The temperature has not gone below freezing for almost a week. I found a mosquito in the kitchen sink the other morning. We had windows open for two days, sans screens and the house smelled like it usually does in May. All the snow has melted, even the deepest pile in the center of the driveway. I spent Monday and Tuesday outdoors doing yard/garden work, weeding!!!, removing undergrowth along the back property line and feeding the dreaded chipper/shredder...

I took time out from the yardwork to go to the park and Tuesday I took a box of shushi and book ("Troubles" by J.G. Farrell) and sat on the Vista Trail bench with the panoramic view north for more than an hour while the temperature hovered at 70º/20º.

Since I was already feeling so disoriented it seemed like an appropriate time to see "Sweeney Todd" and I'm so glad I didn't wait any longer for other people (they know who they are) to make up their minds about seeing this. I loved it. Johnny Depp is absolutely perfect and Tim Burton has created just the right atmosphere. Seeing Alan Rickman and Depp singing "Pretty Women" was worth the price of the ticket alone.