Two copies of Protector left, 22 copies of Intruder p/b.

One last notice before I declare it over on FB…if you want them, you have first dibs.

Meanwhile, spring is springing here, at last: the tree peonies are just about to spread their leaves, the apple tree has sprigs, buds on the cherry trees are about to go, and I expect the dogwood and magnolia to be ready soon. Rhododendron is budded, azalea is getting there, and the warming of the water has brought all our koi up alive and well. We didn’t lose anybody in the winter, and Ari’s wound is much better. The pond, which I treated, is only half clear, but there are increasing bubbles, which indicates the bacterial additive is starting to work, and the water is getting clearer day by day.

I found a curious fellow in the filter yesterday, and did a little deep brain-search before I recognized him as a large dragonfly nymph. They’re dangerous to small fish, but fine with big ones, and I put him back in: curious that Mrs. Hoyt’s 5th grade class’s assignment of drawing and coloring the life cycle of a dragonfly should come back at such distance.

The name of our little garden is Tan Bo Mon, which is ‘Dragonfly Gate.’ And it is. We see quite a lot of them in the summer. Happy they’ve called us ‘home!’