pretty sorry looking spectrums.\u00a0 But it did the trick.\u00a0 She was very interested in trying to make the colors herself.<\/p>\n

I began a lecture on the wave\/particle duality of the photon and was preparing to discuss the quantum aspects when she dropped the prism on the floor and walked away to play hide and seek with Camera Girl.\u00a0 Well, I\u2019m sure Isaac Newton didn\u2019t really hit his scientific stride until at least four so there may still be time.<\/p>\n

Today was another bright, sunny but cold day.\u00a0 I decided to take a walk around the property in my tee shirt just to assert my dominance over the decrepit winter season.\u00a0 After the first seven minutes it seemed less and less of a good idea so I beat a slow, dignified retreat back to the comfort of central heating.\u00a0 But a defiant pose was struck.\u00a0 A tone was established in my relationship to 2022.\u00a0 I definitely have the upper hand.\u00a0 From here on in I reestablish my direct control over the whole of my domain.<\/p>\n

What this actually means is pretty soon I won\u2019t have any meaningful excuse for not doing the outdoor repairs and other chores that I neglected back in November.\u00a0 But that\u2019s acceptable.\u00a0 This will be a normal year.\u00a0 No COVID crap delaying implementation of normal activities.\u00a0 Even that supply chain nonsense is fading in the rear-view mirror.\u00a0 Sure, everything will be twice as expensive; lumber, hardware, paint.\u00a0 But do-it-yourself is an inherently frugal strategy.\u00a0 Even in my mechanical ineptitude I foresee great progress on the Master Punchlist that every homeowner maintains (if only in his heart).<\/p>\n

So welcome March, that changeable and blustery month with its St. Patrick\u2019s Day (Camera Girl\u2019s birthday) tradition of Corned Beef and Cabbage and, despite the inevitable New England Nor\u2019easter snow storms, the beginning of garden work.\u00a0\u00a0 This year I hope to add a vegetable garden closer to the house.\u00a0 All this carrying around of hoses seems very inefficient and possibly if the garden is closer to the house the rabbits and the other varmints might leave us some of the produce.<\/p>\n

The calendar doesn\u2019t reflect it.\u00a0 Nor does the six inches of snow on the grass but in my heart, spring has sprung!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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