Some spectacular weather for April, with warm to very warm days and cool nights. I don't know, though I suspect, that we are beating the averages for this time of year. Most deciduous trees have shed their leaves in my garden, though a few, like the maple at the front of the garden, have yet to turn. A couple, like a pear and plum, are holding desperately to  an errant leaf or two. They will do so in vain.

There is another autumn that has taken hold of this household, making ordinary life, for me at least, impossible. I feel like I have been putting out fires for years now, though very few of my own making. It is the hard chore for a parent and I would dearly love it if there was a respite.

With the help of God, that may well happen. I pray and pray, and believe.