the little girl, with the big Nikon around her neck, taking pictures of the other kids dancing

watching kids jump off the diving board, especially one tiny little girl whose signature jump was to throw her arms into a Y and splay her legs...every time this made us laugh, as did the way she'd sashay back to the board again, splashing purposefully through the puddles

Rob's granddad telling the story of winning a corn-shucking contest as a teenager

buying a bakery cupcake to eat in my favorite little city park and, later, seeing a rainbow

Within the space of an hour, 3 people telling me immediately upon seeing me that they loved my hair - the female bartender going so far as to say, "Your hair is beautiful!" The Cute Haircut with Highlights (3.0) lives on!

That's the forecast for today: abundant sunshine. I always smile when they use that phrase. It just feels so generous, like the meteorologist is opening his arms wide and proclaiming, "Sunshine for everyone!" Today is warm and glorious, and I noticed the first of our flowers have started peeking through the dirt.