Apples

All of us want a trained dog. We are all throwing out ideas and using them. I realized that we aren't as consistent as we should be. We need more training than the dog. Sigh. Keziah was all happy that she had a system that seemed to work. It failed once I was added to the equation. It is my understanding that we are looking into signing up for dog training. I believe the vet has some recommendations. I hope this old dog (me) can learn to teach the new dog (Aesop). Happy things for today:

• “This is a good experience, right Aesop? Yeah, I think it is.” Gideon whispered as he pet Aesop falling asleep.
• Aesop and I ended up taking about a four mile walk today. We are both tired.
• The apple tree out back that we spent time trimming this spring is loaded with apples. I have no idea what variety. They are larger than what I thought crabapples would be but smaller than most apples in a store.

They are larger than a golf ball.
A little smaller than a tennis ball I think.

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Currently reading: Backpacking A Hedonist’s Guide, by Rick Greenspan and Hal Kahn.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Is It Really Friday?

 It has been a long week and I started the day frustrated.  Thankfully, I didn't stay that way.  Happy things for today are:

• I used to enjoy ironing.  There were a bunch of things to be ironed today to be worn tomorrow.  It was one of my tasks to iron them.  I don't enjoy ironing like I used to.  I am happy for that memory though as it kept me going through a pile of medieval garb.  It was almost enough for me to enjoy ironing again, almost.
• The paint needed some touching up on some banners we have.  Keziah did one and I did the other.  I am pleased with my result.

• They don't look like tomato plants yet, but they are getting taller!
• There is an apple tree in the backyard, far from the other apple trees I have recently posted pictures of.  Last year it went unnoticed until apples started to fall.  This year blossoms have been spotted.  The blossoms are hard to see in the following photo too.

Nestled in the middle,
with the cloud crowning the top,
is an apple tree.

• I remembered to pay my mortgage!  I almost forgot.  Phew.
  
  
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  Currently reading: The Burgess Book of Nature Lore, by Thornton W. Burgess.

Stay safe.