Spring is finally here!  We were treated to a few lovely warm days here in the North East and I admittedly escaped the shadows of my inner sanctum to frolic in the sun.  I am wearing my freckles like a merit badge (this has been a very long Winter!) though it may lower my goth street cred.  *pfft!*  My corgi and I explored the mossy green hemlock forest near my home and were honored with a very early mating song by hundreds of eager frogs singing from the nearby vernal pools.  A wonderful tas...