If you look closely at the calendar in the photo above, you will see an asterisk marked on the very last day of the month. No other day except the very last day has this symbol, and for those of you in the know, you realize that this means we were finally able to get out to Roundrock on Sunday, the very last chance in February to do so. You may recall me saying that Libby has asserted that we were going out to the woods "every weekend." I countered this by saying, "Not so." To settle our dispute, we decided to hang this calendar on the wall inside the Cabin at the End of the Road and mark each time we visit. So far this year, the calendar has been marked twice. Rather than "every weekend" we are averaging "every month." It was a quiet visit. Although the birds were singing joyously at the 40+ degree day, there was nothing in bloom and no leaves yet emerging. The man who is going to repair our dam and road had called me on Friday evening to say that he hadn't been able to get out because the ground has been too wet and muddy to take in his big equipment. Fearing this, I decided to travel light in case we had to walk in, but it turns out I could have carried a load of bricks. We had no trouble. The road is rutted, but it was dry. (I had intended to bring along the two-wheeled dolly to help me haul some large blocks of sandstone around, but I left it at home, which spared me that chore. Nice!) We did meet with some pleasant surprises, and I'll babble about them in the days to come. Missouri calendar:

• Muskrats breed through September.
• Great blue herons begin arriving at heronries.

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