Hi, Sue!
Isn't spring wonderful?! After such bare and dreary days that hint of green
poking up through the soft dirt sure is a welcome sight! You mentioned that
the red-winged blackbirds are your first sign of spring. Ours was always the
Western Meadowlark, but we're no longer living near a field (where they like
to set up house), so our first signs are my daffodils and crocuses coming up.
That lets me know that winter is losing its grip. Spring is here for sure when
the Sandhill Cranes fly over our house on their way north for the summer. I
heard (and saw) the first ones today!
I'm so glad for Piper (Smoochie)! The kids sure look happy to have a new
puppy! I'm sure that he will be greatly loved!
Drummer is sleeping next to me as I write to you. He had a tough day because I
had to do some yardwork in the front yard - a place where he can't be with me
because it's not fenced and I also have plants that would be bad for him. He
just didn't like the fact that he couldn't be right next to me. He was OK as
long as I was right on the other side of the fence from him, but once I moved
further away we began to have trouble. I finally had to crate him so that I
could finish in peace - LOL!
Last weekend Glenn and I fixed the back yard so that we could safely open the
whole area up to Drummer. He had been blocked off from the south and east
sides of the house because of too many cedar bushes and spring bulbs and
various plants that aren't "puppy friendly". Since the ground has now thawed,
we were able to put up some temporary fencing around the critical areas and he
is now enjoying his new expanded play area. Tim, however, jokingly says that
we have ruined our "Feng Shui" of the back yard - LOL! It does look rather
chopped up, but it's not directly visible to the neighbors (or us) unless
we're in that part of the yard. Hopefully we'll be able to remove most of it
in a year or two - once he's past the stage of taste-testing everything!
I've attached a few pictures of Drummer. One is just a portrait of him that
makes him look quite handsome. The other two go together and show his "other
side". I was starting to clean the bathroom and had to leave it to get some
supplies. Drummer "seized" the moment and took off with the toilet paper. I
wish that my digital camera could have turned on more quickly to capture his
first expression when he came around the corner. It was a "Look what I've got,
Mom!" sort of look - LOL! The second picture shows the streamer leaving the
bathroom and going around the corner! All I could do was laugh! He WAS a good
boy, though, and dropped it when I gave him the command (something he has been
working on from his puppy class). Anyway, I thought that you would enjoy them!
Hope that the "Ladies in Waiting" are all doing well. I'll bet it's very quiet
at your place - for the moment!
Have a blessed day!
Sending some warm spring air your way!
Mary :o)
