It's winter/spring/summer and we've pretty much been outside working. We made a snow-cone of mulch disappear, moved something like 200 gallons of lava rocks, fixed a fence, built a garden, and would still be at it if not for heinous world-blackening bugs.

Carter's growing fast and that is a happy way to spend time. He makes darling hand gestures and has taken an interest in basketball. Michigan's March Madness successes were of major interest to him, which was fun.

Other than family and house? Not so much. We went to the National Railroad Museum with Duder, saw a forest filled with buckets, and heard spring peepers calling densely along the swollen rivers west. We discovered a new 'big block' for walks: over the river and along the lake to Red Arrow Park and it's nice play structure. We're making a few friends and getting used to seeing familiar faces around town. I think all of this amounts to 'settling in.'