“Allow motion to equal emotion.”

 — Elbert Hubbard

Our weather here this spring makes one wonder what the summer will be like this year.  The end of March was warm enough...no, hot enough....to draw out an old, hardy tortoise into its warming light.  March is the earliest I've ever seen a tortoise wander from its protective den!!! And yet there one was...sunning on a rock on the side of the well trod trail of Paradise Rim!!  What a treat!!  What a great omen...for a good summer of hiking and discovery!!
and then....
April arrives with a bang!!!
April has left that old guy wondering about his motives.
April has brought snow...and no small amount either!
All the tortoises and lizards and snakes have run for cover!
All the beautiful wildflowers are bent over in shock...
I might doubt the omen of the tortoise...except for today...amongst the snowflakes we spotted a roadrunner perched on a black volcanic rock, staring us down!!!
Thats a more powerful omen than the tortoise!!
Yes indeedy it is!!
Bring on Summer!!
We are ready!!!