D.O.P.-T. (day before yesterday)

If it's raining, it's doing so at night, in small showers. But the hills have begun to green out, and the squirrels are darting around furiously and digging in all my plant-pots.

D.O.P.-T. (yesterday)

Two white butterflies whirling around each other over the young dandelions in the next-door yard; a hummer hovering high over the pear tree in the deep blue sky.

D.O.P.-T.

After a few days of twice-daily brushing and good rations, Bear has fewer mats and his coat looks generally better. The carpet and my bed, on the other hand, keep having to have clumps of dark fur removed from them.