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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, it snowed again. We were coasting along, daring to go to town without taking a jacket because it was 78° out and you actually turned on the air conditioner because it  was hot, and then this morning dawned, and there it was, snow. White, wet, cold, sloppy snow. It was almost like winter again. Everything was monochromatic but we were lucky because the monochromatic was in shades of ugly grey  and dirty white.

Before you northern tier types all start saying “Yeah, So, What’s wrong with that?” know that out here in the glorious west, when it’s supposed to be Spring we don’t want any more snow. We want sunshine and green growing things, gentle breezes and pretty flowers, not images that resemble Yugoslavia in WWll.

This causes some of us to regress to winter mode which is like when Miklos the Scaly found out that all his slaves had died before he had a chance to kill them, slowly. Now we’re not all like that just some of us. Some of us like me for instance, who is mightily tired, not to mention weary, of anything even remotely resembling winter. It brings out my darker side and well, let’s not even go there.

So what’s the antidote for ugliness? Beauty! And if a sumptuous, gorgeous flower represents beauty what happens when you add a butterfly to the mix? I know, Don’t get all weepy. You get beauty squared! That’s enough to cancel out what is seen out of the weather viewing window and salvage what was nearly an awful stupid day and let me use two exclamation points in the same blog. Cool huh? I hope if it snowing where you are this helps. If not check the weather report it’s supposed to be 58° and clearing tomorrow. Let’s all go there.