Flea and Tick Season. Those beautiful spring days bring with them a pesky nuisance â fleas and ticks. These critters not only cause our pets to itch and scratch, they can carry diseases. Pets that are allergic to fleas can have a severe reaction to even one flea. What time of year do we worry about fleas and ticks?
The background, typical of a Wiley painting, is a riotous pattern of intense greens. Pretty sharp, Obama said with a grin. Amy Sherald, a Baltimore-based artist, painted Michelle Obama sitting in a floor-length gown, chin on her hand, looking directly at the viewer with a calm, level gaze. The paintings, like the presidency they honor, are a historic first.
At first blush itâs easy to see why. Like Jackie, Michelle is young and vibrant and altogether different from her predecessors. Like Jackie, Michelle is stylish and striking. And like Jackie, Michelle is the wife of a president who seems to herald a new age, who seems a new kind of leader for a new kind of time. But the similarities end there. Scratch the surface and youâll see in Michelle Obama â even in what she says and does on this trip to Europe â an altogether different kind of First Lady, one who instead of being defined by her husband, defines herself. Unlike Jacqueline Kennedy, Michelle Obama speaks out â she is not merely seen but heard.