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Cool and damp today, the weather feels like true spring after the run of early summer days with which we began the week. I have had a type of quiet morning that I really enjoy: puttering around the house by myself, straightening and setting things right as I go, doing some light chores, folding a basket of laundry, refilling the bird feeder... And now I am about to go have a type of afternoon that I don't enjoy: working my way through the pile of grading that must get done before spring break. But before I consign myself to that fate, a couple of photos:


An incredibly mild winter and an early spring mean that my camellia is in bloom about three weeks earlier than it was last year.


Of course I could not resist bringing a blossom inside. I love having flowers in the house and this is the first one this year.