Friday, April 1, 2011
SPRING!
On March 31, 2011, 60 degrees happened for the first time this year. The daffodils are finally blooming as are the grape hyacinths. Roger mowed the deep, soggy lawn for the first time. The rhubarb is leafing out and the roses and other perennials (the ones that made it through the winter) are developing buds. Moss is everywhere. It''s been too wet and cold to do any gardening, so the flower beds are looking quite ugly.
The rufous hummingbirds arrived March 5 and found the two feeders on the deck that had been there all winter for Anna's hummingbirds. (This is the first winter we've had Anna's.) Now there are least two pairs of the cute rufous birds zipping around all day.
The northen pigmy owl was spotted on February 14. Usually we see them in November.
Friday, January 21, 2011
The passing of a princess
The downside of being a poodlemother is the grief I face when a poodlechild dies. It happened again October 14, 2010. Miss Nicole, our poodlechild #4, succumbed quickly to some dark ailment.. cancer? She joins those silver furry people who came before her, Jolie, Jacques and Michelle, in heavenly fields of tennis ball, purple ball and Frisbee games forever.How do I cope with the demise of a dog? I write doggie odes, tributes to the furry friends I've known and loved.(Unfortunately I hadn't yet discovered the power of ode therapy with Jolie, Jacques and Michelle.) The first tribute was to Weaver Marshall in Bath Township, Ohio, beloved dog dude of Jack and Jackie Marshall. Then Penny Mast, fluffy and loved by all who knew her in Wadsworth, Ohio. Now Nicole.
Patrice is the surviving sibling of Nicole. They made up one fourth of an eight-puppy litter born to their mom, cream-colored Ariel of Ravingscrest and their dad, silver Pinafore's Spiffy in a Blacktie. Patrice was the Alpha and the biggest; Nicole was the smallest with the biggest attitude.
ODE TO NICOLE
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