The days are going by faster than I realized. March and April have gone by like a blur. I will have to try to slow down a bit.

Steady projects at work, volunteering work, and visitors from back home have kept me busy enough. At least I got the chance to visit some of the tourist sites in Bermuda with my visiting friends, like the lighthouse in Southampton and old forts in St. George's. I still didn't get a chance to visit the caves - maybe next time.

The weather have been steady at best - rainy a few days and sunny a few days, with the temperature hovering from low to mid 70's in the day and low to mid 60's at night. There was a period of time where the temperature in the Northeastern US was warmer than here.

I went to St. David's one weekend to volunteer for the Tri-Gatorade Triathlon. It was held at Clearwater Beach and I took the bus there because they were forecasting rain for the afternoon and I didn't want to ride in the rain, especially that far away. I didn't realize how far the beach was from the bus stop and walked about 10 minutes before an elderly couple picked me up and gave me a lift. It was the first time I ever hitchhiked anywhere. I got there just before the 7-9 year old kids started racing.

Nothing else of interest happened at the triathlon - it was cute watching these kids put on a competitive face as they swam, biked, and ran. The media covered the event with an atmosphere that gave me a close-knit small town feeling. It's hard to imagine that this is a whole separate country sometimes.

This weekend's weather was a little unsettling, but there were a few sunny periods and people took advantage of it by sailing. A group of more than a dozen small one-person dinghies fluttered on the emerald blue surface like a flock of butterflies drinking at a waterhole. I was able to set up my salt water tank up again and hope to be able to go into the water and continue to study the local marine life.

With the more humid and warm weather, the Bermudian tree frogs came out from their hibernation and chirp with their cricket-like callings in the evening. Visitors often mistook the chirping of the tree frogs as crickets or birds. They can usually be heard from April until December.

"Harbour Night" will start in the first Wednesday of May, where Front Street is closed to welcome the tourists and cruise ship passengers with vendors, "late night" shopping, music/entertainment and food. This will continue every Wednesday until autumn.