I was able to get out and walk both Loca and Tin today as the weather warmed up a little and I was working on something early and wasn’t able to take Loca out on schedule. Spring is coming – I feel it in my sinuses as much as in my soul and all I have to say is Amen – we are sick of the cold and I could have just kicked Punxsutawney Phil right back into his hole when I heard that he had seen his shadow. I read that this has been the warmest winter on record which confirms climate warming and yet it feels like the coldest to me.<\/p>\n
When we were at the Big Lake in City Park, school kids from Metairie Academy were having a picnic on the lawn banks of the lake while seagulls were looking to snatch whatever they could from the peanut butter sandwiches. [I should not complain about winter when school was cancelled in NY due to snow today.] Tin threw his hand up and said “Ah, Bah, Dah, Ah, Uh, Ca” – I think what he meant to say is this:<\/p>\n
Wow, look what a gorgeous day it is and I haven’t heard the wind chimes in a while since Mom went back to work and look at all the seagulls and kids and one day we’ll take one of those little boats out and I will sit here and have a picnic lunch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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