Forget-me-nots to herald the coming of warm, sunny days! A reminder not to forget the spring when it has gone and winter bleakness has settled in.

Carrying the laundry up from the basement yesterday I spied the russian lying among the daisies with his shirt off, staring up at the blue sky.

And I wondered if he were as taken with the beautiful day as I was, or if he was just trying to see the ash cloud with his naked eye as it descended over the land. Wouldn't he love that!