Many robins still in all the lawns, a flock of grackles cackling, cardinals and doves calling as I walked Bella in the alley this morning. Monarda leaves are showing now in the north gardens. At Jacoby, skunk cabbage was blooming throughout the lowlands. Buttercup and ragwort foliage was common, and touch-me-not sprouts were up but quite small, only having emerged in the past few days. Along Clifton Road, bright green wheat fields. In the woods and at home, garlic mustard seeds have opened in dense clumps. Snowdrops are almost all gone, quince buds are reddening. A star magnolia is opening on Xenia Avenue. Before sundown, I transplanted cattail roots to the pond, and I dug the Resurrection lilies from behind the lilacs for moving out into the brighter north garden.