An earthquake struck this morning at about 5:40. Very little damage except around the center in southern Illinois. The very first serviceberry flowers are opening along Dayton Street. One of our bluebells is starting – which means that probably all of the Glen’s bluebells are blooming. More and more hostas and lilies are pushing up, viburnums and hydrangeas leafing out. Comfrey leaves, very late this year, are about four inches long. Purple coneflowers and monardas are bushy and strong, maybe two inches high. By nightfall, all the serviceberries were in full bloom. Petalfall increasing on the star magnolias. Grackles more prominent than robins at dusk.