I was up very early Saturday and Sunday for morning rounds of golf at Washington National and Mt. Si. In spite of my continuing mediocre play both mornings were glorious. Cool, misty and overcast on Saturday; whispy morning fog and deliriously chirping birds on Sunday. The temperature actually got above 60-degrees.

We finally had a couple of more typical Northwest spring days and the plants beckoned. We spent several hours both days pulling weeds and planting new annuals. Late in the afternoon I watched much of the U.S. Open golf tournament and recorded the extra holes on Monday. What an exciting final nine holes.