Photos of New Pups and a few other things.

PUPPY UPDATE: A couple of weeks ago I promised I would post a photo of our new corgi pups.  I took the photo and never posted it so, here it is. At that stage in their lives, they look more like tiny seal pups, shiny and slick than corgi pups.

I am proud to say they are all healthy and strong and growing rapidly.They are actually beginning to walk and sit up on their own.

The second photo is of Captain.  He is going to be staying with us.  Logan, our oldest son claimed him when Captain was about three days old.  If you look at the first photo, Captain is the one with his rear side facing us.

As you can see in the second photo, they are taking on their Corgi characteristics.  Their bodies are getting longer and their legs aren't. Their ears are growing larger, but they are still too young for their ears to start standing.  We chose not to dock their tails since we are not going to register them.  Usually their tails are docked to about an inch long.  We just didn't want to put them through that.

A FEW OTHER THINGS

Garden-- We have planted our little bed garden  Believe or not, we will eat fresh veggies out of it all summer.  There are tomato plants, cantaloupe, squash, sweet and banana peppers, okra, beans, basil, and a few other things, all in about 125 square feet.  When it gets a little prettier and grows some, I will include photos of it.

Lawn-- Last September our relatively new lawn mower broke down.  It was not the mower, it was operator error.  I finally order the part, took the tractor apart and replaced the part.  It is just like new and yesterday Holden and I whipped the yard and surrounding area into shape.  We don't look like we live in  jungle anymore.  There is always more to do and we will be busy with it all summer and fall.

I now have to repair our lawn trailer so we can move things here and there around the yard.

WHERE WAS WINTER?

Spring didn't want to arrive but then again, neither did winter.  We never had temperatures lower than the mid 20s F in our area and we only had those three or four times.  Usually we burn about three or more cords of wood to heat our house.  This winter we only used a little more than one cord.

While it didn't get cold, we continued to have frosts until late March. While that is about normal, we don't expect it to stay too cool to plant our summer gardens if we don't have much of a winter.  Anyway, it is warm enough now and most all of the first round of gardening is in the ground and beginning to grow.  As I said, I will keep you posted on the gardens progress.  

Until next time...