Maybe.

At least at various times and in various places it seemed warmer. But that’s nothing compared to the steam coming off the potted coreopsis as Sue watered them on the front deck this morning. It turns out that, under the kitchen sink, I had hooked up the hot water dishwasher supply to the outside hose bib, and the cold water hose supply to the dishwasher. Easily remedied by contortions under the sink with a flashlight clamped in the teeth. And, I suspect, the still dormant coreopsis rather appreciated the warm-up.

Also today, Sue spotted a little pine squirrel—the first we’ve seen. Tamiasciurus. Pelage very reddish. And that brings up lots of questions—where have you been, what have you been doing, why are you red, how are things going?

Also today I set up a VPN. When in Whitewater, we have been watching and enjoying the Dr. Blake Mysteries on Netflix, and we have been getting most of our TV news from MSNBC via DirecTVNow, neither of which are available in Canada. (Note: We canned our regular 233,436,387,484 channel Direct TV account in favor of the much cheaper, and more limited, streaming version.) This Virtual Personal Network I set up spoofs both Netflix and DirecTVNow into thinking we are really in New Jersey. And that doesn’t bother me in the least since we pay for both services and I was born in that state.

Lucious leftovers being served up now, and then after dinner, an episode of Dr. Blake!