The grackles are gorgeous here. Magisterial in their rich blue hoods, shouting from their treetop covens.

i correctly identified a duck before Viv could the other day—a common eider on choppy blue depths. i am gaining confidence!

Today or tomorrow i will be putting a blueberry bush in the ground. And perhaps also this potato that has been growing on the kitchen windowsill for a while. i’ve been watering it. i tried to grow the herbs you sent in September, but they didn’t make it. i would like to ask that you send more, but i don’t know how.

i heard you made Fae’s favorite dessert as we were collectively, remotely wishing her off. Viv and i sang “Spirit in the Sky” on repeat. What a team we all made—a perfect sendoff for Fae. i made some lemon chubbies (they are quite too plump to be cookies) and peanut butter muffins yesterday. It felt really good to bake again.

A group of finches is called a “charm”. i hope yours is thriving in this beautiful, strange spring.