Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for March 20, 2021

Thanks JJ, I was clueless. I didn’t know her story. Everyone has one, but hers turned out to be quite a bit more than most.

A worthy tribute to a worthy recipient, but why today? It’s not like her birthday or anything. And what’s her connection to jonquils? (I’ve done my due diligence and Google gave me nothing.)

I see hundreds of daffodils every spring. I planted a bunch last fall, and they are getting ready to bloom.

i liked Helen Reddy but what is a jonquil and what has it got to do with her demise??

Woman’s month and her hit “I am woman”? Jonquil is known as narcissus so maybe woman should like themselves????

Happy 1sr Day of Spring, Everyone !!!!!!!!

The next line of the song is “in numbers to great to ignore”, which may help explain today’s strip.

She was a bloomin’ star, she was!

My Daffodils were just starting to bloom when Texas was hit with a unTexas like snow, ice, and below zero cold spell. Now my Daffodils are just a flat, soggy, dead mess. I have no doubt they will come back next year but for this year they are gone. I actually lost several flowering plants and several trees in our neighborhood are suffering.

Quite amazing folks can start arguing about a comic strip. Afraid this world is a mess.

What the heck is a Jonquil???

first day of Spring, by the calendar. Good morning folks

Very good tribute, JJ. Thanks.

Stay safe and have a wonderful weekend my friends.

Maybe JJ will tell us his his meaning next week in one of his retro posts.

The Helen Reddy reference is apt because as others have mentioned, it paraphrases her signature hit, “I Am Woman.” The first lines in that song, for those unfamiliar, are “I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore.”Beginning with the first panel when there’s a single bloom, then more and finally a field of flowers, the spirit of the message is that the jonquils are here and signaling Spring in numbers too big to ignore. I don’t think the intent is to draw a strong connection between jonquils and roaring, rather to welcome the first day of Spring with an illustration of a ubiquitous Spring flower and using Reddy’s song to do so.

Happy First Day of Spring! y’all!

Then the flowers meet “These Boots Are Made For Walking.”

Last October I put out 100 tulip bulbs in my flower garden. Nothing yet.

Nope. No one’s is an abbreviation of “no one is”. It was right the first time.

I loved Helen Reddy’s songs.

I prefer daffodils.

The last panel says we are jonquils here us roar. Help reddy… in numbers too big to ignore. I am woman hear me roar in numbers too big to ignore .Jonquils appear in large numbers…that’s all I got.

“It’s so nice to be insane…”