First Day Of Spring

 I'm a bit behind in posting. It's been a week of busy things and decision things.  I was hesitant to write this but I have to say we had a hard decision to make regarding Lucy.  We decided to re-home our little sweet girl.  She's a wonderful dog and was even housebroke...well, at least 98%!  Very smart. The reason is more geared to me than her.  I have some health issues that I need to tackle. I've put them off thinking it would go away..not even sure we know what "it" is yet.  It's nothing life threatening!  Probably more geared to arthritis and fatigue.  I finally called my Doctor and I'll be getting some tests started next week.  Anyway, I was pushing through getting Lucy lots of exercise and training.  Arnold was the other problem.  Not getting along with her at all.  He's old and not into puppy play.  It was a battle daily to keep her from getting bit and him from being stomped on by her playfulness. My son works with a nurse who was excited to get Lucy if we decided to go that route.  After hearing about her family we said OK, lets do it. Lucy will be living in a big, beautiful home on 10 acres of land with this sweet family.  They have a 9 month old Labradoodle puppy and 2 kids, ages 11 & 14.  Her hubby is a firefighter/medic. They came by yesterday to pick Lucy up and the kids are wonderful and they have posted pics on Facebook that show her settled in and the other dog so happy to have a playmate! We feel really good about this and I know Lucy will be a much loved addition to their family.  Plus they only live about a half hour from us and I'll see pics on Facebook and can visit if we want.  So on this first day of Spring I'm hoping to get on with taking care of me and getting ready for Easter.  Here's a few pics of the past week. 

First evidence that Spring has sprung....crocus have risen!

I call these baby daffodils...the regular big ones are up but not bloomed yet.

Not sure this is a sign of Spring but Jack cut down the crabapple tree in front. It always bloomed beautifully in Spring but it has had issues and was dying. Last year hardly any blooms and molting leaves so we are replacing it with a flowering pear tree...not the fruit kind, just ornamental.  Bye bye once pretty tree.  It will now warm us in the winter for it's final showing.  

On a funny note, our little town decided to turn the town creek green on St. Patrick's Day!  It was something they wanted to do last year but because of Covid they couldn't. It was really green as you can see by the newspaper...sorry for the wrinkles but it was raining a lot on Wednesday!  So that's the news at the Pines for now.  We get our 2nd vaccine next week and warm weather is promised.  I just got a text from Lucy's owners saying she is playing outside on this beautiful day with her new playmate.  His name is Homer! I love his name but they want to keep her name Lucy and thankfully not change it to Marge like the Simpsons!  It's a good first day of Spring.