Dogs, houses, etc.

It's so beautiful, this morning. The sun is shining golden and the air is cool and refeshing. There's dew on the grass and my lilacs are sparkling with it, too. I'm sipping a hot cup of coffee and nibbling on plate of scrambled eggs and last night's leftover ribeye. Mmmmmm.

I awoke this morning, early, to find Hilda peering intently out of the window, whining and growling. I knew what the problem was. Another dog had entered the yard. For Hilda, this generally means: "Playmate!!". For Elvis it means: "an infidel beast has entered my sacred yard and must be destroyed at all costs!". So, I crawled out from under my warm quilts and let Hilda outside to play with the interloper for a little while, as Elvis looked on from the bedroom window, barking furiously. After a bit of morning play, it was time for Other Dog to go back home so Elvis could come out and indignantly re-mark all of his blasphemed yard. Unfortunately, Other Dog refused to go. Not too bright, that one.
I put Elvis on his chain and Other Dog finally got the message when he strayed too close to the righteoulsy angry Big E. No harm done, though. Other Dog is huge, but he's fast, so he got away unscathed and high-tailed it back to his house. Hopefully, he learned a lesson as well.

I have big plans to get my veggie garden tilled and fertilzed and ready for planting in the next two days. I also have some wildflowers and morning glories to put in the ground. There's a whole slew of bulbs, mostly irises, that I would like to transplant from the old house site next door, too. So much planting, so little time!! :0)

My original plan was to have all of this completed two weeks ago, but weather and other circumstances prevented me from getting it done. The aforememntioned "other circumstances", have been a cause of some frustration, here lately. I've started halfway looking for some land and/or a house to buy. I thought I had found just what I was looking for a couple of weeks back, and really had my hopes up about it, but it all fell through. So, I'm back to making plans for flowers and veg gardens and maybe some new paint at my current humble abode.

I absolutely love where I live, but I need more space---I need to upgrade. I could really expand my business if I had another couple of rooms. I've been trying to convice my landlords to sell this place to me along with the lot next door. My landlords--they are THE nicest people, and I really like them but they are very set in their ways. They will not even consider selling. *SIGH*

So, I'm still keeping my eye out for a new situation. But, it will be awfully hard to leave this one unless I find something that just knocks my socks off. I do love it here! ;0)

Other happenings of note:

Easter was awesome at Mom and Dad's. The whole family came and we cooked and ate and laughed and the kids all played. I brought a friend home for the weekend and we did some fishing and scouting for deer and turkey sign. It was nice to be home for a couple of days.

Dad's hospital visit went well (praise God!!). I am so very thankful.

I've had an excellent last two weeks, business-wise, to include making some promising new connections in the high-end wedding service provider's community. I also have two businesses (I'm waiting to meet with two more, one of which is an art gallery) who have agreed to display/sell some of my fine art pieces.

Book Club was awesome this month. I'll probably write a separate post about it soon.

I'm still working out and losing weight (SLOWLY, but surely), although a pinched nerve in my neck is threatening to keep me from my cardio (and gardening, too!)today :0(.

I try to stay involved with local politics by volunteering my time and skills. I'm still trying!

Alrighty, I've got to run and see about taking a few pictures. Speaking of which, here are a few random images flowers and family. Thanks for stopping by!! :0)






This was the dessert table at Easter dinner. MMMMM!!!!!


The Walkman




Jack swinging on their custom made rope swing at the Creek