Okay, I give. Yesterday I was out on a walk and I saw the neighbor's lilac bush starting to bloom. And another neighbor's dogwood...

I don't generally post photos of large vegetables, but when this came in over the transom I had to make an exception.  That's 1...

It was one of those invitations you just don't get very often. Like meeting the queen of England (or, more to my liking, her Corgis). ...