This is the last vestige of winter remaining in the yard. For the past two weeks, I have been raking around what originally was a large snowbank as it released its grip on the yard. The rain in this evening's forecast should hasten its final demise. There was an advantage to its lingering presence; I had an excuse for not completing the raking task in one go.

This past week, I marked another milestone in the changing of the seasons; the snowblower was put into its summer location following an oil change and the lawnmower was taken out of its winter location. The oil had been changed in the lawnmower before it was put away last fall. I am trusting that the precipitation  in the forecast will not come as snow and that the next piece of power yard equipment needed will be the lawnmower.

We shall see if the calender and the forecast are in sync. If not, it won't be the first time that I fell victim to unrealistic expectations based on faulty data.