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April Showers Bring: A Flurry of Flowers
A wee while ago, I had occasion to plant some violas in pots, and as April sneaks up on us with the advancing spring they greet me with the morning sunshine.
It’s a cheerful sight to see when you come downstairs, little flowers illuminated like sunlit jewels in lemon yellows and purples and creams — and it certainly encourages you to step out and greet the day.
Hard to believe that just a few weeks ago these were a collection of neglected plants that had gotten forgotten in their trays over the winter.
And now look at them, glowing with color:
And so April showers bring a little bit of something to do the heart good (granted they were there when March was marching out, but now they’re here in April, too) — and yesterday even a small flurry of snowflakes, which just goes to show, you never can tell.
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Son, I say, ſon, you need to get that medial ſ right. I mean ſeriouſly. Eſses are important. Now, in Italics, it looks more like an f, but no croſs bars allowed. We could get maſsively ſilly about the whole thing.
“Nice kid, but a little ſet in his ways, you know what I’m ſaying?”
Inſidentally, I have a post run off drawing on the pizza grove of your kind invention — with your kind permission (with due acknowledgement), maestro, might I inflict it on our fellow denizens here?
Go for it, but it’s hardly kind of me to allow it. 😈
Murki very much, kind sir. Men, stand by the guns! Fire! Ships of the line, advance!
Yeah, but free beer …
April showers bring a riot of colors.
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