It sounds like Spring in the morning, the cardinals are starting their mating calls, the red-winged blackbirds are back and we are in March. I know before the day is over, Timmy will ask his usual riddle for this day: "What's the only date that is also a command?" MARCH FOURTH.

Not a bad winter, in fact February was the warmest February on record for New York. The road in the cemetery has been open all year, the first time since Maria died. The Christmas Blankets have been taken off, and the bulbs are starting to peek out. The grave down in the corner is already decorated for St. Patrick's Day, green shamrocks, green artificial flowers. There are two new stones near Maria. One is very interesting. On the back it says, "See where we have been." And on the front, with the names, are two pictures. One is a cat looking at a book titled Egypt and on the other side of the stone is a cow in a field. Gives me a lot to think about.

So Spring is heading our way again. I was surprised to see in the Almanac that we turn the clocks ahead already next weekend. Time and tide, you can't stop either.