"Sweet April showers do spring May flowers."
An aphorism* attributed to Thomas Tusser in
"A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry" in 1557.
This saying has been around along time and was probably around a long time before Mister Tusser choose to write it down and include it in his book. The moral of the adage that "April showers bring May flowers" is to have patience with adversity and anticipate it's benefits instead. As Lompoc, the Valley of Arts and Flowers continues to endure economic struggles we must take heart that this will breed innovation as each of us redefine our priorities or at least how to achieve those priorities.
So it is fitting that our Chamber of Commerce has replaced it's yellow "I Like Lompoc" button with an upgrade to "I Love Lompoc" with a little red heart for the "V" in the word love. Naturally I continue to "luv" Lompoc and leave you with one last quip:
If April showers bring May flowers, what do Mayflowers bring?
Pilgrims, of course.
*Aphorism - pronounced "Af-4-ism", noun: a saying expressing a belief, often true.
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