Many thanks to Annie...

Thanks for the memories....

No, not a YouTube featuring me....

Just that, I am reminded how old I am...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxzXNysmxnY&feature=player_embedded

If you are a bit over, well....the hill...so to speak...

You will enjoy!

I did.

April's Fool.....

Pig's fly...

Dogs "oink"....

Cats swimmin'....

Bird's Bark....

It's rainin' UP!

Kids are quiet....

Old ladies are ridin' unicycles...

Old Men aren't complainin'....

School's in meditation...

Firehouse is setting up a Bar-B-Que....

Banks are givin away money....

No...

Wait...

it's

APRIL FOOLS!

While sitting on the back deck....

I noticed Bumble Bees....

Many.

Dozens, even....

hovering like intoxicated aliens...

clinging to each other in a drunken jitterbug...

Guess this is spring....

Pollen covers almost every surface....

chainsaws are carving out the dead wood in the distance.

Dogs moan and howl each time a firetruck passes

with sirens squealing...

Mockingbirds mimicking car alarms....

children giggle and race each other home from the bus stop...

cherry blossoms dance across the parking lot...

Silently, high above a red tailed hawk ride the air currents,

perhaps to pluck off the pesky squirrels that steal from my bird feeder.

more dogs...

leaf blowers....

children...

It's almost dinner time.

My mind should not be allowed to wander......

An incredible day of....

well, nothing.

I did nothing that I didn't want to do.

and some of what I didn't know I wanted to do.....

Got that?

Actually, I never knew I wanted to be an action hero.

But here I am.....

Amazing what happens when you allow your mind to wander.

Rainy Days....

Today, I was blessed with a rainy day...

nothing to accomplish,

nothing to manipulate,

nothing to be responsible for.....

Gratitude

small graces....

big gifts...

The luxury of simply sitting and listening.

It's been a long time coming..

I am so grateful.

Long Process....

I inventory the last remains of the darkroom....

dusty, shouldn't be..

old, yes...

memories, millions of them....

outmoded, certainly....

It all makes me sad.

It brings memories of another time,

another marriage,

one that didn't work out....

not like I thought it would.

Negatives....

film and attitudes..

outmoded,

Yes.

Rebirth......

Well, I guess it is a phenomenon that you really can't explain...

Rebirth...

A new attitude....

New outlook...

New direction...

New potential....

Maybe simply a change in course.

The old seems distant and outmoded....

wrinkled, broken, unusable.

The "new" is fresh and glossy.

It wears new shoes,

fresh makeup,

pressed and cleaned clothing,

it looks up.....

The new can be exciting and scary at the same time.

We can be attracted to it as the proverbial "moth to a flame",

and we can be repelled by it's shine......

Spring is like that in many ways.

But mostly, and especially for gardeners....

it is an opportunity to be reborn....

to set right the mistakes of last year, last season.....

I love spring.

I love the idea of a "do-over".....