-->-Spring Has Finally Sprung-



“In the spring,
At the end of the day,
You should smell like dirt.”

Margaret Atwood



There is something magical about
The wet and wonderful, spring dirt
It smells and feels, so ‘life-renewing’
And, it always fills my heart with mirth

Yesterday had dawned quite marvelously
Spring was finally flirting about in the air
The temperature, it was gloriously rising
I had a powerful yen, to get on ‘out there’

I soon drove to one of my favorite places
A lovely lake, tucked way out in the wood
And, there were not any other souls around
Which made me and my mutts feel real good

Soon, we were at the thawing mud-filled shore
My four extremely eager mutts, jumped right in
Soon, that darn little kid inside of me sprang out
And soon, cool, fresh, lake mud covered my skin

By the time that we finally got home last night
We were all covered in mud, and looked a fright
But our most refreshing muddy spring lake romp
Had filled our now rejuvenated souls with delight

Spring is always such a gloriously good time for me
It always makes me feel like a young, care-free child
And that cool, fresh, wet, mud, was just like an elixir
That soon brought me much needed laughs and smiles

My spouse, our female canines,
And, of course, our numerous cats,
Cannot comprehend our fascination,
With these delightful Spring Mud Baths.

But we like it, we love it, and we want some more of it;
We all try so hard, but we just can't rise above it - Mud!

- The True Elixir of Spring –



©Spring 2015, Old Mud Pup Ed and His Muddy Mutts