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I returned home from Mexico yesterday evening.  My flights went smoothly.  In fact I arrived in Cleveland twenty minutes ahead of schedule. Here in Ohio it's chilly, but there is no snow. (There was an April snowfall of about an inch while I was gone!)  The daffodils and hyacinths are in full bloom. 

Once things get a bit warmer, I have to get busy working on the yard and the flower beds.  I have a trip to Europe planned, and I will be leaving at the end of May.  So this summer I won't plant a lot of annuals.  I will take a sabbatical from my usual gardening and just let the perennials do their thing.