Another long while…
Here is Jazz, a dear small dog who is American Eskimo crossed with Coton de Tulear:
Jazz was gentle to groom and slept during some of the procedure! However, to get his picture was another story… he was convinced that it was playtime.
Last week it was “back to normal” after a trip to Calgary and a brief bout of the flu. My perennial roots had arrived, and I have been trying to get all those potted up to sell in May.
Left to right: Gary saying, “camera’s not working, maybe the batteries are dead…”, then a shot of me in the greenhouse, very comfortable out of the cold wind. The other shot shows the company I keep while working out there…. sweet little kitty named Kelly.
My trip to Calgary was good, and I had a marvelous time with my 3 daughters. I visited with my stepmother in a nursing home, where she has just been moved to a sumptious private room & bath. The time went by too quickly, but I was also anxious to get back to work at home.
When I travel between home and Calgary, I stop as infrequently as possible. However, I did pull in at a rest area in the Rockies, on the Banff-Jasper Parkway:
As usual, if you want to see a slightly larger photo, just click on the thumbnails. At the one particular rest area (Parker Ridge), the ravens land even before the truck stops; this has happened time and again. I usually have something to feed the birds, which are very large even for ravens. Even when there are just two there, some politics are at work… the larger bird went back and forth, almost preventing the other one from getting anything.
Our yard is gradually getting free of snow. Most of the gardens look rather drab at this time of year:
It’s a coincidence that these two shots happen to be an almost “panoramic” view of our main garden area.
A few days ago, these crocusses appeared, and many more have bloomed since:
That is all I can manage for tonight. Besides little “Jazz”, I’ve groomed quite a few other dogs and a couple of cats this week, and next week will be moderately busy also. I’ve managed to pot up almost all of the perennials that I bought for the business, and I will soon travel to get the trees and shrubs that I’ll offer for sale as well.
I’ll try not to leave it so long between blog posts! I appreciate your visits to this blog.
~ Ann
