Slept in, late breakfast. Enjoyed the beautiful day, with the late afternoon spent entirely at the baseball park. There’s the hint of spring into things again now. The pear trees are blooming. The Japanese maples have exploded. We have roses. The mysterious flowering bush we can’t identify has tried twice to impress us with its yellows. The dogwoods will be next, and several of the trees have buds on them.
The days are getting longer, and there’s the overwhelming sense that you’ll make it to another spring. Love that feeling.
Auburn hosted Brown for game two of the weekend series. JUCO transfer Michael O’Neal commanded a complete game shutout as the Tigers beat the Bears 6-0.
Brown’s head coach is a character, and he’s been entertained by the people on the third base side of the field, but perhaps not as much as he’s amused us. I’ll write more about him tomorrow.
I saw this nice lady walking her dogs as we headed home. I snapped a shot just because the disparity of the dogs amused me. And then I got home and realized I caught her in mid-expression:
I like to think she’s saying “Dude. Not when I have a doggie bag in my hand.”
Later: The officially sanctioned baseball highlights:
