Archive for March, 2010

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Eau de Toilet

Burning fields aren’t the only prep work the farmers are doing. They’re also bringing in manure by the truckloads. Lovely, smelly, fresh, steaming piles of manure. Truckloads overflowing…leaving drops & plops all up and down the road we walk. And it’s driving the dogs crazy! Maggie kept trying to fall on the ground & roll [...]

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Not My Day

I’m petitioning for a do-over. Yep, a do-over is exactly what I need. I’d like a do-over, please…let’s just go backwards & erase today and start fresh again. Let’s see…there was the… Barking dog that won’t shut up because I didn’t walk her today?….Do-over. Aching back because I thought I could run to catch the [...]

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Fire Season

One by one the local farmers are beginning to get their fields ready for Spring. They’re burning the old rice fields. Gathering up what hay is left. Clearing away brush & brambles. And hopefully…this means Spring is just around the corner. They had to postpone the Cherry Blossom Festival a couple of weeks because the weather’s [...]