Early Start

I worked from home today and got started before the Whip-o-wills knocked off from their pre-dawn chores of bringing the world to life. I put on water for the coffee and booted the laptop. The view from my office window was illuminated by the sodium vapor lamp in the front yard as the sun was still an hour away. I walked out on the back deck to inspect the plants in the container garden we planted earlier in the month. It looked like the bush beans grew several inches over night. The salad mix lettuce sprouted yesterday and looked anxious for the morning sun but there was not much sunshine today.
There were several waves of thunderstorms today spaced out like acts of a play. Fortunately they were mild spring thunderstorms that scare the dogs half to death but give the lush Alabama undergrowth a drink of water and make things look fresh and clean.
I was unusually productive today. I did conference calls where people were actually prepared, decisions were made, plans were struck and I think everyone involved felt a rare sense of accomplishment.
While I was eating lunch I noticed that our fushsia plant had begun to lean. As you may remember, our mamma Cardinal has a nest in that plant with two warm grey speckled eggs. I eased out in my barefeet and repositioned the plant hanger plle. She didn't like the activity one bit, but after I finished she was back on the nest but looking toward the window crossly (I imagined). I can't wait until the eggs hatch. That's when we'll see the real action as she'll have to scoot to keep two hungry beaks fed. I hope to have some photos when all this goes down.
I finished up the day by reading a stack of correspondence and work articles that I had been collecting for weeks. There is something soothing about the sound of rain and rolling thunder.
This evening Jilda came home from a day of painting murals just as I was finishing up so we went for a walk. The honeysuckle is still everywhere and the wild hydrangea are beginning to bloom. Buddy chased a chipmunk in a hole and looked at me as if to say....go git me a shovel.
As I've said many times, life comes at your fast so take every opportunity you can to work from home.