Sunday May 3 2009

Deer in the Back Yard

Driveway after rain

Sparky in his Red Coat

Raven's Blue Coat

Neighborhood Last Evening

Saturday Snow

It rained and snowed last night. The power kept flickering, but never really went out. The ground is getting very muddy again. It snowed enough that it clogged up the dish, and it's too high up for me just to go out and sweep it off like I do at the ranch. Joe has to get a ladder here to do it and he didn't do that in the dark, so I didn't have any TV to watch. I got quite a few chapters read in one of my new books.

This morning I finished up some dusting and last of the cleaning. I finally got the studio room totally organized, boxes put away and could get the vacuum in there. It will be a lot more inspirational for painting now. Debbie and Curtis got away from Vegas about 3 p.m. yesterday afternoon and got as far as Fillmore before they stopped for the night. Then they got here about 3 today. Sure is good to see them.

They brought me an artificial ficus tree and we'll put some white miniature lights on it. It's quite tall and is in a beautiful pot that matches the furniture. Just been moving it around deciding where it's gong to look best. I always liked the one I have at the ranch. We've had our dinner, and they are talking about the different things that they will be working on to help us. Curtis always has some good advice and information. He wants to do some fishing, but decided since Fremont Lake is still frozen that he won't go out there in his float tube.

Not much else has happened. Except that it's raining again. We've been hearing thunder.Trying to get the dogs out both in the weather and the mud is annoying, but I've been going out with them and taking short walks. I've had to wash their feet a couple of times. Sparky wants to sit or lay down, and it's really hard to get him to stand up and let me get his feet in the bucket. Raven is very good about it.