Breaking News!

The spring peepers are peeping away tonight.

I was actually a little worried that I wouldn't hear them at all this year, as we have been short of rain this spring (which I have a hard time feeling bad about after last fall's flooding). I've been able to mow the back-backyard already, which usually doesn't happen until sometime in May or June when the spring rains stop. And the vernal pools on my property and the adjacent park land have virtually dried up; I don't recall the bog land ever being this dry this time of year.

But! The peepers are peeping. They found a way. Spring is here.