Rainy& foggy this morning but grass is definitely greener. Warmer outside: 55 degrees F.

From my hike up the valley several days ago: footprints of the 2-year-old bull moose.

Lichens on my walk today.

Behind the bare branches you can see what remains of an enormous culvert that was carried downstream by powerful floodwaters years ago. The culvert had allowed logging trucks to cross the brook & drive up the valley.

More images of Roaring Brook.

Roaring Brook today.

Pond is completely melted, many wood frogs are in the water, eager to lay their eggs. Sound up: you can hear their “chuckling” croaks.

What a difference just a few days make. The pond is thawing quickly. Expect to hear/see wood frogs in the water any day now. They usually hop in while there is still ice on the surface.

This Truth Social post will in the not-too-distant future serve as an illustration of Narcissistic Personality Disorder in college textbooks for courses in Abnormal Psychology in all languages the world over.

Trump attacked the Pope then posted an AI image of himself as Jesus.

Trump makes a profane post threatening genocide on Easter, trashes the Pope for refusing to worship him, and posts a depiction of himself as Jesus healing the sick. The right-wing political pastors who promoted this scumbag fake Christian as someone chosen by God are charlatans.

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

Meanwhile, the lawless killing spree at sea continues.

Do I have this correct? The Legislative Branch of our political system is not even working while all of this happening. Really?

Could he & his whole family go there, PLEASE 🙏 NOW❗️

Rather than treat Trump’s comments about Pope Leo as deranged, embarrassing and offensive to (many) Catholics, early headlines (and stories) paint it as Trump just bashing back against a political opponent. Truly broken media environment.

I’m not sure it has broken through to the general public that the president is a megalomaniac crazy person. Hopefully posts like this help.

Dear maga “Christian’s” Trump is now violating the first commandment

NEW: US President Donald Trump announced that the US Navy will prevent all vessels from transiting through the Strait of Hormuz on April 12 after US negotiators left Islamabad without a US-Iran deal. (1/8)

The young moose is back! He seems disappointed that I moved the piles of branches he was munching on.

My son found this tiny brown anole lizard while unpacking a trailer a friend hauled up to NH from FL. We created a little habitat for him and he seems to be doing okay.

Cal trying to entice Raven away from the food dish.

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Remembering my husband hiking in 2023 after cancer surgery 9 mos. before. This was April 9th. Always a strong hiker until 6 mos. before his death in Jan. 2024.

2 days ago from my valley hike: a sure sign of spring for me is coltsfoot blooming. There weren’t many out yet, but a few is enough for me to call it spring.

2 days ago on my walk up the valley: grouse tracks in the melting snow.

This morning it’s cold again, w/ stray snowflakes drifting down out of the sky. Yesterday was near 60 F. Pond is slowly melting. Not long now before the wood frogs wake up.

Oh no no no no no no no…not with our money!!!!!

Will do.

My son is pruning the apple trees this week. Doing something no one should ever do, standing on the top step of the ladder. He looks like he’s standing in midair.

This is how Bruce Springsteen opened his concert in Los Angeles last night. 🔥🔥 Footage from @margaret_nagle on Threads.

The US is the only country that has had its NATO allies rush to its support—that happened right after 9/11. Trump attacked Iran w/o provocation—the US had not been attacked by Iran nor was there any “imminent danger” as Trump falsely claims. Scott needs to read the NATO charter.

A press conference at 2:30 a.m.? I don’t think so.

Oh, for a second there I thought he was talking about the Trump “regime.”

What an idiotic thing for Hassett to say: “…we’re willing…to help the Iranian people if they just act normally…”. He expects them to “act normally” after we’ve bombed their country & killed many citizens???

Drafts are usually instituted bc there is a national emergency. What’s the emergency? There isn’t one.

Nearly all snow is gone in the lower field, snow melting less quickly nearer the house. Can’t wait until it’s gone!

Bad analogy, Vance. We have the president’s own posts as confirmation of what he said and what his position is.

Using that kind of threatening language, threatening to obliterate them or wipe them off the map, is literally a war crime according to US law.

I served as ballot clerk for years & once had to stop a man from going into the voting booth with his wife. He told me he had to go in w/ her bc he had to make sure she voted for the right people! (His wife was not handicapped.)

There was no imminent threat.

From my neighbor’s camp looking NW to hills in East Colebrook.

From my neighbor’s camp, looking west at Monadnock Mt. just across the Connecticut River in Vermont.

Snow is melting quickly under the bright sunlight today—by evening much of it will be gone.

12 degrees F & 6 inches of snow in Colebrook, NH this morning. Spring will have to wait a little longer.

Yes. Impeach Trump.