Well, best of intentions aside, I’ve been terrible about posting lately. Allergies are definitely taking their toll. Tree pollen abounds. We’re having a beautiful spring this year. Last year it rained, and rained, and then it rained some more. I’ve noticed it’s much easier to get a garden on time when the sun is shining. My heirloom tomato seeds decided against growing past 2 inches tall (light, food, who knows) so I was very excited when we found a nursery with varieties other than Beefsteak. In fact, I have no less than 8 different kinds and some are even heirloom. Add this to the cherry tomatoes, and we should be swimming in tomatoes come September. :-)

We’ve been out and about a lot. This month Bank of America runs a promotion called Museums on Us where admission is free with their credit card to a boatload of museums. We went to the DeCordova Sculpture Gardens and the old State House Museum last week. Piper also had a nature journaling field trip with the author Claire Leslie Walker at the Acton Arboretum. If you’re interested in nature journaling, be sure to check out her books. Very cool.

I finished the quilt. Yeah! Nothing like OCD to get a job done by an arbitrary date you’ve set. I decided we would have our Memorial Day picnic on the quilt and sewed my little fingers off. Not sure I’m going to rush out and pick up quilting as a hobby, but I’m actually pretty pleased with the results. (Read on …)

On the way to work today I noticed a black bird (species undetermined) quartering in front of my car. Mind you that I was travelling 65 miles an hour so I was justifiably concerned for the continued well being of this bird. Right before it flared out of the path of the car I noticed that it was carrying something the size of a small rock in its bill. Seconds later I heard a crack as whatever it was carrying in its mouth struck the car. So what does this show?

Either the avian world has decided to begin attacking us in self-defense

OR

The bird was using my car as a giant nut-cracker.

You be the judge.

**UPDATED**

I’m leaning more towards humankind being under attack.  Here’s a picture of what that bird bomb looked like after it hit my car:

In other reports from the front:

Bird Poops on President During News Conference 

All in the SAME day.

The project has reached the substantially complete milestone!  The counter top is in, the sink and plumbing are complete.  And wonders of wonders, the dishwasher is again operational.  :-)