Sunny, very warm, and Saturday. (Continued below.)

All the many ball fields fully utilized. Playgrounds spilling over. Lawn mowers mowing lawns. Dog walkers walking dogs.

Hot-rods and motorcycles, using noise to let all the world know how powerful they are. Pickups squealing tires.

And, superseding all that, the annual Spring Alcohol Consumption Festival! Lawn parties at every frat house and flop house. Throngs of erstwhile scholars roaming the parkways and cutting through back yards. Alpha males bellowing (is it residual bullfrog or howler monkey DNA?)

So, time to head for quieter pastures. Of course, we will be leaving lush green lawn, tulip and saskatoon, redbuds and rhubarb…in exchange for drab, bare forest, and isolated piles of snow.

Actually, however, looking forward to it.

The rosemary has moved outdoors too. Good luck in the wild, noble herb.