I put off my trip north by a week because the lake got 18 inches of snow just before I was set to leave. I've been a southern girl for far too long to want to endure that.
It snowed all afternoon yesterday, but nothing stuck. Today was nice, with a high of 60 and sunny for Mother's Day.
The geese have arrived at the slough en masse and are happily honking their pleasure at being home for the summer. The slough is in front of my camper, as opposed to the swamp, which is behind my camper. The slough looks like a river now, until the reeds grow back up so high we won't even know there's water back there. The swamp always looks like a swamp.
I raked the leaves from my garden and happily discovered that the day lilies and strawberries are already greening up. When I left Texas, I had cherry tomatoes that were almost ready for harvest. What a difference in growing seasons!
I met the latest members of my family this weekend. William (Buck) is 18 months already, Oliver (Ollie), 3 months old, and Madison (Maddie), 7 weeks old. I don't do babies. Once you hold them it's a slippery slope to changing diapers, and cleaning bodily fluids off of your favorite pair of blue jeans.
I've decided that my great-nephew Andy is my newest favorite, because he knows where Malta is (learned it on the Veggie Tales), and was very excited that I've been to Egypt and seen the pyramids and rode a camel. He's only 4, but I think I'll have a new traveling companion in a few years. My next favorite is Alex, because he ran right for me when I got here and hugged me really hard - twice. He's 4 too. His cousin Elsye hugged me hard too, but only because Alex did. I have 10 great-nieces and nephews, and at least one more on the way. I'm way too young for this.
It snowed all afternoon yesterday, but nothing stuck. Today was nice, with a high of 60 and sunny for Mother's Day.
The geese have arrived at the slough en masse and are happily honking their pleasure at being home for the summer. The slough is in front of my camper, as opposed to the swamp, which is behind my camper. The slough looks like a river now, until the reeds grow back up so high we won't even know there's water back there. The swamp always looks like a swamp.
I raked the leaves from my garden and happily discovered that the day lilies and strawberries are already greening up. When I left Texas, I had cherry tomatoes that were almost ready for harvest. What a difference in growing seasons!
I met the latest members of my family this weekend. William (Buck) is 18 months already, Oliver (Ollie), 3 months old, and Madison (Maddie), 7 weeks old. I don't do babies. Once you hold them it's a slippery slope to changing diapers, and cleaning bodily fluids off of your favorite pair of blue jeans.
I've decided that my great-nephew Andy is my newest favorite, because he knows where Malta is (learned it on the Veggie Tales), and was very excited that I've been to Egypt and seen the pyramids and rode a camel. He's only 4, but I think I'll have a new traveling companion in a few years. My next favorite is Alex, because he ran right for me when I got here and hugged me really hard - twice. He's 4 too. His cousin Elsye hugged me hard too, but only because Alex did. I have 10 great-nieces and nephews, and at least one more on the way. I'm way too young for this.
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