Greenhouse Gardening

All the geraniums are huge and blossoming their hearts out. This geranium is one of my favorites. It is hot pink or fuschia with a flourescent orange in the center of each blossom. The greenhouse is attached to the house so I can delight in their beauty day or night. Today the temperature in the greenhouse was 94 degrees F!

Heirloom curly spearmint and Kentucky Colonel spearmint are flourishing in the warmth of the greenhouse. I add the leaves to salads for a great taste. After a long winter, just about anything that's green goes into delicious salads which I could eat for every meal.

"Earth laughs in flowers." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wishing everyone love and lots of laughter today.

Friends Part 2

"No fault " Luke exploring the frog nursery. Dogs are different than people. They can actually exist without any faults at all!

"If you are looking for a friend who has no faults,

you will have no friends."

Hasidic folk saying

I cherish all the unique things that make us different from each other, knowing that it is just these differences that define us as individuals. It makes for much more interesting relationships, I think. Wishing you all love and the joy to celebrate differences.

Friends

Noble Vida is a perfect friend

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become really great." - Mark Twain

Wishing you all love and great friends to inspire and appreciate your own special greatness.

A Two Hour Spring Break

Vida multi-tasking at the swimming hole. The water is deep

and the current is fast after the snow melt and a heavy rain.

He never tires of retrieving - the bigger the sticks, the better

For me, Spring has officially arrived when the red maple buds come out

Chevy takes her turn in the water. Chevy and Vida are both excellent swimmers.

They barely make a ripple as they paddle in the fast moving water.

Vida smiles for the camera while perching on a stump. He can always make me smile!

I swear that when he sees me with my camera, he strikes a pose intentionally.

"The sun - my almighty physician." - Thomas Jefferson

No matter how busy I am, if a warm, sunny afternoon presents itself ( rare so far this Spring) I will grab a few doggies, my camera and off we go to see what we can enjoy and discover on the farm. Mini-vacations like this are great for the soul as well as the body. Wishing you all love and a sunny day, and, of course, the time to enjoy it.

Farewell, Miami

I happened to take this photo of Miami the day before she died. Her bright eyes sparkled with love and intelligence as we enjoyed what would turn out out to be her last walkabout on the farm.

This has been a sad week for me because my dear Miami died. Miami had a special gift that she was born with of being able to calm any dog she ever met. She ably assisted me countless times in rehabbing innumerable aggressive/fearful dogs for their owners. I always knew I could count on her to step up when asked and to instinctively do the exact correct behavior for the situation. So, we worked together as a team while the years went quickly by, until, this week, her good heart finally just wore out. "Mi ami " means my love in Spanish and she certainly was that to me and a whole lot more. Rest easy, my dear sweet girl, and, if such things are heavenly possible, please put your impeccable gentle spirit into my next shepherd puppy.