Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, April 2, and I can’t say I’m thrilled at having to rise an hour earlier after my late nights out on the town. But spring forward I must. Especially if I want to catch the early bird who is out catching worms.

This weekend is supposed to be sunny and warm, so I might stroll down the east side of Main Street past three old houses that all have crocuses in full bloom. Some crocuses have naturalized, which means they’ve grown beyond their garden borders and spread out across the lawns in wild abandon. Sort of like what I do on my aforementioned evenings out.

Starting at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, I’ll check out #62 owned by Betsy Kenyon. It was built in 1785 by Henry Wood, who reportedly held a clothing drive to benefit Newtowners serving in General George Washington’s Continental Army. Then I’ll walk to #55, the Matthew Curtiss House, built in 1750 and now owned by the Newtown Historical Society.

Another old house (shown here) is #32, further down Main and across the intersection with Church Hill Road. Built in 1795, it was once owned by three Newtown town clerks in succession, all named Caleb Baldwin. Its current owners are Gordon and Lina Williams. I frequently see Gordon outside raking and pruning, but I hope he’ll hold off on his mowing until those crocuses have finished their show.

Grown men eat quiche, so why can’t a cool cat like crocuses? Part of the reason I’m so cool is that I’ve already flagged down my first ice cream truck of the season, which I spotted on Elm Drive this week. It’s a sure sign that warmer weather is on its way.

Bridget Holmes is participating this spring in the Global Outreach program of Fordham University’s Campus Ministry, which will take her and 11 other team members to Colorado, Montana, and South Dakota where they will be working in a homeless shelter, working on a Habitat for Humanity project, and volunteering at the Pine Ridge Native American Reservation. Bridget has to raise $1,500 to cover her expenses for the trip, and she’s hoping people from her own community here in Newtown will help in that effort. Tax-deductible donations may be sent in her name to: Global Outreach, Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street, Room 217, New York NY 10023.

Newtown Police Youth Officer Dana Schubert has been named to the Connecticut Narcotics Enforcement Officers Association’s board of directors for a three-year term. Officer Schubert will be sworn into office in ceremonies to be held on April 14 at the Trumbull Marriott. As a board member, Officer Schubert will help guide the programs that the association operates. The association is a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1968. The association provides town police with various literature concerning the perils of substance abuse, which is distributed to students in the public schools. The group conducts public presentations on substance abuse.

It is the ultimate in laziness (for which we cats are known) and I came within a whisker’s breadth of buying one today: the turbo bubble generator. Just think, no more standing around with a sticky jar of Magic Bubbles or running wildly about the yard while you wave a dripping plastic wand in the air. No more spinning in circles to create a tornado of bubbles. Just lying, inert, motionless, doing nothing while the turbo bubble generator periodically spews perfect bubbles into the air about you…. Wait a minute. Where’s the fun factor?

I’ll be back next week to burst some more bubbles, so be sure to…

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