Yardwork remained the order of business for me today. There is a small window during spring when clean up and pruning are easiest (before trees leaf out and undergrowth pops up). Today, I focused on gathering and stacking wood and brush piles. The brush will go to the Concord compost station, and I have offered the logs to anyone in the neighborhood looking for firewood. Pictured here is but one of a dozen brush piles, and a small one at that.

Hearts are heavy in Concord as we mourn the loss of three 18-year-old seniors who died in a Florida car crash on Monday. A fourth is hospitalized in critical condition. The four were on spring break when the SUV they were driving collided with a tractor-trailer making a U-turn on the highway. Such loss is incomprehensible and a reminder to hold our loved ones close whenever we can.