For Sale CHEAP

YUP... i am about ready to sell this noisy little brat... usually by this time of year, we have moved him into his outside cage... but with the weather being so cold I don't like putting him out until the weather is about 17 C.. Wynn has a squeaky tennis ball that we play with, and guess who has picked up the squeak of the ball... yup his highness...almost drove me to drink this morning..so as of 10 minutes ago he is outside... and not saying a word of course... I think I will teach him to say "Please, don't give me away"...of course he can bark like all the dogs, so when they start barking, he barks too.. so now instead of 6 barking dogs, we have 12..and then he yells at them and tells them to "shut up", he knows all their barks, and yells at the right dog when that dog is barking..   I have a rotten cough for weeks, and he now coughs and sneezes like me... he also has Larry's smokers cough..He calls Joe the minute Joe walks into the house... "Joe, Joe".. and Joe answers him with "what do ya want, Yankee", and Yankee answers with  "Come here"..in a very commanding voice..it is hardly to believe we have had him 7 years...we do laugh at the fool...I need to win a Lottery, so we can build him a fancy outside/inside cage that he can live in all winter...
A bunch of my agility buddies are off to the Agility regionals in Abbottsford this weekend... I would have loved to go and volunteer, but we needed new tires, and the truck insurance was do this month, and with the price of gasoline, i decided to stay home... isn't it a pain when life gets in the way of FUN... Denise and I are off to a trial in Kamloops first weekend in June... so that will have to do....
Finished plying some merino and silk, and am hanging it out in the sun to dry... now i have two projects to get done... fancy scarfs, so they shouldn't take too long... everyone who has done the pattern say it is easy and fast...

Better get my rear in gear and get the invites to the Fall Retreat out this weekend... sure don't know where the time goes...  We got some Good Earth (composted bio solids) this week... what a beautiful soil... black, no smell... think that we should get some more... our soil is pretty crappy...(oops) guess we will be making it crappier... giggle... have a good day.... hugs

yippee... spring is here

Well, I hope so...hummingbirds are humming...bees are buzzing, grass is growing and the sun is shinning.. but there is a cold wind.. anyway the sun is shinning...
Nothing to exciting around here... got baby chicks coming next week...only 25 this year... still have about 10 in the freezer from last year... no turkeys this year...
My 10 year old crabapple tree finally is blooming, it has never bloomed before..we fertilized it, watered it good..but no blooms... so we are excited..  the other one (crabapple) is 8 years old and it isn't blooming either... apples, cherries, and the peach tree are blooming ... hopefully with the cold weather and the later blooming that when they do bloom fully we will get lots of fruit.. My flowering currant is blooming and smells so good.. a very strong spicy smell..  that really carries on the wind..

Don't ya love my Levi... very studious..he did well in agility last week... his weaves were so good, he had the dirt flying... it is the BC Agility Regionals in Abbottsford this long weekend.. would have loved to go and volunteer, but truck insurance is due, truck is in for repairs, and we are putting new tires on it... so i am very BROKE...and with the price of gasoline... can't do it... Denise and I are off to a trial in Kamloops the first weekend in June... it has been years since we have been there...and then another one the end of June...  Wynn starts her beginners classes next Monday, we can hardly wait..I have been putting her thru some of the obstacles at Levi's classes, actually between classes, and she catches on really fast, had her going thru the tire, and thru the tunnels... she will go anywhere for a squeaky tennis ball...she is so much fun... we have a good time together..better go and get supper started, will have a houseful again today...Joe and Theresa and the kids...  

Its coming, Spring that is

How do ya like that great picture of that turkey boy... he is a Royal Palm turkey... they aren't big.. toms weigh about 20 lbs.. and the hens about 14 lbs... we don't have the hens, bobcat got my 3 hens this winter..and these two are off to Pritchard on the long weekend.. to a girl who raises them...she only wanted one, but i told her the other would be used for dog food... and that changed her mind..so she will take both of them... giggle..
nothing interesting around here...  didn't sleep very well last night, so feeling kind of out of sorts today...I did work at the election on Monday... and that was quite interesting, made about $170 bucks, and then wrote a cheque out for my next agiltiy trial and that was $141.00, so i guess it was worth it..  Will be starting Wynn pretty soon... here she is learning what is called 2 on and 2 off... that means two feet on the ground and two feet on the obstacle..she has it figured out already.. she doesn't look too happy, but she is, really... Larry is off to the states on Saturday to pick up some more junk... another "drag Saw"..the saw that was used before chain saws..the hockey game is on so better go get my wheel out and do some spinning... I am meeting Donna tomorrow we are going out for lunch and make some decision about the retreat... Merritt has a very good Japanese restaurant.. the best i have been too... not many but this one is by far the best... have a great night... S

First day of May

first day of May, and I am still wearing my sweater..none of the trees are in bloom... one poor little lilac bush is showing a smidgen of colour, and my Manchurian apricot (at least 10 years old) has its very first bloom on it... went to take a picture of it today, and of course my camera batteries were dead..but they are beening charged as we speak   as i type..
Poor Levi and I had a terrible start to agility class yesterday... i walked the course several times, and then when i went to run it... 21 obstacles and i got lost 4 times.. it just didn't make sense to me....everyone was killing themselves laughing at me..then we broke the course down into smaller parts, and i finally was able to make sense of the course... and Levi ran it really well.. lots of speed and paid attention to me... until we headed for the last obstacle, (a tunnel which he does with no problems)... there i am standing with my arm out, pointing to the tunnel, he turned and looked at me, and went and sat in one of Maureen's chairs.. I kept insisting that he go to the tunnel, and he kept changing chairs.. he finally did the tunnel... and was very proud of himself...
Nothing to exciting this week.. although i did get my new watch from Heather, a picture to follow as soon as the batteries are charged..I have been spinning some lovely Merino and alpaca..almost finished plying it today... will finish to night... it is a very soft mauve colour... but i think i need more colour.. so will over dye it, and find a pattern.. still have two projects to get done, and then I found out at the retreat that there were a couple of my friends that i missed their 60th birthday...so will have to fix that.. We went to a 65th birthday party last night, they had live music in the garage... what a great time ... she was the very first friend that i made a shawl for... can't believe that it was been 5 years... she had been very sick, but she still uses it..  One of my friends mentioned that they have "An Annual 65th birthday party"... i love the idea..think i am going to use it when i get to be 65...take care everyone, and hopefully spring will show up soon... Wynn and I need to start our beginner agility classes... should be worth a giggle or two..