Note from DW staff about importing from LJ

If you're trying to import a journal from LJ and are wondering what's happening, it may still be in the queue, which is currently very long. For values of "very long" that mean a few days, though denise notes that her estimates of how long may be off by 100%. In the short term, you can leave it running (no need to keep that window open), as long as you don't change your LJ password until the import completes.

That's my version of her tl;dr; see her actual post for details. Also, if you're going to be hanging out at DW even intermittently, I recommend subscribing to dw_maintenance, which is low-traffic and useful.

forsythia

After what seems like a very slow start, the forsythia bushes in our neighborhood now have lots of flowers open. (It has been sunny for the last several days, and very warm yesterday and today—I think today's high was something like 81F/27C, and tomorrow is forecast to be even warmer.) This feels late to me, but I'm not sure whether this is just not being used to living in Massachusetts, or that it feels vaguely out of order, in that the daffodils in front of the house have been blooming for a couple of weeks.

The nearby garden center now has six-packs of lettuce plants, and some potted herbs. I bought some potting soil today, to use with the seeds I started a few days ago, while trying not to worry about the likelihood that I should have started my seeds sooner than I did. (The seeds are currently in little disks of peat moss, just starting to sprout, and I am going to need to move at least the tomatoes into slightly larger pots before planting them outside.)

We also have enthusiastic cardinals singing in trees nearby; last summer we had at least one fine brood of cardinal fledglings darting across the yard.