Diary 3/24/16

A sunny day. They have been few and far between. Enjoying the rain after enduring drought, just wish we could have a couple sunny days in a row to dry things out a bit. Ah well, never satisfied, ha-ha. Turning beds, weeding and getting ready for later season crops.

This guy showed up; gardener's best friend, the lowly earthworm.

Diary 3/21/16: back from AZ

Back from the sunny, warm air of southern Arizona. Back to rain and the beginning of spring. The plum trees are blooming and here and there I have bulbs flowering, but in general things are just waking up compaired to the south where the wildflowers were in bloom and insects and birds were busy busy.

Diary 3/5/16

And so it all begins...

Diary 2/29/16

It's Leap Day! My mother told me it was the one day per four years that a girl could ask a guy to marry her. Look out guys! Meanwhile, the mild weather continues with a high snow level and a little rain every three days. The first daffodils showed up and the gardening hormones are starting to kick in!

Diary 2/12/16 : Hobbs

A bed switch .Way back when his Pal, Baxter, came for his first visit. Baxter was my grand-dog. We didn't have any grandchildren yet.

The thing about Hobbs was that he was a lover, not a fighter. That got him into alot of trouble. He got beat up several times when he was young , seriously beat up. He wouldn't kill anything. I saw him with a skunk in his mouth once that he put down to clean. Not a varmint dog mentality. He also use to carry earthworms around in his mouth, picking them up with dirt and all carefully in his lips. Then the time he got into some poison didn't help. I think that added to his brain trauma, insecurities and eventual blindness. He was the sweetest dog I have known and may ever know.

Diary 2/7/16

Everyone loved the sun today!

Diary 2/4/16

For three mornings we had beautiful snow covers that were just enough to define each branch, but not so much to be any inconvenience, So pretty. I think we are dome with that for now. In fact, we are due some good weather next week, like in the 60's!!!