Today felt like spring, and though our land was still covered in snow and ice, birds were flitting about joyfully and the sun shone brightly. Trying to make the most of this fleetingly favorable weather (we're supposed to get another ten inches of snow tomorrow), I set about doing a bunch of nailing on our shed siding. We only tacked it down during the initial installation—today I went over everything, putting a nail every two feet or so, on both sides of each panel.

What a joy it was to be outside in relative warmth, working on our shed!