Agnes by Tony Cochran for April 26, 2010

Trout is fortunate to have such a friend.

Spring - the smell of an entire winter’s worth of frozen dog doo thawing out all at once.

Trout’s best line ever.

So does that mean Agnes’ purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others?

See Agnes as Clarice Starling in “The Silence of the Limbs.”

Ah, Death… ‘Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished.

I’ve never heard the trees screaming upon reawakening. The ones I know have experienced the phenomenon often enough that the most they utter is a mumbled “Oh no, not again…” (they’re rather louder than a bowl of petunias, though).

A twisted word picture in a word balloon in a picture, twisted.

“So does that mean Agnes’ purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others?”

I thought that was *my* job.

Spring’s alarm clock and Agnes are not in tune, but there is hope trout will get her through the seasons. If only she giggled like a little girl she could transform into her inner screaming third grader. NOT! She is perfection and amusing and a mysterious second grader.