the squibix family blog

harbringers

Even though it snowed quite substantially this morning, Spring is definitely in the air. I've seen two robins and any number of geese and ducks in recent days; also a huge number of red-wing blackbirds who are enjoying the ponds at every low spot of ground. I like them much better: all their racket sounds like the conversation of singing robots. Even more striking as a sign of the coming season, though, is the fact that the neighbor kids were out most of the day—even during the snowstorm—playing basketball in the street.