She stepped out!

 "Lynn, this is a bit scary.  I like the warm air and sitting here with you but it is all so new to me.

Four or five times a year Precious and I spend

a lovely long weekend or even a full week at home

alone.  The first time this year it was in March and

the weather here meant staying inside unless I 

dressed like and Eskimo to take a walk.

The week after Easter, April 10 thru 16, we had an exceptionally

long week at home together.  And the weather was

picture perfect.  I biked 5 days out of 7. 

And had lots of weeding and pruning to do and loved

every bit of it.

So here I was sitting on the patio for a bit

in the shade as it was 79 degrees and hot in

the sun.  I have not put the screen door up yet

for the back but I left the glass slider open a few

inches so Precious could sit and smell the air.

She shocked me when she asked if she could come out and look

around.  She was tasting the air in this picture.  She never did

go all the way over to inspect the grass.  But she has never

been a grass eating girl.  Peepers and Seney loved to eat it.

Every time I moved a bit to get her picture

she started to bolt for inside.  Which is a good 

thing actually.

"Lynn,  I think I better go in and take a long

bath.  I must have gotten dirty just being out here."

The Ohio Wildlife Division has just issued a

warning statement that Lyme disease is up in Ohio.

I stopped to speak to a jogger while I was riding,

and he had stepped off the path just a couple feet

into some grass and immediately had ticks on him.

And this is just mid April.  One good reason

that I am glad Precious is not too interested in

outdoors.

However, on that note, she did go out 2 other

afternoons with me. I had my plants sunning

but they can not be planted until mid May

due to more frost will occur.

After a wonderful week, on Monday 17th we

had rain, sleet and snow.  Can't wait for real

Spring to get here and stay.

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