It’s spring, and things are alive in the suburbs.

Yes, there are the gorgeous flowering trees. This is a dogwood tree in my front yard. The magnolia, red leaf, and crab apple trees have been happy, happy in the backyard. I’ve been visiting the garden stores and drooling over the new plants.

But I had to pull off a tick off the back of Ian’s neck with tweezers yesterday. The bugger hung on to his skin and put up quite a fight. Asshole.

I also almost hit a wild turkey on the way to work yesterday. It was huge and ugly and stupid. It just ambled onto the road just as I was accelerating for the ramp to Route 17. I had to come to a complete halt, so the dumb thing could slowly stalk across the road. I briefly considered a Grand Theft Auto slam, but I didn’t want it to stink up my car.