1. I love hiking! I found some new trails in Lake Thunderbird State Park while looking for places to hike so last Saturday I took Bentley with me and we had a lovely hike. The wildflowers are just starting to come out and it was really pretty. The most exciting thing is that while sitting along the lake's edge eating lunch, a beaver swam by! I've never ever seen a beaver before and he was so close to the shore! You could see his giant tail and everything. At first he looked like a very large otter, but as soon as I saw the tail I knew it was a beaver. So cool! Unfortunately, by the time I pulled my phone out of my backpack, he'd passed me, so all you get is this tiny lump of his back.
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| The Beaver! |
Unfortunately, things took a turn for the worse after that, poor Bentley barely made it back, I overestimated his stamina, and then I realized he was completely covered in ticks. I pulled off about thirty, and thought I'd gotten them all, but then have found more each day since we got home. Last night I pulled off another fifteen, this time from between his toes and under his armpits. I feel like such a terrible dog mom, I didn't realize that his monthly medicine is only fleas and heartworm, not ticks. I'm still not convinced I got them all. Poor Bentley! Now I'm worried I'll have an infestation in my house and yard.
2. I love flowers! I don't love gardening, but I do love flowers. I decided to try to grow dahlias this summer and I finally planted my bulbs this weekend. They've been sitting around for a month in my house, one even started sprouting, but we've had such weird late freezes I didn't want to put them out. I have no idea whether they'll grow or not, but here's hoping. I did see lots of wonderful grubs and earthworms while digging holes for the dahlias, so that's fun.
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| Grubs |
3. I like making progress! I made a lot of progress this week on a new 3D quilt. I'll be posting on it in a couple of weeks as part of Alida's blog hop, about which more later. It's kind of a different mood colorwise from most of my other pieces. Lots of brown and gold and bronzey green colors with just a dash of orange and red. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet.
Thanks to Lee Anna for keeping us positive!
AAIIIIEEEEEEE ticks! Yikes!
ReplyDeleteWe had Cole on tick prevention, a fall tick got on him inside our yard from a leaf vet thinks, and he got rocky mountain spotted fever! With drops on!
I hope you're all okay, sheesh! The quilting is sure terrific!
Storm season is terrifying. Stay safe. I hope you find all those ticks. Maybe the vet can suggest something. What neat FMQ.
ReplyDeleteUgh. So many ticks! But I love all that you saw, including the beaver. Your quilting looks lovely, as usual. I look forward to seeing how it all comes out.
ReplyDeletePoor Bentley! I'm sure he'll be fine. I don't think I could deal with the storms there. But we have other issues we deal with here. Please let us know how the dahlias do! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteHow cool to see a beaver!!! Sometimes it's all about being in the right place at the right time .... but poor Bentley. I am not squeamish about much, but ticks really make me squirm. It think it's because they can be on you/your pet and they can go undetected. I hope you got them all! Lovely spring photos, even the grubs!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm happy you got to see a beaver. At home in Newfoundland there were ponds where you could go and watch beavers after supper going about their business. You had to stay very quiet and I loved to watch them. I think they're interesting and they are the national animal of Canada.
ReplyDeleteSomething is digging little holes in our lawn looking for grubs. Probably a skunk.Isn't it great to have spring/summer here. I'm excited about getting into the garden today.
Btw, your stitches are so even in your FMQ...how do you do that!!