Spring

Spring. A familiar word. A happy word. The word 'spring' conjures up pleasant visuals in my mind. Bright blue skies, dancing puffy clouds, vivid yellow jonquils, striking red tulips, a soft breeze blowing, my windchimes singing...ah, spring! (A bit of Bob Ross going on there, I know!) Yes, it seems like I do remember experiencing spring at some point in the past.

BUT WHERE IN THE WORLD IS IT NOW?!?!?!?!?

Is spring ever gonna come again? Is spring gonna sprung? I took Belle out this morning for her regular ritual and she walked over to the backyard, leaned down and was sniffing something. I didn't pay much attention. After all, she's a dog. Dogs do that. They sniff - and it seems like the grosser it is, the more they sniff! Anyway, she would sniff this spot on the ground, walk away and come back to sniff again. She did this several times. And everytime she did, she would sniff and sniff for the longest time. My curiosity finally got the best of me so I went over to see what in the world was so "sniff-acious" - probably just a pile of poo from some new dog in the neighborhood. But, when I got over there, I saw the tiniest, little, most perfectly shaped bright yellow flower with beautiful teeny tiny green leaves! A sure sign of spring!!! And Belle even recognized it and didn't want to leave it! It must have smelled heavenly cause she sure smelled it a lot and she was very careful not to destroy it. I wanted to take a picture of it, but I didn't have my camera with me. But it's there. I saw it. Belle smelled it and together we smiled. Yes, boxers do smile! It's yucky outside today. It's cold and rainy and just generally a depressing looking day. But you know what?

IT'S THERE...THE PROMISE OF BETTER THINGS TO COME!