About To Burst

“Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.” 
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

Anticipation is often better than the doing. Anticipation of these pretty peonies is so much fun.  I have often thought, since I was a child, and that was a lonnnng time ago, that I loved the time leading up to something exciting more than the doing, because then it was over so quickly.  Still do.