Welp....The new grocery pannier works (except for the busted snap!). I loaded it up with a dozen bagels, bananas, cheese, and salad for my ride home today (with DH, on his racing bike...oh...I also had 2 quarts of hazelnut creamer in my pannier and new insulated shopping bags on order so I can keep cold stuff cold this summer - yay!!).

So...me on a heavy commuter with two equally heavy panniers on the back. DH on his lightweight ti bike. Yeah, not an equal fight. It was a hard ride home...even tho' DH insists "I'm here to ride with you, so I'm going to ride WITH you...I don't have to go fast or anything."

Anyway....Spring has sprung in MD. Southern facing hills have daffodils IN BLOOM! Yeah. And the woods by our neighborhood had frogs croaking away. I don't think they were Spring peepers yet...they didn't sound right. Are there other frogs chirping at this time of year???

Yes, RedRhodie...What a great day (outside, anyway....).