April Chores ~

April is our last month

to burn debris for the season. 

So besides everything else

that needs to be done in the spring time,

this work is a priority. 

I spent a lot of time outdoors in April, 

raking leaves away from fence

lines, gathering fallen limbs,

and burning off as much as I could

to maintain the fire clearance we're 

supposed to have.

Rick had to take down a  young Ponderosa  Pine

that died over the winter.  Our property

is steep, and it's mostly hillside.

That makes every chore out there even harder.

 The tree contained an abandoned 

squirrel nest from last spring. 

I didn't find any evidence that 

they were using it again.

It would have been horrible

to bring down an active nest. 

  

I've also been keeping an eye on the crows

nest on the other side of the property.

The hawks are back to their nesting

area just up the hill.   I think I've seen

  the crows flying away from their

nest to distract the hawks away from the area.

I'm not positive, but I think so.

The bees and butterflies did their

job and there's lots of little cherries 

growing on the tree.  It's a sour cherry

tree suitable for cherry pies if there's enough.

The squirrels love the cherries and even I 

like them fresh,  even if they are sour.

This visitor isn't very handsome,

but the lacy pattern on it's wings is

way cool. 

Answers to the last posts questions.

Connie:

  Yes we're anxious to get our puppy home.

We haven't picked out a name yet, but there's 

several possibilities to choose from. We have

five or six weeks to wait.  In the meantime

we'll be getting ready for the new pup. We'll

need everything, as we gave away all of Brinkley's

belongings after we lost him.

  

Anita:

   My girlfriend road trip.  We're going 

over to Trinidad on the coast.  I know, it's 

not a new place to explore, but we all love it

there and it's only three or so hours away.

We aren't camping this time, and there will

be no M&M's to feed the raccoons.  How fun

was that camping trip of ours... Memories!

  Cathy, 

You should get a pup.

(evil grin)

I know it's going to be a tough

adjustment caring for a puppy.

I need someone to commiserate with.

Connie, my blogger friend above 

has a new puppy and we just want to

spread the floppy eared joy....

Amy, 

 Thank you so much for 

taking the time to send me the 

crochet pattern.  I think your purse is

wonderful.  How many hours do you

think it took you to crochet it?  

I'll see my senior friends tomorrow 

and plan to have the pattern and photo

of your purse printed out.

OK then, I think I'm done

with this blog post.

Take care.