May is dragging its heels this year

May is dragging its heels this year
May is dragging its heels this year

It’s hard to know what I’m waiting for, but I’m waiting for something.

Spring is late. I would have known this even if I wasn’t getting daily reminders in my email of the beautiful pictures I took exactly a year ago. One year ago, all the trees were in full bloom. The tulips were hitting their prime. The peonies were threatening to bud out. This year, there are a handful of daffodils that somehow e…