Happens every year about this time.
The usual breakfast and dinner can't hold a candle to that stuff on the other side of the fence.
Though that rich, baby grass grows greener by the day under the fence, it's not growing fast enough out in the fields.
So, Lily engages in her performance.
Stand at the fence. Stare at that pasture every time Mom comes out of the house or walks by.
Put out a few low pitched, hinting whinnies.
And, Mom either responds with, "No, Lily, it's not time yet," or she just walks by, looking straight ahead completely deflating Lily's effort.
Happens several times a day until the pasture is ready for horse hooves and horse teeth.
So, as an alternative to the planned persuasive performances, try a little equine gymnastics.
Contort your body in such a way that at least a portion of your head can reach under that fence and grab a few bites of that grass.
No paint chips on the side, please.
No paint chips on the side, please.
After all, that baby grass tastes so much better than that hay from the barn.
Also, every year at this time, the paint brushes and cans of spray paint come out.
In some cases, my neighbor friends have been using those brushes, but I've done my share, and I've got the Crocs to prove it.
Yesterday some more sections of dirty, chipped fence became white, and my funky garden boxes received their spray downs.
Who cares if the paint doesn't match all the time---just makes for more whimsy.
And, I love whimsy.
Bill has allowed me to paint one of his metal fishes, just the one jumping from the water out of the oregano garden.
A few bird houses also received touch ups, and as the grass does grow greener, all the better for bright color contrast.
Daffodils are popping all over the yard now, adding to the fun, as are the hyacinths.
Happily, every day from now on should bring a new vibrant chapter to Spring 2020, and that is oh so important.
This morning we'll have someone besides Bill or me in our house for the first time in more than a month.
It has to happen, as the plastic hardware under our kitchen sink went bad last week, with two sections of pipe separating.
Bill thinks maybe the earthquake a week or so ago may have shaken the pipe enough to loosen the glue holding it at some of the junctures.
When I opened all my dish towel drawers one day last week, I knew something was wrong.
Since then, we have used only one side of the sink.
And, so we are allowing a plumber in the house to fix it. The company assures me that he will wear mask, gloves and even booties.
I'll have him come in the sliding glass door, which is really close to the kitchen sink.
And, when he leaves, I'll do a thorough dousing with Chlorox.
So much more planning goes into such mundane tasks these days. At least, we've got plenty of time.
Finally, in the "scratching your head in wonderment category," I saw the item below on an Irish friend's Facebook page Saturday.
It may just hit upon some symptoms of confusion we have all contracted over the past few weeks, as the virus continues along its path, as most of us in the world turn into virtual hermits and we listen to a few smart people tell us what we should do.
This should clear up all that confusion in the general guidance you have received----or maybe not.
And, heck after reading it from start to finish, you may feel "liberated" from ever watching another coronavirus update starring the stable genius again.
I lifted this from another page - I think it explains everything in a clear and concise manner.
I hope it helps, or doesn't help.
1. You MUST NOT leave the house for any reason, but if you have a reason, you can leave the house.
2. Masks are useless at protecting you against the virus, but you may have to wear one because it can save lives, but they may not work, but they may be mandatory, but maybe not.
3. Shops are closed, except those shops that are open.
4. You must not go to work but you can get another job and go to work.
5. You should not go to the Drs or to the hospital unless you have to go there, unless you are too poorly to go there.
6. This virus can kill people, but don’t be scared of it. It can only kill those people who are vulnerable or those people who are not vulnerable people.
It’s possible to contain and control it, sometimes, except that sometimes it actually leads to a global disaster.
7. Gloves won't help, but they can still help so wear them sometimes or not.
8. STAY HOME, but it's important to go out.
9. There is no shortage of groceries in the supermarkets, but there are many things missing. Sometimes you won’t need loo rolls but you should buy some just in case you need some.
10. The virus has no effect on children except those children it effects.
11. Animals are not affected, but there is still a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested, plus a few tigers here and there…
12. Stay 2 meters away from tigers (see point 11).
13. You will have many symptoms if you get the virus, but you can also get symptoms without getting the virus, get the virus without having any symptoms or be contagious without having symptoms, or be non-contagious with symptoms...
14. To help protect yourself you should eat well and exercise, but eat whatever you have on hand as it's better not to go out shopping.
15. It's important to get fresh air but don't go to parks but go for a walk.
But don’t sit down, except if you are old, but not for too long or if you are pregnant or if you’re not old or pregnant but need to sit down.
If you do sit down don’t eat your picnic.
16. Don’t visit old people but you have to take care of the old people and bring them food and medication.
17. If you are sick, you can go out when you are better but anyone else in your household can’t go out when you are better unless they need to go out.
18. You can get restaurant food delivered to the house. These deliveries are safe. But groceries you bring back to your house have to be decontaminated outside for 3 hours including Pizza....
19. You can't see your older mother or grandmother, but they can take a taxi and meet an older taxi driver.
20. You are safe if you maintain the safe social distance when out but you can’t go out with friends or strangers at the safe social distance.
21. The virus remains active on different surfaces for two hours ... or four hours... six hours... I mean days, not hours... But it needs a damp environment. Or a cold environment that is warm and dry... in the air, as long as the air is not plastic.
22. Schools are closed so you need to home educate your children, unless you can send them to school because you’re not at home.
If you are at home you can home educate your children using various portals and virtual classrooms, unless you have poor internet, or more than one child and only one computer, or you are working from home.
Baking cakes can be considered math, science or art. If you are home educating you can include household chores to be education.
If you are home educating you can start drinking at 10 a.m.
23. If you are not home educating children you can also start drinking at 10 a.m.
24. The number of corona-related deaths will be announced daily, but we don't know how many people are infected as they are only testing those who are almost dead to find out if that's what they will die of… the people who die of corona who aren’t counted won’t be counted.
25. You should stay in locked down until the virus stops infecting people but it will only stop infecting people if we all get infected so it’s important we get infected and some don’t get infected.
26. You can join your neighbours for a street party and turn your music up for an outside disco and your neighbours won’t call the police.
People in another street are allowed to call the police about your music.
27. No business will go under due to Coronavirus except those businesses that will have already gone under.
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