So far, the pool remains fairly inhospitable. But we manage to keep busy in the backyard, anyway. The crisp days of early spring have succumbed to the sticky, buggy afternoons that characterize summer in the South. Thomas and I are constantly disagreeing, therefore, about whether it is a "nice" day to play outside. He can take whatever the outdoors can dish out--winter cold, damp mornings, high humidity--but his Southern-California bred mother is not so versatile! Nonetheless, he usually wins, and I grab a cold drink and go out. 
