Thankful Thursday: The Dan Quayle Edition

Allow me to explain.

It’s February and I’m longing for spring when flowers bloom.
So I went to last year’s photos and found this clematis:
Spring garden shots 015“Perfect,” I thought. “I’ll post it as Thankful Thursday: The Looking Forward Edition.”

But then I wanted to also include a quotation about the future,
so I searched for something eloquent to match my lovely flower.
And I came up with this:

“The future will be better tomorrow.”  ~
 Dan Quayle

A keeper, for sure, because not only am I longing for spring, I’m in desperate need of
laughter. But I won’t say anything more about that because as a wise man once said:

“Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.”  ~  Dan Quayle

Good News / Bad News

Good news: Spring is here!
Bad news: That 11-degree-below-zero freeze we had last November killed a bunch of spireas, sumacs, and possibly the cherry tree.
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Good news: Spring is here!
Bad news: The bind weed is back with a vengeance.
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Good news: Spring is here!
Bad news: It’s been so rainy the past week it feels more like Alaska than Colorado.
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GOOD NEWS: SPRING IS HERE!
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Last-Chance Daffodils?

Yesterday was 78 degrees but the weather people said today’s high would be 47 with snow/rain later.  I realized I should get a photo of these brand-new daffodils before the snow got them.  Sure enough, when I was out snapping pics a gust of wind blew in and the snow began to fall.