Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

The (30 feet* of) snow (that fell this winter) is melting!! I'm very glad I have my plaid galoshes to splash around in. This picture reminds me of a song I learned at my first job in Norway - working at an activity center. We sang a LOT. One of the songs was Alf Prøysen's The first dandelion which talks about the first dandelion of the year looking at his reflection in a mudpuddle. It's a very cute song. And we're a long way away from the year's first dandelion, but... I'll pretend to be one until that day comes!

* This is a bit of an exaggeration.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

At the Mudpuddle Shop in Niles, California

Safarinas with Mudpuddle Cleansdale

Taken at Pepperland, Pepperland (233, 93, 22)

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

My wife and I enjoy visiting Luther Britt Park. Today was a gorgeous day so I took a camera and visited the park.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

From a pretty old roll of film I took in downtown Santa Ana awhile back.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

(Friday, 23 July 2010) My friend’s 13-month-old son, Ethan, wasted no time in finding this mud puddle!

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

4H-farm, Gränby, Uppsala, Sweden.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.

Photo from staff photographer Rick Drew from Anime Midwest 2019. Friday's Mud Puddle Rave.