FFF and Nature Friday

Today we join Rosy and the Boyz for Nature Friday and Yamini for Final Friday Fiction.

The book we picked for FFF is the Immortalists. According to our kindle
Line 8 - out
Line 12 - shift
Line 16 - annual


We saw movement out the window and went down stairs to see,
What our friend might be doing when outside it was so gusty.
She watched her for a moment as she sniffed all around,
Then the little red fox, marked up the snowy ground.
Quickly her attention did shift and she was on her way,
She stopped to do some sniffing on this winter like day.
It's the annual time of year, when spring begins to bloom,
And our little friend may be on the hunt for a groom.

Note: I did some research and both male and female foxes mark. They can mark up to 70 times per hour when looking for food!

Contest Update 1

Welcome to our first post updating you on how the snow is leaving or not leaving fast enough.

Here is the list of entries we have and their dates. If you are missing or there is an error, let the Lady know ASAP.

April 9 – Phenny and Nelly

April 10 – Just Mags

April 13 – C.L.W. Step (aka Chester)

April 13 – Matilda

April 20 – Rosy, Arty and Jakey

April 21 – Abby

April 23 – Kinley

April 25 - HiC

April 26 - Yamini

April 27 – Millie and Walter

April 28 – Lightning, Timber and Misty

May 4- Molly

May 18 – Lassiter Chase and Benjamin

May 30 – Sandra


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The following pictures were taken in our yard yesterday around noon.

Next Thursday we will give you the weekly update!

Wordless Wednesday - Lee

SCARED! by Phod

Dear pals,

On Friday night, we were minding our own business, catching up on some TV shows when the power disappeared.  I had been sleeping in my spot in the other room, but quickly came to the couch area so squeeze up next to my people. 

picture taken when the lights were out

A few minutes later (maybe 5 but it felt like 87 million), after we all just sat in the dark for a bit hoping it would come back on, it did. Then I needed to sit on the couch with Lady and make sure we were all ok.

I may look a little happy in the last picture, but I am not really. I am scared.

The power went out for a few minutes on Sunday as well. Lady was her office doing some stuff and I pushed myself right up against her door, willing her to open it and let me in. When it came back on, she had to go to the laundry room to check the machines, and I went with her. I curled up under the clothes drying rack. 

I may be a big strong dog, but Lady says I turn into a suck-a-bear when the power goes out. I don't like the house being silent and in this case very dark.

Does anything scare you?

Trying to be brave, Phod

Mischief Monday - Making it Snow Inside

It may be spring, but there is still a lot of snowing happening both outside and inside. Lee has had a little bit of spring fever and is totally into destroying toys.

Here is what she did Friday morning,  while Lady was busy getting dressed to go to work.

Nature Friday - Frequent Visitors

We join Rosy and the Boyz in Nature Friday. These aren't the best pictures as they were snapped on Lady's phone, but we are sharing 2 of our frequent visitors.

Tim - the lone male turkey who visits almost ever day. 

Lady noted there were some confidential work notes on her desk so she got to scribble

And Felicia the Fox - although we have learned this week there is a Felix . . . so this could be either. The dogs really dislike the foxes. They carry on if they see them. In fairness they are only about 8 feet from the window and they saunter by (they are clearly not bothered by the barking dogs).

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Truck Trouble

Lady wasn't the only thing that got stuck last week, we had adventures with a delivery truck.

Our driveway is a little long. It has a slight curve in it and a slight hill. Last Thursday, a delivery truck (who was bringing us an envelop that was kind of junk mail) when backing out, appeared to not notice the curve and drove right into the snowbank and got himself really, really stuck.

Then he was really, really mad. There were definitely some HBO words said. He directed some of these toward the Man. He made comments about how he should have shovelled more. The Man said nothing and then spent an hour (when he was to be working) trying to help this guy out. Lady would have probably told him off and left him to figure it out alone. To defend our lane - as mentioned, it has a curve you can't drive it straight; where the guy ended up would have been well into the grass if there was no snow and finally, the UPS truck comes frequently (Lady does most of her shopping via Amazon) and that truck has never gotten stuck.

The stuck truck

In the end, a neighbour drove by (there are only 2 who live past us on our road) and he stopped. He then drove home to get a cable so he could tow the stuck truck out.

The whole thing took about an hour. Lady watched it through the front window using her binoculars. We dogs barked a lot, and then we had to bark at the back door because the fox came. We are sure if this truck has to come again, he won't come up our driveway!

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