Dogwood Acres, 03/21/11

DOGWOOD ACRES, 03/21/11, ELANE CRUM
Hello friends. This spring weather is spoiling us for sure. Rick talks about fishing but has been raking and burning leaves. This is the earliest that our yard has gotten such tender loving care. I guess when he gets the yard done, he can then fish all he wants without me nagging about the yard.

Last fall he carried our big potted plants into the basement and has taken good care of them all winter. Now he is anxious to bring them out, but I have told him we need to wait until May or we will lose them in the last killing frost. I bought some Johnny JumpUps and Pansies today on a clearance rack, so I am just as anxious as he is.

LeaAnn has had the girls picking up rocks which seemed to multiply and grow in their yard this winter. Their thick lawn will soon need mowing and she wants to set the mower deck low and give it a good cut that will last awhile.

The first weekend of spring brought a special gift to Neal and LeaAnn’s goat pen as their Billy and Nanny goats had a sweet baby kid. The little girl weighed 5 lbs, 1 oz. and is 18 in. long. We saw her Sunday afternoon, they brought her over to Bill and Mary Lou’s for just a little while and we took pictures. With a yellow flower around her neck, she for sure looked like a spring baby.

Rick invited the neighbor fellows over for coffee last Monday and had special guests from Mo. Dept. of Conservation. The agent had quite a presentation about the black bear population and their efforts to track and count the bears and their activities. He had slick glossy handouts with information and a nice picture of a local black bear. I know it is local because I took the picture from my deck several years ago. Apparently it made the email rounds and ended up at the Conservation office and on their slide shows and literature.
I should have more news, especially since missing last week, but am running late so will save it for next time. Bye for now.