Firsts of the Spring!

I noticed in one of today's papers that there is an "ozone alert" posted for this weekend. It seems early for this but I guess the warm air flowing in is bringing with it something we don't really want.
And then: the native variety of black flies have made their appearance here in Windsor. We were just speaking of them the other day: I decided long ago that I'd rather have black flies than a dry spring. Black flies need running water to breed so --- let's keep the water running so we'll have green and lush gardens.