re-birth

Here pops up bright gold Paralena and Verbena.

It is that time again. The spring flowers starting up. Recent rains here in North Texas have done their thing. "The drought of March is pierced to the roote" abated, now, the rains "bathed ev'ry vain and root in sweet liquor", well, somewhat and "Spring the wood anew.... (sing cuckoo!)" Weather reports and season changes from Chaucer and company....circa 1300 AD. The Paralena will bloom till fall, depending on the rain, and the purple verbena will show up all the way to December. One of our dependable sources of lavender blue in the grassy margins and fields here among the Cross Timbers and prairies....

Spring is a mixed blessing. We have already been under a tornado watch, and storms with hail were in the forecast. They went north and east of us, but more are in the near prospectus. Killer tornados and golfball hail ripped up Southern Illinois yesterday, they just announced. One death. Life is uncertain in the big tornado alley in the Spring. Depressions and head-aches. Sinus season.

Computer back up, all unbacked files gone, and things in cold disarray. My best instinct is to put the sucker up on e-Bay or at least ad in the local, or Craiglist it. The iMac G-5, the wonder of wonders just like the G-4 before it, is superseded by the iMac Intel Duo. I want it. BAD. But will wait. If you want my iMac G-5, I am asking 850. Recent spells, colds that don't go away, scary allergies, have affected my mental state. Coupled with the horrible state of our government, the loathing of our leaders, the terrible mess our misguided venture in Iraq, the horrors of Dafur, the scary scenarios unfolding in Iran and North Korea... No wonder it affects the states of people's minds..

Like the Spring, I am back on line and will try to post something positive every day. Working with TJ keeps me fit. At least getting rid of some couch-potato flab which has crept onto my old bod recently. Maybe I can tackle some hikes in the mountains and canyons soon. That, and a promised two month tour in Mexico next winter, makes me get up in the morning.