What A Week!

 Its been quite a week here. We had cold weather, wind, rain and hot weather, (84F), and excitement. Saturday night (as we woof theses stories), we have a frost advisory! Brrr!

Yes indeed, excitement!

Opossum...thanks Google Images!

The other night  in a dark o'clock hour, petcretary heard us go through the doggy doors and then OMD, what a racket! We were barking, snarling and being very LOUD! So she turned on the lights to the back steps, and we were carrying on right there! So she went down the steps and saw that we were trying to go after something under a big planter box...she couldn't see but a longish tail...of that something. We were continuing to try and get that something, so she grabbed Benji by the tail and picked him up...and brought him inside, and of course I, Dalton followed her....then she shut us in, grabbed her flashlight and went to see what it was that we had cornered. A Possum! Poor thing was huddled there looking half scared to death. 

She turned off the lights and went back inside...after about an hour, she still didn't let us out, but went back there to check on Mr/Ms Possum and it was gone. Phew. She likes possums cause they are peaceful critters, and they eat a lot of bad bugs, like ticks and such.

We were allowed back out, went to sniff at where the possum had been, and it not being there just went back inside to dream of it, BOL!

This is the only 'possum' we are allowed to wrassle and bite...

We had fun playing fence games with Rose, our girlfriend from next door...and on Thursday when it was so hot, we about got heat stroke trying to outrun her...Benji went indoors to have himself a drink and petcrtary found him splayed out on the floor...she kept an eye on him, but soon he was acting normal, so she felt better; and Benji avoided a bath in cold water. (She had to do that once with MJF when he had found a coon, and it was over 90F, and he literally collapsed in front of her...) Us terriers just won't give up or give in...even to our own detriment. 

I, Dalton love to 'help' petcretary when she is squatting down to pull out weeds, right now she's yanking out as many of the bittercress she sees...its invading our yard big time...even though it is not toxic and is edible, she hates seeing it all over the place, like an infestation. She also pulls out any garlic mustard she sees, that is an invasive species...plus any young weeds that make 'stickons'. Anyways, I help her by getting into her face to beg for scritches and trying to wash the sweat off of her face,. I have no idea why she tries to stop me from these loving, helpful gestures, BOL!

Our tulips, well the one clump that survived the onslaught of hungry squirrels, bloomed and showed off their beauty for us! 

Tulips

The weeping cherry tree is now well past it's prime...having had to deal with wind, rain and that hot weather...so now we have pinkish 'snow' and confetti everywhere!

Weeping Cherry Tree, well past its prime in bloom! That's our pawppy, by the way...

Now three of the four redbud trees that were planted in the fall are blooming. Maybe in a few years they'll give some light shade to our patio. (the fourth, planted in a different place, is alive but no  blooms...hopefully maybe next year.)

Redbud Tree ~ A Sapling

Redbud Blossoms - They look like little sweet peas, indeed this tree makes pods like peapods after blooming!

The violas are blooming here and there throughout our yard so pretty. And the bleeding heart plant is starting to get lots of buds. The periwinkle ground cover is in bloom, too.

Viola (Wild Violet)

Bleeding Heart

Periwinkle (Vinca)

We had our first of the year encounter with that noisy machine that makes our grass a lot shorter...that is a three hour job, but this time we didn't try to bark and bite at the wheels...we must be getting used to it after all the years we've seen/heard it! 

And wonder of wonders, petcretary said it didn't cause any trouble with her wrist. She is almost at the end of her time off work, and has one more therapy session. And of course daily exercises to do.

OK, here we are for our selfies, and also an ussie!

We have joined up with the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head, the weekly hosts of this fun blog hop! Click this caption to join in on the fun!