@cmb2022 We leave for Mayo Clinic tomorrow. It's a long drive but we have done it so many times that we have our favorite places to stop. This time of year I like to stop in Necedah, WI where there is a a national wildlife refuge. Since we into Spring bird migration I'll walk a few trails and go up a tower to see what's out on the water. In 2020 I saw Whooping cranes! They migrate with Sandhill cranes and I did more than one double take before I realized I was looking at Whooping cranes. That was a first for me.

We had temperatures today in the 70's and it really felt like Spring. I poked around in my garden bed and found the crocus and hyacinth that will be in bloom within the next week. I find "working" in the yard to be meditative and satisfying. Do you feel like that on your two acres?

I'm often fatigued too. I wonder if it's still from the radiation therapy, cancer, or getting older. Or all of these. It seems like not all that long ago I could stay out in my yard all day and do gardening chores but not anymore. I have decided though that I'm done with raking leaves. Our house is in the woods so no one sees our yard anyway and I don't need a pristine setting. I figure the bugs, birds, and other wildlife will continue to enjoy those damp leaves on the lawn.

I hope you have a good week, my friend.