Here at this latitude we are down to just a few minutes more than 9 hours of daylight. Added to that, the chilly, miasmic fog that has been clinging to everything the past week or so makes for dingy days. This afternoon, however, the sun broke through and we had a beautiful April afternoon.

Time for a change. The glass is dropping slowly, so perhaps we can have some wind, snow, or ice. We need bad weather to stop the shooting. Pax tried to be brave on our walk today but found it hard. How there can be anything left to kill when sporadic shooting occurs within hearing distance of central Whitewater from sunrise to sundown on a Wednesday in December?