Spring is particularly welcome this year. Here it is, full of promise: hostas about to unfold.

We have, and so have thousands, clung to gardening as a way of escape this spring. We have replanted an area of about 30' x 30' mostly with ground cover―periwinkle, pachysandra,
day lilies, and lily of the valley. We've made a small patch for herbs.

We've planted two climbing hydrangeas against what is left of a fence that surrounds the area and  faces the house, in the hopes that the plant itself will act as a fence once it grips the remains.

If you have a cat that you love but likes to choose his spots around plants, scatter orange or grapefruit peel over the soil where you do not want him. Coffee grounds work too.

I am expecting to be able to photograph people again once testing is available to all and is proved to be accurate. I presume if the photographer and his subject both test negative it will be safe to get closer than six feet and not wear a mask.

But when?