May Is The Payoff...

...for enduring a long Michigan winter...everything greens up...

...the flowers start blooming...

...and it's God Bless America once again...

...plus, in a gesture of cross-cultural good will toward all the Dutchies whose territory we non-Dutchies have invaded, we have in our courtyard a single, solitary tulip:

...the botanical variety, not the theological kind (Total depravity; Unconditional election; Limited atonement; Irresistible grace; Perseverance of the saints; for all you non-5 point Calvinists out there...)

Was standing on our back patio the other evening and snapped this pic of the moon...

...and earlier that day we had a visit from some deer friends we hadn't seen in a coon's age...

Bambi...

Bambi 2...

Tomorrow kicks off Tulip Time here in Holland...started a way on back in 1929, so this is the 89th year...

...and they expect 600,000+ people to attend during this week long celebration of Holland's Dutch heritage...

Exciting if you're making money off it, not quite so fantabulous if you're trying to get around the city and live what in some quarters passes for your normal life...we'll see how  this year goes...gotta love them tulips...

later, mcm fans...