I feel like Roseanne Roseannadanna

It's always something. If it's not one thing it really is another this winter. And I am not getting younger. Quite the contrary.Today is a spring like day so I put on the boots that reach almost to my knees and trekked through the front yard, dug out the gate and barely managed to slip into my small side yard. The fence there had been down for a while brought low by a burden of snow. No doubt in part because I let honeysuckle grow there. I love the smell. But no more Ms. Niceguy after this winter. In the spring this patch of honeysuckle is doomed.

But I digress. I trudged through snow to the top of my boots, waiting patiently after each step to see how far my foot would sink. I managed to do my version of a repair. Which means bungee cords to the rescue. I hope it will hold till I can get it really fixed so the dogs stay in and the deer out. Remarkably the deer haven't been around outside the yard much and neighbors tell me, on the rare occasions they venture forth, that the deer have been congregating on driveways. Even they don't want to sink into the snow morass.

The Bungee Repair

The trail of the Trek

Admittedly it was probably less than a city block to get to this spot but it seemed impossibly long. This is so pretty, my yard looks nothing like this just now, okay, ever.

I even went so far as to dig out the exit for the sump pump pipe since all this melting snow has to go someplace and no doubt my basement is tempting.

And I came home to rest for a moment and have some lunch. Luca chose not to come in but I figured I'd let him have some fun outside now that he couldn't escape. That was a bad decision. For eventually he returned to the porch bearing the first gift of spring. I know it is still winter. But apparently he doesn't. So soon I have to go and find a resting place for another generation of rabbits. They manage to get in no matter what. I fear I can't trek trough the snow again so Mr. Rabbit will have to settle for the trash : (

The dogs don't help in terms of chores but do they really have to make more. Notice I haven't mentioned a month's worth of poop awaits me one day soon.

I keep trying to look on the bright side. I now have several, before I had none, exits I can safely navigate out of my house. And it is a beautiful day. Enjoy all.

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Permalink Reply by Wendy and Myla on February 22, 2014 at 2:12pm

Wow, I didn't think dogs caught rabbits that often. So does Luca just catch rabbits and proudly bring them to you or would he start to eat them if you weren't there to stop it?

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Permalink Reply by F, Calla & Luca on February 22, 2014 at 2:19pm

TG the dogs have never eaten what they have caught although I have seen them licking an exposed area. When they double team something Calla more often delivers the death shake, while I carry on in the background. They forget any hint of obedience when they are in the prey mode. I have cords in a couple of places in the yard so I can drag the doodles back home. They, especially Luca, enjoys running around the yard with what he's caught and once even brought a little rabbit upstairs to the bedroom when the porch door was open. Thankfully he took it to his bed not mine.

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Permalink Reply by Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom on February 22, 2014 at 2:32pm

I'm surprised they could get a rabbit as well. Wonder if maybe he was already dead? We got out yesterday and did the months worth of poo ... wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but it was enough. Our Snow is finally gone, at least for now!

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Permalink Reply by F, Calla & Luca on February 22, 2014 at 2:45pm

Still plenty of snow here. And I hear we may get snow tomorrow night : ( The doodles have caught squirrels, a chipmunk, woodchucks, you name it. The problem for most creatures is the yard is fenced. If they can climb or fit into the yard somehow the doodles can corner them. The huge woodchuck was an exception since woodchucks lived under the old shed. So when the woodchuck was out and about one day they cornered it. The shed and the woodchucks are gone.