Tax refunds can feel like Christmas in springtime.

Rainbows and butterflies, cattails and dandelions, waterfalls and rainforests, puppy dogs and dragonflies, sea foam and orcas, sunshine and comets, chilliness and icicles, wildflowers and prairie grass. The sun shines hot and the wind blows cold. It is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. It's a helluva start! What a strange thing to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.

Competition is good it makes things happen.

Money is a cow, if you are passionate it's time for the cows to come home.

The charms of the wild rose, new-mown hay, baked bread, buttered popcorn, smell of coffee, frying bacon and the smell of rain hitting dry ground! Everything felt a little bit livelier. Awesome!

Summer: Flip flops have found their destination. The season has also given a reason to embrace umbrellas and rain boots.