SPRING SPRING SPRING

I CAN'T BELIEVE SPRING IS HERE---FINALLY! WOULDN'T YOU JUST LOVE TO TAKE A GOOD BOOK OUT TO THE HAMMACK OR CLIMB ONTO THE TREE HOUSE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON? IT SEEMS YOU CAN FIND THE SILVER LINING IN MOST CLOUDS AND THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE ALSO. WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BLOSSEMS COMES THE HAYFEVER!! TODAY GRANDPA AND I PLANTED ARTICHOKES AND PURPLE POTATOES. THE PEAS, BEETS, "PURPLE CARROTS", AND RADISHES ARE UP. i NEED TO GO PLANT GRASS UNDER THE APRICOT TREES IN THE FRONT BEFORE IT RAINS THIS AFTERNOON BUT THERE ARE TWO OVERLY FRIENDLY ROBINS THAT COME EVERYTIME I RAKE AND I'M SURE THEY WOULD LOVE A LAWN SEED DESERT TO GO WITH THE ROLY POLY BUGS AND WORMS. THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS WE HAVE HAD A MALLARD DUCK AND HIS MATE HERE IN THE SPRING. THIS ONE IS SOME KIND OF MUTANT, I THINK. INSTEAD OF JUST A WHITE RING AROUND HIS THROAT HE HAS A BIB. I THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO HIS MATE BECAUSE HE WAS ALL ALONE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BUT THIS MORNING SHE WAS THERE FOR A VERY SHORT TIME. DAD SAID SHE IS PROBABLY SITTING ON EGGS. THE PICTURE ISN'T TOO CLEAR AS I TOOK IT THROUGH THE KITCHEN WINDOW. I HOPE IF THEY HAVE EEGS THE RACOONS OR FOX WON'T GET THEM. I DON'T RMEMBER RACOONS BEING HERE SO MUCH WHEN YOU KIDS WERE LITTLE BUT MAYBE THE BUILDING IN THE RIVER BOTTOM HAS CAUSED THEM TO MOVE THIS WAY. WE DON'T SEE THEM BUT THEY ARE GETTING INTO PULTRY AROUND HERE. SHARMON TELLS ME THE INFECTIOUS DESEASE DR. SAID HE THINKS CASSIDY PROBABLY HAS PSAP AND NOT CYCLIC NEUOPENIA(I'M NOT SURE THE LAST IS SPELLED RIGHT BUT PROVE ME WRONG IF YOU CAN." HEY AT LEAST ITS NOT IN CODE LIKE J'S POST. NATE TELLS ME HE IS PLAYING FIRST BASE IN HIS BASEBALL GAMES. I THOUGHT I'D PASS ALONG THAT NEWS AS SHARMON DOESN'T HAVE A BLOG--(YET?) I'M GUESSING JAMIE AND ZACH WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ONCE SCHOOL IS OUT ABOUT THEIR FAMILY. TONYA AND SHANE ---WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR EXCUSE IS EXCEPT THEY DON'T WANT ANYONE TO MISS THAT GORGEOUS PHOTO POSTED A MONTH AGO. BY THE WAY I WILL SOON HAVE PAYED MY 20 VISITS TO THE DOLLAR STORE TO GET IT OFF:) MY VISITING TEACHERS WILL BE HERE SOON SO, SO LONG TILL NEXT TIME.