Mountain Laurel ...

... close up in a generous bush by our back door at midday.  Today began cloudy and chilly but it gradually warmed up as the sun increasingly came out..

 Today's outing was for a routine visit together to our doctor. We spent considerable time time discussing various issues, but nothing of particular signifcance.   His office is across the river in South Hadley and so we passed by Mount Holyoke College, which brought back pleasant memories of last weekend's reunion.