~SERIOUSLY?

Two words...sick again...even my mental well being is beginning to suffer... 

Will this winter weather ever come to an end...

Seriously...I am beginning to wonder...

~SPRING?

At 7:15 this morning...as I walk out the door... heading to Travis's house... I am immediately hit with a blast of cold Arctic  air...I succumb and silently accept that spring will be slow to arrive in our neck of the woods..I live vicariously through those of you (KIM...LISA) who are enjoying spring and all the wonders that it has to offer...

A fire in the wood stove is still much in need... as are a winter hat...parka...mittens...and long johns..today the sun is shining and  snow is not in the forecast till early Wednesday morning...

 The snow is beginning to recede...a patch of brown earth can be seen here and there...

Travis and I bundled up and brave the cold...we hike the trails left by snowmobiles along the fields...

we unearth his lawnmower and a favorite ride on toy...our eyes and nose run like leaky faucets, but the cold winter air feels good... soon we hear a downy woodpecker tapping on a tree...a pair of cardinals call to one another while  chickadees dart in and out among the  pine trees... 

Travis points and says "look Wo Wo"

"oh, I say"..."Travis that is a bluebird... the bluebird of happiness" Today is a happy day...despite the cold...and despite the fact that Mr. Opossum has decided to make his home under the hen house...~sigh~ 

HAPPY ST.PATRICK'S DAY~

May God grant you always...

A sunbeam to warm you

A moonbeam to charm you,

A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you.

 

For each petal on the shamrock...

This brings a wish your way

Good health, good luck, and happiness

for today and everyday...

~Irish Blessing~

LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE~

 Tonight... I am not going to comment on the snow that is swirling over the fields or the cold bone chilling temperatures...or the fact that Tuesday evening I was in need of a visit to the local quick care where I was diagnosed with an ear and sinus infection or the fact that on Wednesday afternoon Mr. Dog Trot was feeling poorly... made an appointment with his physician and  was diagnosed with bronchitis...no... I am not going to bore you with all that ... Nor am I going to let winter get the best of me...the best of us ...I am just going to leave you with a photo and these most appropriate  words...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome...AMEN~Anne Bradstreet~

ONE LITTLE BOOK~

This afternoon while Travis was having his nap I decided to be productive and organize my bookcase...While going through my books... this little book... "Field Book Of American Wild Flowers"... fell to the floor...the book had become lodged against the back of the shelf and hidden behind some larger books...

 On a beautiful summer's day... Mr. Dog Trot and I were driving on a road less traveled... a road to nowhere...when we discovered a flea market...I have a fondness for vintage flower books and this book happened to catch my eye... it was not the price of one dollar that drew me in...but the inscription found inside...

  "To my little wild flower"  I thought how sweet..how romantic... being thought of as some one's wild flower... I do hope Ted and Georgia lived a blessed life and raised  lots of little wild flowers of their own...This is where one's mind goes on a cold and wet winter's day...

A SIGN OF SPRING~

"Wo Wo come here... I see something"

 "what do you see Travis"?

 "something...come here Wo Wo"...

 "I see animal tracks Travis"..."what do you see?" that...

 Oh I say, that's a opossum Travis...

 oh Wo Wo...pussum...Our first sign of spring I tell Travis...

pussum funny Wo Wo...

Yes I say, pussom funny... lets have a juice toast to our first sign of spring...and Travis... I think we had better check on the chickens...chickens have friend Wo Wo...yes I say chickens have a friend...

MRS TWEEDIE AND BIRDIE MAE...

Winter continues to have a firm grip on us here in the Northeast...yet again another snowstorm is heading our way...the flu...it headed my way too...two weeks of being down and out was not fun in the least...So... on my first day of clarity, with a little strength in my limbs... what did I do...but paid a visit to our local animal shelter...yup...I came home with a cat...Sunshine was turned over to the shelter by her breeder who no longer had time for her. This sweet cat had spent her entire  six years residing in a metal cage...producing litter after litter of  kittens...Sunshine is now Mrs. Tweedie... and has settled quite nicely into her new home.

 Travis gave her a good going over...

 counted her "piggy toes"

 and was impressed to learn Mrs. Tweedie had just had her teeth cleaned...Travis just had to

show Mrs. Tweedie that he too brushed his teeth...

 Now...did I  mention Mrs. Tweedie has a little girl named Fluffy, well... today she too came home to live at Dog Trot Farm ...Fluffy is now Miss Birdie Mae...Both mother and daughter are purebred Ragdoll cats...a wonderful laid back breed with a sweet docile disposition...

This evening I found myself at the "quick care" sinus and ear infection were the diagnosis...honestly will this winter ever end?  And what will I bring home next...?