"Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment."
- Ellis Peters

Awake early, Instead of walking, I went to buy plants with Frank. Then I cleared brush for a couple of hours, and Frank helped me plant the plants. It was a big job, because we had to rototill the area first. We didn’t quite finish, but most of the plants got in, and this was a project I’ve been working on and needing help with for some time. Outdoors most of the day, all of us. My daughter planted the lettuces in the garden, and Frank put the rug inside the lean-to so that my daughter can plant the peas and beans to climb up the sides. After dinner, even, he said, let’s go for a walk, and we walked and walked looking at all the growing things. We walked past the brook and he said, jokingly, oh, where did the statue go? The brook looks really beautiful tonight, he said,