adding a plum

Thanks to everybody who cheered the flowers in my last post.  You’ve cheered me up too.

So as a bonus, here is a picture of faith and courage and hope delivered straight from the plum tree near the vaporetto stop at San Pietro di Castello.  Emboldened by the sunshine yesterday, the somewhat reasonable temperature and no serious wind, this tree decided to throw caution overboard and just start putting out leaves.  Lino says they’re flowers.  We’ll say “greenery.”  I wouldn’t ever have thought I’d wish I could be a like a plum tree, but today they have put new heart into me.

So I squash any negative “Hope it works out for you” thoughts directed by grinchy spirits at the end of January.  And the comment that’s even worse (addressed to the tree):  “I guess you know what you’re doing………” (in the classic undertone conveying “You have lost your last shred of sense or survival, don’t come crying to me when it all goes belly-up”).

Excelsior.