Dad and I went out to see the pink super moon. It wasn't that super, and it certainly wasn't this pink... |
Why is everyone so down on this quarantine thing? I get to play a lot more than I used to! |
Wait! I'm supposed to write these captions, not Buttercup! Yes I had to wear the silly ears for Easter... |
So I don't know why Dad thought I needed 2 more... You can tell he's thrilled to be in the picture... |
The Easter Bunny wanted to be extra safe this year with Covid-19... Sadly, the plastic wrap proved to be a bad idea breathing-wise... |
Buttercup joined in the egg hunt this year, but she didn't really help much... |
I "got" to wear the ears this year too... and I was too helpful on that egg hunt! |
If Dad had taken this from a different angle he could have said the house was rolling over... or I could say I was driving Mom up the wall... |
Mom wanted to do something with my hair... Dad wanted to do something with Lightroom... I had very little to do with any of this... |
Spring means Harry's tree starts to bloom... |
And it progresses pretty quickly! Dad didn't include the latest picture where Harry's tree is "snowing" already... |
Dad also went around taking "art" photos of the yard... |
This just looks weird to me... Dad took a closeup of my little pink deck chair... |
Obviously it isn't close to blooming yet, but Harry's hydrangea is growing fast! |
Dad continues trying to be artistic... |
He even tried to do this one with his cell phone... |
Surely I can come up with something fun to say about April.
No I can't... and don't call me Shirley! Ba dum tss!
If the late night talk show hosts can do their shows from home, I can do comedy on my web site... Oh wait - they still have writers. Never mind.
Maybe I should focus on my other new line of work... your spiritual well being! That's right! I'm an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church Monastery. "Why?" you ask. Because I wanted to join the ranks of Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brien and Duane "The Rock" Johnson! Now I'm ready to take care of all your Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist, Atheist, Shinto, Sikhism, Baha'i, Confucianist, Humanist, Jewish, or Wiccan ministry needs! Let me know how I can help :-) (Alas, COVID-19 has interfered even with the church's work and I can't get my Ordination Credentials Package right now so, no minister license, wallet license, parking hanger, window cling, press pass - parking placard, or bumper sticker for me right now (dang! that bumper sticker would definitely have looked great on the Porsche...)
So - what else has happened this month? Not much going on in the world right now, so nothing really to talk about in terms of current events...
100 years ago the US entered World War I. Of course, that wasn't the headline back then since no one knew there was going to be a World War II... Also 100 years ago the body of Lillie Spielman was found 19 days after she drowned. That may not mean anything to you, but according to The Frederick News-Post, the mother of the girl, who had been suffering under the (sic) great stress, seemed much relived (sic). I'm not too impressed with their editor... Sadly Annie Summers also died tragically while attempting to build a fire in the family stove. Apparently she spilled some oil on her dress and the rest of the story (told in a bland, matter of fact way) was quite gruesome. But, hey, at least she didn't have to stay home week after week... oh wait, she probably did since she was a she and there just wasn't that much to do 100 years ago...
Maybe if we look at different points in history we can find something less tragic... or maybe we'll just find a random assortment of things:
2011 Prince William and Kate Middleton got married
2004 the last Oldsmobile rolled off the assembly line
1992 riots erupted in Los Angeles after acquittals in the Rodney King trial
1974 Nixon released the Watergate tapes
1968 "Hair" premiered on Broadway
1945 American troops liberated the Dachau concentration camp
1862 Union troops captured New Orleans
1854 the first African American college was founded
1429 Joan of Arc relieved Orleans