Enjoying April showers

“Love Rainy Day,” “Singing in the Rain” and “April Showers,” I’ve been singing them loudly (in my head) for the past three days.
I know these April showers will bring May flowers; unfortunately, there are mostly dandelions in my lawn. My tulips and daffodils disappeared when we put in the new sidewalks.
I’m sure there isn’t a senior citizen who can’t remember picking those beautiful yellow flowers and taking them to her/his mother as a special gift. Or a mother or grandmother who didn’t give those smiling little kids with a handful of yellow “weeds” a big hug and thank them a thousand times, put them in a glass and set them in the middle of the table. Oh, to be young again! Now we spend hours digging the blasted things out of our lawns.
Although, I will admit, I’ve driven by abandoned houses and seen those yellow weeds and, yes, they look beautiful still.