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Oh Woe is me! When is it going to warm up? It's 20 degrees out there. It warms up during the day but then drops down overnight. Yesterday, I took Danny up the hill to the hunting grounds. They are doing a lot of work up there with bulldozers and earth moving equipment. They made the dike higher and the lake is drained down lower. I used to think people were nuts to live under a damn. I didn't even know the lake was up there when I bought this place. It was surrounded by woods. What I thought was a storm drain ditch in back of my house is the spillway for the damn. It doesn't worry me though, the water is pumped up from the canal. It is where they put the dredging from the canal. There is no stream flowing into the lake so the only water is what is pumped up or what collects from the rain.
There were a lot of deer prints on the middle road. The upper road is all new and the woods have been cleared away with chain saws. There were a dozen or so people fishing. They were casting their lines. They were a group of family and friends; men, women, children, and two beagle pups. They were catching croakers and said there were large mouth bass in there. The pups wanted to follow Danny and the kids had to keep running after them to catch them. Danny usually doesn't like puppies but he was good with them. We hiked about a mile down the road and then a mile back. One thing that was good about the trees and brush being cleared away, is that there was no place for ticks to get onto Danny. I hadn't gone up there for a long time as the place was full of ticks even in winter. The lower road still has trees and brush. The middle road is very muddy. I only had to venture on it for a short distance to get to the upper road.
At our 4pm walk, my neighbor's Cocker Spaniel got away. I was able to grab her leash as she ran right up to Danny. She usually barks at him but Danny ignores her. They just sniffed each other. Both dogs would not budge and I was unable to get Leila to Marlene's house. I looked around for someone to help and after a few minutes, Jeannie, from the church's grandson, Trenton came out and took Leila up to Marlene's door. Marlene's son came to the door and took her in. We walked on over to Mallard Drive and met a neighbor, Kay, coming out with her dog Barley. Barley whines to see Danny. Danny sniffs him and then ignores him. Kay said that Danny is the only dog Barley sees. I guess people don't walk their dogs that far. Kay and Rex live at the opposite end of the Mobile Home Park from my house. The park is only two streets. Actually I guess it is four counting the ends of the block.
In Sunday School, were are studying a Lenten series on the Last Words of Jesus. It is most interesting but I miss half the class as I now help to count the offering, copy and stamp the checks and get the deposit ready. I try to do it as quickly as possible but it takes some time.
Saturday, I picked up a couple movies at the library. Saturday night, we watched "Singing in the Rain," and last night we watched "Australia." They were both good movies.
News from the Vorlon Wife.
Posted by tedkarol at February 27, 2012 6:44 AM