April Fools' Day

First Pansies
Acrylic ink on
watercolour paper
5.5 x 8.5 inches
Barbara Muir © 2023

I'm so glad Steven didn't do an April Fool's joke on me. But as a child if I'd known better April 1 would have been a day to worry about.  My sweet mother must have needed some extra humour.  And she pulled the same stunt every year.

"When I was a child my mother had one
excellent prank that she pulled on us year
after year. She used to change the time on all
the clocks in the house, and wake us up an hour
early for school, then shout "April Fools'!" into
our sleepy faces. Thinking about that now I can't
help laughing, and imagining my mother as a
young woman, with four children to get off to
school, dying for some fun. Most of the time
our lives were fairly serious. The house followed
a set routine, and we all did whatever we were
expected to do. But every now and then there
would be a mood of extra fun and gaiety."

Have a loving your life day.