Near miss leads to cleanup

Last week Keaton (teenager next door) rode his skateboard into the street as I was driving home. It gave him and me a scare, and it motivated his mom and me to cut back some brush.

Yesterday I spent 2+ hours helping Jamie cut back privet, bush honeysuckle, and all manner of stuff (on her property) that was growing into the street. Tommy was ready to have me committed, but he did come over with the chainsaw to cut a couple things. An eyesore is gone and the neighborhood is a bit safer. That plus the pleasure of working with a friend and the satisfaction of a job done well make it more than worthwhile.

btw, Jamey, if there's anything of the gardening variety that you'd like me to do, I'd be more than happy to oblige when we're out there.

love you guys,

mom

Itty Bitty Honey Bunny Bread for Two Little Pigs just went into the 'fridge where he will rise only very slowly. Ready to be popped in the oven tomorrow morning.

full disclosure: I copied Alysia's floppy ears from last year.

Love to all and Happy Easter to all.

and...

Twelve or so hours early:

He is Risen; Risen Indeed!

Rejoice and Be Glad.

Tracker's Busy

No pictures... it's not exactly pretty, but there's the rear quarter of a squirrel, tail intact, next to Fischer on his bed.

Venus and our moon

Venus barely visible to left of moon in last phase. Between 7:10 and 7:15 a.m. January 29.

When I consider the heavens, the work of thy hands,

The moon and the stars which thou hast ordained,

What is man that thou art mindful of him?

Psalm 8

Kiddy Lit

That's Literature for Kids not Kitty Litter.

Recently read that one of the inspirations for The Hobbit was The Marvellous Land of SNERGS. Found my copy at amazon. This is a fun book of 120 pages about two children who have an adventure with Snergs, a race of people no taller than the average table.

It's available for loan... could be read to Vannoy kids or by the older Wilsons.

Tolkien, the great philologist and academic, said that when he read fantasy his urge was not to critique but to write fantasy of his own. Guess we'd agree he did that.

love you guys

Tracker's Back; that's Tracker the Great

Yesterday, I go outside. I see Tracker hanging around Fischer who is leaning over a cotton-tail and picking through some red meat. (No pictures.) That was early in the day. By the time Dad gets home, all that's left is a rabbit's leg on Fischer's bed.

Tracker has switched from "catch and release" to "share the hunt", and Fischer seems to have perked up since his period of freedom when the invisible fence battery died.

Jury's still out on whether Fischer's a very smart dog or a very dumb one. He knows that the (remote) collar that shocks and sometimes vibrates a warning is associated with something I sometimes wear around my neck. The other day I forgot to put on his collar so I just went outside waving the necklace. That was enough to make him forgo street life.

Knee update: Sunday the Kelleys, Dad, and I walked at Reflection Riding. It was my first serious walk since October. The knee was sore at the end, but fine the next day. Catherine has proclaimed me healed!

love you guys,

mom

BIG Snow

A few pictures on January 10: We woke up to about 6" of snow, and it just kept coming. Estimate 8 to 9" total. It has been very overcast and below freezing, so there has been almost zero melt as of tonight, Tuesday, January 11.

There we no getting out, so Dad turned the dining room into his home office.
Lula Lake Road was only barely passable.


Trees were beautiful.
Tomorrow's errands and travel plans for Thursday are still on.

We'll see!