Reassurance

Well you don't have to tell me that I should have been outside. Should be outside, I mean. It keeps on warming up, and there's the screen-porch to think of, and here I am in the Little Room, and there I was in the basement. But there is dirt under my fingernails even if there is no sun on my back. I am tending to the houseplants. Now, in early May, they are beginning to feel neglected. I think some of them just needed a little reassurance and a change of scene. It's only natural to feel that way this time of year. I propped them up in new pots and took them to new windowsills. Maybe that's enough. Weeks from now, I'll see.