Well, it is nearly April and March is making sure that we have a last winter hurrah! Last week started out in temps near the 70's but ended up Friday with temps in the low 40's and snow flurries. Guess you can never count out March!
Crocuses are popping up in the front gardens, giving an illusion of spring! Many other plants are pushing up but I still have no idea what most of it is, and if I did know, I forgot. The Rose of Sharon bushes along the neighbor's fence are starting to show little green buds, but we have got to get out there and thin them out. Last year, they filled out the fenced side with loads of trees and flowers. It looked great but was attacked pretty badly with those darn beetles! Hopefully, we can make it look a little more clean and not so overgrown!
Moxie is growing up quickly, she is 8 months old and grown to about 8 1/2 pounds! She keeps us laughing everyday! One of her favorite things to do is hide her treats around the living room and hallway. Unfortunately, her hiding spots leave a lot to be desired! The first one she always goes to is putting the treat next the the fireplace and pretends like no one could see it! If you walk towards it, she kinda panics and has to run and grab and start looking for a new hiding place. She enjoys going outside and got to meet the neighbor dog, Isabelle, a few weeks back. They had quite the conversation! She finished her Puppy class at Pet Smart in January and we have been a little lax on keeping up with the practice. We really need to work on some of those tricks again. Looking at going on to do the Intermediate class later this spring. She is such a good cuddler in the mornings, it makes it hard to get up and go to work!
Looking forward to getting out into the gardens this spring! We have ordered and gotten the brackets for our raised garden beds but now the hard part - getting around to putting them together! Got to clear out the grass, put down some weed paper and filling them up with soil! Maybe we'll have some stuff growing next year! We are also looking at putting in a fence this summer so Moxie can run, run, run and not flip herself over when she gets to the end of her lead. Which, while not nice, is EXTREMELY Funny!!
Other plans around the compound...
Going to Branson in May for a long weekend. Still looking for some suggestions for interesting spots to visit. So far, several people suggested just not going...not really an option! We hope the weather will cooperate as we are looking forward to doing some hiking and outdoorsy kinda stuff! June finds me going to Wisconsin to visit a friend's cottage for a "Book Club Retreat." Makes you want to join book club, doesn't it! Kent plans to take some time for lounging around in June, hopefully the weather will be good for that! We are planning to go to Iowa in July for a Bodensteiner family reunion and spending a little extra time with the fam. Seems like time just keeps flying by!
Well, that's a little update from the Bone Compound! Stop on by anytime! See you soon!
Kent and Karen
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