Mischief Monday - Spring Fever - by Zaphod

 Dear pals,

First, Lady and I are sorry we haven't been around. Life has been busy and the grief can be very real at times and as much as we love you all and care, reading about other people's lives is too much. Thank you for understanding. Know we are here and thinking about you all.

Secondly, I have started having spring fever. When I was a bit younger, this meant every day I would want to be out and playing.Now as an older gentleman (I really don't like Lady calling me old man) if I have a spring fever day, I need to nap a lot the next day.

Come on Lady, there are places to go!

Take Saturday for instance. We had a couple inches of new snow and Lady and I went on one 20 minute walk and one 30 minute walk, and I was running and jumping over puddles and living my best life. The next day I hardly got out of bed. Mind you, it wasn't a good spring day. It was a gross, gloomy one with freezing rain (but not as much as they told us was coming).

We will see what this week bring.

your pal, the still can hop into spring, Phod

FFF Nature Friday- Winter Remains - by Phod

 It is the last Friday of the month so it is both Aunty-Yam's FFF and Rosy and Sunny's Nature Friday.

A poem by Phod

The air is still cool,

The ground is covered in snow,

I hope winter will never go. 

This picture was taken one morning. 

While the snow still cover our yard, it has melted enough that our deer are back!

This is still our front yard. For those who read Tuesday's post, know Lady can walk on it now. 

The first guess for our when will the snow be gone contest is April 17. Looking at this forecast, it may be a great guess. 

Hailey is Home

Hailey's remains were returned to the clinic yesterday and Lady was able pick her up.

Ummm, this isn't Hailey, but it smells like the vet.

Welcome home sweet girl.

We miss you so much. 

Wordless Wednesday - My Cave

 

Trouble on a Tuesday - The Advantage of Being Lighter - by Phod

 Dear pals,

One of the things I have been doing since becoming an only dog, is needing to go outside in the night more often. My people aren't sure why this is, they wonder if it is I think that Lee isn't here so someone should do it. At any rate, my people hope this phase passes.

As I mentioned yesterday, last week the snow was still pretty deep in our yard. Wednesday morning around 1:30 am, I needed to go out, so Lady took me. I discovered I could walk across the yard and explore places I haven't been able to go for months.

I was out wandering on the lawn, having a great time, and Lady was getting a little impatient. Something about having to get up at 5 am, and this was a business trip and not a play trip. I wasn't really listening because I was too busy sniffing. Lady finally, after about 15 minutes, decided to come and get me.

Well Lady weights more than 77 lbs, so when she started to walk to get me, she sunk up to her knees (and may have twisted her knee a little). She realized this wasn't going to work.

She tried calling again, but I wasn't listening. So she decided, the only thing she could do, was to crawl out to get me. So she crawled across the lawn, put me on leash, and crawled back with me reluctantly following. 

We got back inside around 1:50 am, Lady was soaked and a combination of frustrated and amused. 

I lost my off leash privileges in the night until the snow is almost gone. No regrets!

your pal, I got a lot of sniffs to catch up with Phod

Mischief Monday - I Was Just Visiting - by Phod

 Dear pals,

You know I am a good boy and I have been really missing Callie and her people. The deep snow has kept me from going over and visiting them.

Last week, the people took me up to the sugar shack. Lady left me to sniff around while she went inside to say hi and when she came out, I was missing. She knew I couldn't have gone too far as the snow is still really deep in places.

After a short search, Callie's boy D called out that I was on the front porch. The snow is way to deep for Lady to walk up. She gave my leash to D and as he is a bit lighter at age 9, he brought me back to the driveway.

Then we went to hang out in the shack.

It was nice to see everyone, but it was a little hot.  So far it is not a great season, we will see if it starts to flow better.

your pal, the friendly neighbourhood Phod

Nature Friday - Welcome Spring - When Will The Snow Be Gone

 Hi pals,

This was the snow situation as of Tuesday this week.

On the road

It is disappearing. We have some funny stories to tell you next week about the disappearing snow and mischief. Hailey wasn't the only one who could cause mischief.

As of 7 am yesterday, this is who we had for our when will the snow be gone contest. If anyone had a guess later that day Lady will add it. She just isn't going to have time to get back to it before this post goes live.

We will see who this years winner is!

Thanks to Rosy and Sunny for hosting this hop!