If April is nesting month here in our backyard May is hatchlings month, as we’ve got lots of baby sparrows and mourning doves coming to visit our pool fountain once we get to late afternoon. To see the babies with their flutterng wings and their funky feathers is a beautiful thing to watch.

We have this one mourning dove who presents himself (or herself) whenever he/she stops by with a raspy “whoo-whoo whoo” over and over – once I counted ten times! I’m not if its a he or a she, but whatever, that dove thinks this is his/her territory and loves to make himself/herself known continuously throughout the day. Really fun to watch – and hear.

While others were going ga-ga over the Red Sox start this year I didn’t allow myself to get caught up in the excitement, and watching them these last few days get swept by the Texas Rangers – one of the bona fide good teams in the American League – confirms the wisdom of waiting and seeing just how things play out. April can be a real teaser month, teams going good are not necessarily as good as they seem, teams starting off bad aren’t necessarily as bad as they seem. Texas will be there in the end; whether the Sox will be is anyone’s guess.

Looks like we’ve got another weather system coming in that will keep things relatively cool this coming week. Out here in the Valley of the Sun we’ll take any delay the weather gods have in mind to stave off the triple digits. The one thing everyone out here has been marveling at is how windy it has been for the past month. Not sure why, it seems like every day the wind has been blowing steadily and I’ve had to sweep the dust of the patio to keep it from being tracked into the house.

The Boston Celtics are in a world of hurt going forward the next few years. When teams like the Celts get old, it’s tough to get the mojo back without taking your lumps and finishing near the bottom for a year or two. Problem is, Boston fans would never stand for that approach, so GM Danny Ainge has got his work cut out for him.