Happy, Sunny Saturday

I've been out walking, with Husband and Cling the Greyhound, down the road and back in the sunshine. It's chilly but not excessively so; would be downright pleasant if not for the north wind. Cling started getting excited as soon as she saw me putting on my weighted shoes: she knew what came next! Husband held the leash, and she started pulling him before we even made it down the driveway. Of course the scenery is still painted in winter bleakness; bare trees and bushes, faded tan grass; but it all sparkled in bright sunshine under robins-egg blue skies. The hope of spring is in the air all around us.

For Cling, it was a time to catch up on her snuffling. She hadn't smelled that roadside all winter, and many of her friends and acquaintances had left pee-mail for her. She "read" it all and left several replies. With nose down and ears up, she wasn't missing a thing. Meanwhile Husband and I checked out scenery that we'd only seen from inside a moving car these past few months. Our neighbor with the "Fill Wanted" sign is making quite a lot of progress getting his (practically vertical) property filled in and leveled off. The folks at the end of the road, who keep chickens, ducks, turkeys, and goats, have added a horse to the menage. Hmmmm, I was expecting pigs -- but we'll see what the summer will bring.