My garden is growing – several lettuce mixes, radishes,
kale, spinach, and peas are up so far.
Three weeks ago I planted in my new raised bed gardens Alan made
me. In the house I have tomatoes,
peppers, basil, and various flowers growing from seed in the houses waiting
until it is warm enough to plant outside.
I will wait at least until May 1st for them. I spent time yesterday and this morning
weeding flower gardens. My yard is
gorgeous with 12 redbud trees in bloom, several types of fruit trees, and the
lilacs just coming out. I feel so
fortunate to be able to enjoy them.
Magnum is trained on the electric fence and doing well
although he did test the fence last night and got a correction. He’s the 5th dog we’ve
trained and the only one that hasn’t cried when corrected – he jumps. He has also received more corrections
than the other dogs totaled.
Kinsey and Shadow only got one correction and refused to ever get close
enough for another correction. He’s
our second male trained, so the difference is not female versus male. He continues to do really well in
agility. He will be an awesome
competitor. He really has the
sweetest personality and still a little shy around some strangers. I walked him on the bike path last week
and almost everyone had a comment on how handsome he was. I had a car stop on the road and the
driver yelled that he was a gorgeous dog.
It’s fun to hear so many comments confirming my very biased opinion about
him. So many things he does remind
me of Shadow, but then he has other aspects that are different. Shadow continues to well.
I tracked early Sunday morning with M and beagles. It’s the first spring of tracking for
Vinnie and Magnum and they were challenged by all of the scents. Shadow and Hank showed the two
beginners just how two master trackers do it. Magnum barks while Shadow tracks. I yelled at him that he needed to watch Shadow to see how it
is done.
Plans for our walking trip to Scotland are going well. We have decided to stay in Scotland for
the entire visit and do England and London next year. We’ll spend some time in Glasgow and Edinburgh after the
walk in the Scottish Highlands.
I attended a writer’s workshop on Saturday and have decided
to spend a concentrated effort on writing a fiction story and redoing a
children’s story I wrote a while ago.
One of those activities I have wanted to do but needed to make time for
it. The challenge is scheduling a
couple of hours several days a week to write.
Picture is of Magnum at 11 months with me.
