Prune to Grow

 Every winter I prune our hydrangea brutally.  It makes me feel bad.

But then, every summer (so far),  it grows like wildfire:

Keep your eyes on the long term goal, people.  Sometimes a little short term pain is worth the long term gain.

All in a week's work

 Sometimes you have to take the time to acknowledge that funniness is all around us.  Sometimes you can point it out and sometimes others are doing it for you.  Here's some random snapshots from my professional life April 2024:

Grading lab reports on the "Build your own mobile" project:

Next up: The dreaded "reply all".  In my defense, I try not to reply all unless there a heavy amount of snark involved: