We received this exquisite gift from nature yesterday afternoon.
My attitude toward the sudden afternoon rainstorm did a 180 when I walked outside and saw this scene.
Up to that point, I had my fingers crossed and worried that the painting job I'd just done on two sections of barnyard fence was gonna wash away.
Well, it did not, and the rain brought in it's beautiful bow.
Twas an exhilarating few moments of awe as the rainbow hung around long enough for me to take a few pictures from different angles.
As I moved about, the awe of this fresh new sight of clean green grass and translucent drops hanging off from tree limbs kept me in a steady case of wonderment and appreciation for the early gifts of spring.
They keep coming as much more snow melted yesterday, and I even found a sad but lovely pansy bloom in one of the front planters.
Bill has been gone since Sunday for the first Idaho Tree Farm/Family Forest Owners convention in Moscow.
It's been two years since the group met in person, so I'm sure the excitement has been high. Bill is especially excited that Sandpoint High grad and University of Idaho professor Ryanne Pilgeram will be addressing the group about her 2021 book release Pushed Out.
She uses Dover, the community of her youth, in illustrating the sociological and demographic changes, along with consequences in small communities, especially after they've "been discovered."
Speaking of former students, I have another exciting item to report this morning. It involves another Sandpoint High grad from the 1990s who experienced what had to be a lifetime moment yesterday.
What
a day!
When we started this journey over 20 years ago I could have
never imagined we would end up here!
Pretty dang awesome to have the
opportunity to ring the bell and open the NASDAQ Exchange this morning!
---Aaron Fuhriman, a former student from Sandpoint High AND a former neighbor from Woodland Drive.
Aaron now lives in the Boise area with his very active family.
He owns Guardian Financial in Meridian.
I can say with great confidence that he's a downright nice person.
Aaron's mom Kayce was also one of my colleagues for a few years at Sandpoint High School.
So proud of you, Aaron! (on the right below).
And, so today, I'll keep working at my outdoor projects. I do now have one length of fence painted, and with the green grass coming on, there's a stunning contrast.
Going it alone for the past couple of days has been a bit of a challenge keeping all dogs happy, but, by golly, it's getting done.
Bridie has figured out her limitations with the overhead cable, and she's been enjoying her time spent there. Foster has been helping out, as usual, in the doggie companion department.
Meanwhile, Liam, who does no babysitting, has figured out that Bridie has toys available in the area of that cable, and toys are good for stealing.
Liam loves to torment Bridie by taking her Chuck-it balls and getting just far enough away that she can't get to them. Then he lies down and lords it over her, holding the ball in his mouth
In early morning ball chasing after chores, which started a couple of days ago, Bridie doesn't have to compete with other dogs.
I throw the ball. She retrieves it and puts it down wherever she chooses. I pick it up and throw it again.
Well, this morning, it was obvious that Bridie's play routines are a work in progress.
She added a new element to the ball activity today.
Now, she retrieves the ball, brings it back, sets it down and then makes a small circle, picks out the best spot, plops into the "down" position and eyes the ball intently until I pick it up and throw it again.
A couple of times I noted that this Border Collie actually forgot the new routine she had created. BUT she caught herself each time and made the circle and plopped down.
As Bill said on the phone, "that will be how she does it for the rest of her life."
For sure.
Well, that's enough for today.
Happy Tuesday.
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