Small mercies!

The so-called spring weather, blustery, cold, raw, rainy, yielded a couple of nice gifts for Handsome Partner today, on my walk, which I doggedly take in all weathers, to the surprise of more intelligent people who stay home and keep warm on days like this.

The rain had brought down a lot of small blossoms off the flowering cherry trees, and there were small part-opened buds off other trees lying around, and a few flowers whose name escapes me yet again. A rose by any other name would be just as hard to remember.

So I took pix, with different backgrounds, white tissue for purists



and green linen for people who like that contrast



And left the original models on HP's table for him to finger and enjoy. This is a confused day for him, so flowers, always his favorite, are a good thing to be looking at right now.