My husband and I were taking our normal post-prandial walk down to a local park. We passed one of the houses on our street after passing a young Asian woman pushing a baby in a stroller. She was clearly not the baby's mother and my husband asked me if I knew who she was. I definitely did not but I definitely knew she wasn't the baby's mother so I hazarded a guess that she was a new nanny for the enigma house, especially since she didn't follow us all the way to the park.

My husband asked me why I called it the enigma house to which I replied, "Well they are a pair of docs."

If you don't get the joke it's okay. There are too many weird and unsettling news stories these days but at least the Trumps are finally getting what they deserve out of life. That alone is worth a hearty belly laugh. 

 The groundhog saw his shadow today which is supposed to mean six more weeks of winter but March 21 is a little more than six weeks away so the groundhog's shadow must mean a shorter winter not a longer one. We have a neighborhood groundhog, probably more than one since they all look alike. I find his antics particularly funny when he comes to the yard. Most of the critters that steal our produce or raid our compost bin are furtive in their behavior. The groundhog walks in looking like he is simply grocery shopping. He walks over to the vegetable plant, usually a tomato, and plucks the fruit off the vine or more irritatingly just bends over and eats the bottom of the tomato leaving the top still attached. He never seems nervous or skittish. After his snack he just goes back out of the yard, no rush. He doesn't even wait for the cover of darkness.