Appearances

 are deceiving.  

You can't tell be looking that these two are professional sock stealers.  

Not an ounce of innocence between them.  

Personality

 full stop.  

White tails

 Or is it white tree tails?  Fingers which to touch.  Intersection of the 4 T's:

tail, tale, tree, touch.  

Spikey

Sometimes just looking at the situation clear-headed, you know there would be a few thorns to contend with along the way.  A succulent garden is a great reminder that beauty can be watchful, can be guarded.  In such situations, best to be on the look-out.    

Let's go to school.

However you may define "school," learning something everyday is the way to travel.  Along the way stop to look at the vegetation is wise counsel.  

Rain & mulch beget

fungi.  Fun & fungi time.  Isn't fungi a great sounding word?  

 

Yellow

Petals & stripes.  I find this an intimate novel happened upon.  Lovely.  Perhaps, the lesson if there be one:  trust in the unexpected especially as Spring is closer than it was yesterday. Seriously, did you think I wouldn't mention that I'm smitten by the red center?