Hooray, Hooray, It's the 1st of May ...

... you know the rest of the rhyme. There's a punishment waiting for those who say it out loud.
Here's Poppy the Pug in a silent contemplative moment. You know that mere seconds from now she'll have that butterfly on the ground (you know she will), giving it the thrashing of its life. Oh, yeah, and there WILL be barking. Lots of it.

But for now: Peace & Quiet. It's kinda like a Mary Cassatt painting in that regard. A still moment captured in time.

What I like about Spring...

• Fewer oil deliveries = Less $ spent
• Pretty things blooming
• Pleasant to take walks -- neither too hot nor too cold

What I don't like about Spring...

• Once again, have to become my alter persona "The Landscaping Bandito" as I mow the lawn with a kerchief over my nose & mouth.
  
• Allergy eyeballs, itchy & red, wish I could claw them right out of my head. (Sung to the tune of "Blessed Assurance")
  
• The hatching of flies inside the house begins again in earnest.

This illustration is © Megan E. Jeffery.
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