Jolly Gardener

It is, arguably, the best day of the year . . .

. . . the day when Mistah fills the wheelbarrow with different varieties of dirt . . .

. . . and mixes them up . . .

. . . and installs seedlings . . .

. . . to create a big, happy, day of planting . . .

. . . that's pronounced plahnting.

He's a Jolly Gardner, that Mistah.

And I am a Jolly Enjoyer of the Jolly Gardener.

Because it begins right here, right now, our journey into  summer and warmth and tomatoes and gigantic green warm love . . .

. . . it's Jolly.