Weekend Dreams

It seemed as if spring finally arrived on the NCR this past weekend.  Temps in the upper 50s on Saturday and upper 60s on Sunday provided the impetus for a gardening revival at Casa Monzeglio.  Aside from some yard cleanup, I was able to plant spinach, peas, parsley, beets, carrots and strawberries.  The cold frames are now host to peppers, snapdragons and celery root.  No freezing temperatures are predicted for the next 10 days, so it would seem the weather has settled in for the moment.  Speaking of hot and cool, Plattsburgh got a taste of big time politics on Friday when The Donald rode into town and spoke to a couple of thousand maniacs at the local civic center.  Fittingly, he set up the podium on astro turf and proceeded to give his usual short on specifics and long on intolerance stump speech.  A few partisans were interviewed and allowed as how we need a strong leader right now.  I wonder who they were referring to.  Next up on Saturday, 500 Bernie supporters clogged the streets downtown to support the fantasy candidate on the other side.  It looked like the yin and yang of the present race for the presidency.  It will be interesting to see the returns for this area after Tueday's vote.