I've been in The Lou doing a little plumbing and such and away from my personal space. My forsythia is in bloom now and the red buds are showing a little but nothing to brag about yet-not like last year. There's been a lot of rain recently and everything is greening. The wake robins, may apple and wild ginger are popping. At least one of the bald cyprus seedlings I found while on a bike trail last year, then transplanted, has survived. The apple trees are pushing out buds. The chicory is full of edible new leaves.

a chair I found in a St. Lou alley