Come on Spring...

While the first signs of spring are starting to arrive in the High Country (robins digging for worms, 'Blue Sky' days-see post on 'a journey of [epic] proportions), it is struggling to make itself known in our little yard up on the hill...

the azalea and the daffodils are the only thing that have (as of yet) not suffered under the feet of our wonderful dogs...

So, if i were telling you this face to face, then you would have been able to detect the sarcasm in my voice; it is hard to convey sarcasm in writing. okay, they really are wonderful dogs. we got them labor day weekend of 2006 when they were like 6 weeks old. a litter of lab-mix puppies came in to the pound and we went to pick out one, and left there with two...they have been so great with our little ones and they are great companions to have out in the woods (i'm also trying to teach them how to hang out quietly by the river while i fish, but they are having a hard time grasping this concept). the drawback, of course, has been that they have destroyed our yard. i found some pictures of the house right when we moved in and had totally forgotten that we at one time had grass in it rather than just dirt. so the project this spring will be to confine them to the backyard and try and regain some of our former 'curb appeal.'

as for spring-yesterday was a wonderful day outside; sunny and around 70 degrees. we took the kids to the tot-lot (thank you town of boone), and they played so hard...it was great to watch. during nap-time i got to sneak away for a little bit to do some fishing. it was a great afternoon on the river.

so the forecast for monday and tuesday is SNOW. what?! we used to laugh about this when i was in college...i remember driving back from seeing vertical horizon at ziggy's in winston-salem on my brother's birthday (april 15th) and about the time we got to wilkesboro we were in blizzard-like snow conditions. it was funny then...now it just makes us depressed...so, come on spring-take a stand!