Vee, Hereabouts it's the steady drip, drip of sap in the bucket that foretells spring. Then when we hear the Peep, peep of the frogs it's time to take in the buckets and spring is REALLY here. Ruth At 12:05 AM -0500 3/22/04, Vee L. Housman wrote: >Dear Folks, >When I looked up at my silver maple tree this morning I could see tiny buds >on it that forecast green leaves to come and I know that within a few weeks >I'll hear the "peep, peep" of the frogs out in the back 40 singing their >hearts out. Now that's what I call "hope springs eternal." > >vee -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Dummerston, VT