We took a little road trip yesterday and saw many interesting things. As always though, I am sharing the very, most interesting sight of all with you. I think there have perhaps been some problems in this particular neighborhood with polite dog walking practices:
Wednesday it was 60 – we sat on the porch for the first time this year, which was lovely. Then yesterday when we got up, there was snow on the porch. We are used to that in spring around here though. And in the afternoon, the late in the day light was so pretty on the crocus just coming up. It IS spring!
I have an obedience class this morning, with a dog you all know, so I have a guest blogger stepping in for me. I hope you will enjoy his offerings.
This is Bobby. He is a fireman and he saved this kitty from a tree because as we all know, that is the main thing firemen do, or why else would Bobby be holding one?
Anyway, this kitty belonged to Molly and when Bobby saved Molly’s kitty, she fell right in love with him. It might be because of his mustache which makes him look very mature.
So they kissed. Bobby is obviously very secure in his masculinity and is not threatened by the fact that Molly is a whole foot taller than he is.
This is Joe. He is independently wealthy and has his own plane. I guess he could not afford one with longer wings though. It doesn’t look safe to me. Joe is Molly’s friend and he would have rescued the kitty but his plane doesn’t move very fast, just driving across the living room floor, so he didn’t get there in time.
This is another friend of Molly’s – the farmer and his cow. More about them in a minute.
And another of Molly’s friends, Rico. Rico is a whale handler. Rico is holding his hand behind that bush to hide the fact that one time, a very long time ago, he was laying on the floor when no one was watching Riley and Riley sort of …..ate…his hand.
Molly bought her whale from him. [can anyone explain to me why the beginner box of Duplos contains a whale? no other animals – just a whale. it is very odd if you ask me]
Then one day, the farmer’s cow fainted. All the friends gathered to see if they could help.
But only Nurse Suzie could help because she had a box of bandaids and that is just what you need after fainting.
That, and a ride in an ambulance.
When the cow was all better, all the friends went for a ride in Bobby’s dump truck. [is it just me, or do Bobby and Molly seem to be involved in some kind of shady transporting of undocumented workers?]
Then it was the end, so Bobby and Molly drove off into the sunset to live happily ever after. And it was dinner time, so they had to go back in the toy box. 
THE END!
…I almost think that taken as a whole, I love my shade garden even more.
One reason is because it is much closer to the house, I see it in more detail throughout the day. 
It is also my view while I am working and it’s wonderful to rest my mind for a little while by looking at the cool green shade with spots of color.
Today it is not looking all that inviting – kind of grey and now that the snow is melted I can see how much work I have to do out there to get things in good shape for spring. 
So for now, I’ll look at these photos from the past couple summers and look forward to what is coming.
This photo is a couple weeks old, but we had nearly this much snow just yesterday. It has melted some since then, but we are having a typical spring for here, which means we can still get quite a bit of cold weather.
Anyway – this is the view up our valley, which is about 10 miles long. 100 years ago there were 5 little towns along it’s length, each with stores, feed mills, dairies and other businesses. Now, all that remains of the towns are the churches, most of which are still active, with small congregations. And we still have the lovely view.
