Blowing & Drifting

Forecast: Significant blowing and drifting, with the possibility of heavy accumulation in rural areas.

Northfield Springtime

Apart from last weekend's wind, spring has been fun so far. Julia spontaneously asked to go for a walk after dinner yesterday, which was a nice surprise and an excellent way to enjoy the post-rain air. Festively, the street running out to our place is presently lined with dozens of tiny flags, marking off measurements for an upcoming road-reconstruction project which promises to create bike and walking paths between our subdivision and the city proper: I can't imagine a better way to improve our side of town.

Not that the farms are going away - yet. The tractors are rumbling back and forth, and last Thursday a big tanker of anhydrous ammonia was parked along the road. Grow that corn! The manure spreaders are spreading manure, with all the olfactory surprises entailed. (Entrailed?)

And I sure can't complain about 60-degree morning weather, which is ideal for biking, even with a headwind. Getting a bit sweaty on the way back home each afternoon is more than balanced off by the two girls' greetings: Julia's shrieking and running around, Genevieve's big spitty grin. It's not a bad existence.