Red Poppies - Bud and Bloom, Hamilton, Montana

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. “ - e.e. cummings

On this Memorial Day in the United States, I offer a sincere thank you to all serving in our Armed Forces for guarding our freedom, without which laughter is scarce.

Blue Pansy, Missoula, Montana

Pansies always bring to mind my Grandma A., because she loved them.
“They are all in the lily-bed, cuddled close together– Purple, Yellow-cap, and little Baby-blue; How they ever got there you must ask the April weather, The morning and the evening winds, the sunshine and the dew.” ~ Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz