Panic Sets In

 Oh what a beautiful morning ...... oh what a beautiful day!  Anyone remember THAT song?  I'm singing in the sunshine and loving every minute.  I rather imagine these guys are loving it too.  No freezing snow, so Mom leaves the nest early in the morning,  Just look at the size of these kids!!

Even strong enough to stand up.  I think their feet are bigger than their heads!  I saw many of them in Alaska, but have only come across a few in California.  It's amazing we get to watch them grow up.

It was fun watching this kid grow up too, though now he's only growing old.  You wouldn't know it when you see us out walking though.  When he walks, he camel walks, meaning both legs on one side move at the same time.  It seems it's more comfortable for him to trot because his legs move correctly ... so we do.  Both of us!  FAST!  

If you listen closely, you can hear my footsteps.  I'm walking as fast as I possibly can to keep up.  Sometimes I even have to run until we stop on a dime for the smells!!

Once back, I perused the back yard for broken sprinklers.  The roses are starting their spring bloom, which of course means there will be rose bush trimming in no time.

Everything seems to be blooming, including this lavender that I bought for the nice smell.  This one HAS no smell.  Maybe it's not even lavender!

I had three little groups of gazanias that bloomed like crazy last year.  Where are they?  All I found was a few green leaves and two big holes!!  I mean BIG!!  What the heck?  That's either the biggest gopher I've ever seen or I have a monster squirrel in my back yard!!  This small bunch on the other side of the lawn is still intact and hopefully this one will bloom today.

And THAT'S when I realized just how hot it really WAS outside.  Time for some shorts.  Panic quickly set in.  Where ARE they?  I looked high and low to find nothing short of extra long Levis.  Did I leave them in Arizona?  Maybe in some laundry room?  I went through every single drawer and cupboard.  

FINALLY it dawned on me to look in the RV.  I found a bunch still living in the closet, unworn in last January's freezing desert weather.  You can probably tell I'm a Levis gal through and through.

I didn't do much after the walk, still recovering from a late Bingo night.  I watched the stock market soar, which I admit was a lot of fun.  What a game of chess!  Don't you think someone was saying I wish we had thought of that?  And now Michigan will finally get rid of those crazy fish, eating everything in sight.  What a world we live in!!

And then I went to the sewing room.  What a mistake THAT was!  I started on yet another quilt, not really sure what colors to use or where to put them.  I got the corner blocks on the bottom, but could not for the life of me get them to fit across the top.  I took it apart, measured and measured again.  1/2" too short.  I redid it to find I was an INCH off.  Here it still sits after I threw it on the table in disgust and walked out.  I must be too tired!!

Dinner was a simple concoction.  I admit, I didn't use the recipe.  I just fried up the hamburger until it was crispy and dumped in the rest of the bag-o-salad I had ... cabbage and kale.  I added some Thai chili sauce and soy sauce for salt.  You are supposed to serve this over rice, but I ate it just like this.  Not bad really, even if I don't like kale.  I know, weird dinner ... but I'm just not into cooking much any more.

Today I'll head out to buy sprinklers.  I've got two broken ones to replace and I'm short of drip line.  It's always something with these things.  Then it's on to a Trustee meeting, followed by a Board meeting with the newest board members.  This ought to be fun since none of them know anything about accounting.  I think that's why the bookkeeper and I are best friends!!

Have a GREAT day!!!