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...Impending Spring...

   ...I knew it was spring when I saw ants crawling around in the cat food dishes on my kitchen floor.  Area residents were planning parties around the annual return of the buzzards coming to Hinkley.  Go figure!  Only in Ohio would anybody celebrate one of the ugliest carrion-eaters on the planet.  But winters get pretty dreary here in Ohio, and we are a desperate people looking for the slightest glimmer of hope to break the grey monotony that sets in for four months or more.      Another indicator of impending spring for me was the increasing urge to drag something outside and spray paint it. Visions of tiny pots of new herb plants interrupted my thought processes.  A trip to the local plant nursery was in order.  Yes, I know It's still too cold to have the herbs outside.  We all know how much I hate having plants inside the house, but at this time of year, I'll tolerate them being indoors.  Besides, it makes even more glorious the day when the pots of herby goodness can be