Spring is here. The perennials are popping up, the temperature is in the high 70ºs this weekend. The government isn't shutting down ( as if it ever really would, what a game) and military action in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lybia continues. However, here it is sunny and peaceful. You can hear the birds, the croaking frogs and the voices of the kids playing outdoors. And, this little creek quietly pushes it spring level flow through the pasture. In the summer this will be barely a trickle.