Do You Know What Today Is?

 Today is National Turtle Day.

We have a neighborhood turtle that walks thru our yard every spring on his way to a pond about half a mile away.

In the fall we see him walking back down the hill and we give him a lift to the woods where he continues on to his winter home.

He's been showing up every spring since we moved here and the dogs let us know he's arrived. They all watch him closely, but Tsar is the only one who ever interacted with him. Tsar picked him up and carried him to the door where we took him and set him back on his route.

I had a little turtle when I was a kid. It was ok but as pets went, it was pretty boring. I still like turtles, but I'll stick with my knitted ones.

 To all the turtles out there, have a wonderful day and stay safe.

Playing Catch Up

Last week I finally had my gallbladder surgery. I had postponed it for over a year due to Covid and once everyone involved was vaccinated I decided the time was right. I had planned on doing a lot of easy tasks while recovering but I felt to tired that nothing much got accomplished. Finally yesterday I felt like knitting again and today I was able to face the computer. 

There isn't a lot to report because I just read and watched tv most of the time when I wasn't napping. I did continue to feed Rocket J during my down time. Last night his dinner was dog kibble soaked in bacon grease. Yum!

Rocket thought it was yummy and even turned up early while I was getting it ready. As you can see, he's no longer a tiny little runty raccoon. He's a big boy now. The opossum family has been missing for about a month. I hope they're just busy and haven't left the area.

Goodbye Cousin Bo

 It was announced yesterday that Bo Obama has died from cancer. 

His family is heartbroken as we all know from experience.

Bo was 12 years old and was the cousin of our boy, Fudge. Can you see the resemblance?

Rest in peace, dear Bo.

Spring Come Back !

 Monday was a lovely Spring day, warm and sunny.

Syd and Mackey spent most of the day searching for lizards.

Tuesday when Mackey and I went out to feed the birds, we saw this.

It continued all day. We wound up with about 2 inches.

My crabapple trees looked like this.

Today we're back to sweatshirts and the dogs don't want to stay out. It's cold but sunny. Most of the snow is gone.

Wonder what tomorrow will bring. The weather dude says thunderstorms, then into the 80s. Weird!

Choices

Isn't it nice to have choices? Sometimes the choices are easy, but today I'm presenting some more difficult choices. First up is the choice of favorite season. 

My favorite is Spring. I love seeing all the trees in bloom. I don't even mind the runny eyes and sneezing that go along with the blooms.

Next choice is which Spring bloom is the prettiest? Here are the choices: Cherry blossoms

Plum blossoms

Crabapple  blossoms

I love them all , but our Crabapples are glorious this year.

Next up, some of the spring flowers in the yard. Periwinkle

Violets

Bleeding Heart

Whatever these are

I'm very partial to violets any time of year.

Now on to another topic of choices. Breakfast. What are your favorite breakfast choices? I usually have coffee before I can even think about food. I think my brain works on caffeine and needs it's first dose before any thought process can take place. The choices here are between warm homemade banana bread straight from the oven or scrambled eggs with asparagus.  Here are the answers. I had warm banana bread with my second cup of coffee.

The scrambled eggs with asparagus were for my little pal Rocket J, the raccoon. I put it in the feeder along with his nightly kibble and he loved it. I enjoyed watching him shovel the eggs into his mouth.

Okay, I know I'm spoiling him, but I can't help myself. He comes by every night to see what I've put out for him and the only thing he leaves behind are green veggies.

The final choice today is which flavor do you prefer? Licorice

Butterscotch

Rootbeer

The answer is I love them all and have a hard time choosing but maybe in this case I'll choose Rootbeer.

 

Thought I was talking about candy, didn't you?

 

Have a great week and don't forget to hug your dog.

Biscuit Hunt

In 1997 we had three dogs, Pylon, Bentley and Lucy. That year we had our first Easter Biscuit Hunt. We hid biscuits around our living room, then let the dogs in. We were amazed how quickly they figured out what to do. They checked every corner, under every chair and anywhere else a biscuit could be hiding. We just stood there laughing. It was fun for everyone. Every year since then we've held our annual hunt with an ever changing pack. It's always fun.

This year I was tempted to skip it because we have only the two hound girls, but I decided to give them a chance. Syd and Mack waited impatiently in the garage while Rob and I hid biscuits around the yard. Some were in plain view and some had to be searched for.

 

Then Rob released the hounds.

The minute they exited the garage their noses lifted into the air and they started hunting. They found the easy ones quickly. Then the real fun began.

A quick break to roll from sheer happiness.

Back to the hunt.

They didn't find them all because they were distracted by a lizard sunning himself.  Syd scored the first lizard of the year. She usually gets three or four per year. Mackey has only ever caught one. Syd plays with them like a cat, batting them around. At least she doesn't swallow them alive as Morgan used to do.

The hunt was fun for the girls but it was bittersweet for me. I kept thinking of past years with my big, lively pack chasing around the yard scarfing up biscuits as they went. I miss my furbabies.

Happy Easter everyone.