Everything Changes

Wow this is spooky. You wake up one day and your old familiar Blogger has upgraded and changed everything. This may take a little while to get used to. It appears all the buttons are still there, just in different places but the navigation feels very strange. There do seem to be a whole lot more features and it appears I can now actually put in some extra pages here once I figure out what all the new instructions mean. Looks like hours of fun.

Meanwhile, I've had some complaints that I haven't been posting anything about my personal life lately. That's mainly because I no longer have one. I have about an hour of free time on any given day and lately I've been using it to clean this joint up. I have to stay ahead of the mess before this place is condemned by the Board of Health.

The weather is improving here in lovely downtown Noho though so I have managed to get outside and walk to the store at least. It's the best time of year to live in New England. I walked clear across town on Saturday and except for the spring flowers shouting with new colors, it was eerily quiet. The streets had empty parking spaces and there were almost no pedestrians around. The birds are mostly back and they kept landing in front of me and looking at me so quizzically I swear they were wondering what was up as well. For myself, I kind of liked the silence.

Yesterday's morning rain morphed into a gorgeous sunny afternoon and I cruised the 'hood meeting the new neighbors. There's always new neighbors on this block. The smell of BBQs drifted over from the condos and made me wish I had a grill myself - although I know I'd never fire it up.

I met Rufus the bunny and although I neglected to get his owner's name, Rufus is very cool. She had him in a harness and leash and they had just come from a day in the park. Remarkably he has violet eyes - unusual for a white rabbit - and didn't mind having his ears scratched by a stranger.

I also met Steve and his friend Aileen who was visiting from out of town. Steve has been here since October, but you never really talk to anyone on the block until it's warm enough to be sitting on the stoop. We finally exchanged names - although I'm likely to forget by the next time I run into him. We get a lot of turnover on this block and frankly all the young folks start to look alike after a while.

By the way, this morning's (not so great) photo is of Shannon and Aric who are getting married this weekend. Look for them at the Red Sox game next week. Shannon will be wearing a Red Sox hat with a wedding veil attached to it.