Saturday's Scenario: Reflecting on the 5/1/2020 #ClapBecauseWeCare Session

RED RIDING HOOD TULIP

Just as the petals of a Red Riding Hood tulip in my garden are trying to hang on to their stem as evidenced in this photo directly above) despite being knocked around by all the rain and wind we have had in NYC; our first responders, health care professionals and essential workers are hanging in there for us during this pandemic, in spite of the life-threatening challenges they face in doing so.

Meanwhile, people (some can be seen in the next set of pictures) continue to show their appreciation by participating in #ClapBecauseWeCare sessions and last night (May 1st 2020) was no exception.

A #ClapBecauseWeCare Participant

A #ClapBecauseWeCare Participant

JULIE, THE WOMAN WHO TOOK PHOTO-OP S OF MY GARDEN
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ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO SAY BRAVO, FIRST RESPONDERS, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS, BRAVO!
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On another note, when it comes to tulips a number of their varieties are featured in volume one of my book series, Words In Our Beak.

MY BOOK SERIES

To reiterate what I've been saying here on Blogger, "During this time where many people are confined to their homes due to lockdown restrictions (re the coronavirus pandemic), these books (whose stories are set in my rooftop garden) are great to have around as a reminder that there is still so much beauty in our fallen world."

Moreover, the books make a great gift for Mother's Day which is coming up soon (a week from tomorrow on May 10th 2020)!

Exits and Entrances Reprised from 2011 (Tuesday's Truths WK 124)

A copy of the Mutts comic strip that's posted atop this entry was in my In Box this morning causing me to recall a joke that I heard a few years ago:

Q: If an April shower brought a May flower; what did the May Flower bring? 
A: Pilgrims!

But if truth be told, imho, April showers take away May flowers and I've mentioned my observation re this occurrence in prior posts here on Blogger. Welcome to the 124th segment of my Tuesday's Truths series...

NYC has been receiving heavy rains for several days now and many of the tulips in my garden that I wrote about in this past Tuesday's blog post (where I included photographs of them) have lost their petals.

Remembering Tiny Tim Again

The performer known as Tiny Tim was born eighty-five years ago on this day of April 12, and ultimately died on November 30th in 1996. This is a fact that I've referenced in prior posts here on Blogger (including one I published last year) where I've featured a copy of the mini video (from the collection in my Vimeo Library) which is featured a top this entry.

Now, in honor of his birth anniversary, I've posted it again and am accompanying the mini movie with an update on how the tulip bulbs Juan V (JV) and I planted this past December are doing. My last reference to them was nine days ago (April 2) and they have made a lot of progress since them, as evidenced by the aerial photo of my garden which I took the other day.

"WIOB'S" STORIES ARE SET IN MY GARDEN

Many thanks to Martha B for opening the hatch leading to the rooftop of the building where I live. It is much too heavy for yours truly to manage and I wanted to take an aerial shot of how my garden is looking in these early days of spring 2019. As you can see, the tulip bulbs that were planted this past December, as well as in bygone years, are "waking up" from their winter's nap and nearly ready to show their flowers.

I have a wide variety of them and the ones in this PARTIAL VIEW of my place are members of these families: Spring Green, Day Dream, Red Riding Hood and Elegant Lady; these four types are late spring bloomers.

April's Last Day Tuesday's Truths WK 124

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It's the last day of April, the month T.S. Eliot deemed (in The Wasteland) as "the cruelest" and the month Mary Oliver described (in her poem Blossom which is posted atop this entry) as one where "...the ponds open like black blossoms..."

As for me, I've often referred to April as the month where April Showers take away May flowers as they have been doing this month; evidenced in the following pictures(respectively) of the Spring Green, Red Riding Hood and Day Dream tulip varieties).

OTHER TULIPS ARE FEATURED IN VOL 1

OTHER TULIPS ARE FEATURED IN VOL 1

OTHER TULIPS ARE FEATURED IN VOL 1

Many tulip types (other than the ones featured in this entry) are featured in volume one of my book series, Words In Our Beak, where the stories are set in my rooftop garden and told from the perspective of Cam; a female cardinal.

A Report re The 22nd #ClapBecauseWeCare & Belated Observance re Haikus

#ClapBecauseWeCare Participants

#ClapBecauseWeCare Participants

#ClapBecauseWeCare Participants

A#ClapBecauseWeCare Participants

The twenty-second #ClapBecauseWeCare session that took place last evening. A couple who lives in the building directly across my courtyard did some "jamming" during last night's 22nd session of #ClapBecauseWeCare (as seen in photos atop this entry).