All this warm weather and I'm inspired to change the color scheme. So a nice light green, which is soothing, unlike a darker green that might remind me of the lawnwork that needs doing: reseeding, fertlizing, fencing off of the portion that suffered the most during the mud and dogs of winter and needs some time to recuperate. I'd let it all go to hell but a smooth thick lawn is necessary for my full enjoyment of croquet, and the croquet season is almost upon us.

Furthermore, congratulations go to The Fyd's mother, who has managed to successfully retire early from her career at the United Nations. Their loss, but to the gain of her game hens and cats, and, one hopes, future horses that will inhabit her rural New Jersey property. Saying "property" in this context implies an estate, which I neither avow nor deny. We'll leave it on that ambiguous note.