Awake, thou wintry earth ~

Sitting in the living room this evening and, as I write this post, I’m tossing toys for George to fetch. He chooses them from his toy box, and when he grows tired of one, he’ll get a different one. He’s already had sixteen walks today, and four rousing games of frisbee fetch, so it’s not like he’s not getting enough exercise.

And I’m only exaggerating a small amount about the number of walks.

The only problem with the toy tossing is that he often brings them back after he’s gummed them all up. This makes it difficult to type. Ok, maybe that’s a little bit TMI.

I am including a link to Urban Dictionary for TMI, just in case some people don’t know what I mean. I often use the online dictionary at school when I don’t understand what the high school kids are saying.




I took these photos on Sunday afternoon from my bedroom window. It was beautiful in the sun, but chilly under the passing clouds. From this vantage point, you can see that my husband has a good start on the garden. The white rows that you see are actually water jugs that have the bottoms cut off. They make great mini-greenhouses.

Pretty soon, we’re going to have lettuce out the whazoo.




I moved to a different window for this one.




And I was using the macro lens. I love seeing the tiny little buds of the dogwood tree as they begin to slowly burst forth.

Awake, thou wintry earth -
Fling off thy sadness!
Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth
Your ancient gladness!

~Thomas Blackburn, "An Easter Hymn"

I used the pillows to cushion myself while I was hanging out the window taking photos.

I spied a kitty cat out there by the picnic table.

She’s really not that annoying, I’ll have you know.

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Your comments on the squirrel capers from yesterday’s post left me laughing out loud. You never cease to amaze me with your cleverness and I’m so glad that you take the time out of your busy day to stop by and visit here.

Congratulations to Bhamgal, a blogging friend who has made the finalist cut in PW’s ‘Horses’ Photography Assignment. I was so excited to see that she made the finalists! Her photo is beautiful, and remains one of my favorites of the group.

Have a great day, all ~