Tamiasciurus that is. Our little pine squirrel, so busy last fall. I'm trying to write a story about her and want to see her in action before I continue. But she is not here, and I'm trying to determine what's up—still dormant, moved away, or didn't survive the winter?

Deck sweeping, leaf raking, driveway repair, etcetera, after a morning spent in Gore Bay stocking up on comestibles, picking up the 2.5 Merc taken in for repair last fall, catching up with Norm and Mark at the boat yard, and checking up on Heliotrope. The boat appears to have wintered well, though she does seem a bit anxious to get back in the water.