David Baer @david@arktos.social

I'm pleased to see this sign at a local park has been changed. Our family always ignored it. And in any case, the "residents only" restriction was always unenforceable under state law, due to a (wise and equitable!) state supreme court decision that held that all public parks are held in trust for the use and benefit of the whole public, and cannot be restricted to residents of the municipality.

Spring continues apace in our garden.

Taken on a family trip to DC three years ago.

And here's some sedum peeking out at the world.

It's only the first week of spring, and I found this brave little guy standing about a half inch tall amid the brown grass in my yard.

Could it be? Is spring here?

Currently going with option (b).

It's a gorgeous day here, even if it's cold.

Going out on a limb here to say this is almost certainly not true.

Can't decide whether this is a Russian troll pretending to be an African American Schultz supporter, or a satirist pretending to be a Russian troll pretending to be... you get the idea.

scripture, silliness

I know it's a lot worse in the Midwest, but 0ºF/-18ºC is an all time low for our house.

A happy convergence of weather conditions left us with a small frozen pond in our yard last week. The kids took advantage, and made it their skating rink. (This stone, fortunately, was on the edge.)

From my 4th grader's math homework. Parents tend to trash current math teaching methods, but showing how multiplication works through "partitioning rectangles" is pretty nifty. All I remember is lining up numbers in columns and following computational rules.

This never gets old.

Spotted on our Christmas tree

Time to make the cranberry sauce!

Oh that's just super...

Red tail hawk overlooking our house