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I have it on good authority that irrigation season has begun. This I infer from the presence of water in the Gallegos Lateral, the irrigation ditch behind our house. I suspect that the Bermuda grass will turn green in short order.
Oddly, the water began flowing in the Chamisal Lateral (the next irrigation ditch to the north) several weeks ago. Perhaps it takes some time to get everything working properly.
Early Saturday, when I went outside with the dogs, I was rewarded with a sighting of yet another harbinger of spring: a flock of Sandhill cranes winging and honking their way north to Michigan. Godspeed, snowbirds! See you next year!
Roses (notably the Austrian Copper below the mudroom window) have begun to sprout leaves.
Saturday, warm and sunny. Sunday, cold and windy. Monday morning: a light dusting of fresh snow. I think whatever snow we see from here on out will be increasingly ephemeral.