Spring ^^

[imbecamiel]

*happy sigh* Okay, I know that I've been pretty "meh" about Spring's approach, but... I'd forgotten how much I love the smell of it. Mmm. Even with no flowers yet - virtually nothing in the way of returning greener - it's so nice. Also, sunlight. Apparently it can do a lot to help with those feelings of general dragging around and "meh." My allergies and asthma are not quite so happy about it all, but ah well... It was actually nice enough that we ate out on the back porch last night. Yeah, the lake is still frozen solid, there are still patches of snow on the ground, but this is Minnesota, people. It was nice, And it was fun watching the birds while we ate. A pair of cranes even flew right over our deck. <3

Squirrels have also been going crazy, of course. Haven't seen the black ones yet this year, but the red and gray ones are plenty active, and I saw the one with the nearly-missing tail the other day (just has a little tuft like a rabbit tail - awfully cute, but I feel bad for the thing, hard as it must be to balance). The flying squirrels have also been raiding our suet, though we haven't caught sight of them recently. Apparently we've got a new squirrel hanging around, too. I've never seen anything quite like it before... pretty sure it must be some kind of crossbreed between the red and gray ones. It looked, essentially, like a gray squirrel - only it had a mohawk-like stripe of almost fluorescent orange running down the top of its head, down its back, and into the tail, which was almost entirely orange as well. Odd-looking, but really cute.  

Best of all... we heard from our breeder today. I didn't really talk about it here, because frankly I was just too upset and depressed at the time, but - the litter we were supposed to be getting a puppy from? Turned out to be a false pregnancy, so... no puppies. Considering how rare litters for this breed are, that meant we were extremely unlikely to have even another chance at getting on a waiting list for any of the breeders until sometime this fall. But. As it turns out, one of our breeder's dogs just came into heat two months early, so they're planning to breed her now. Which means there could be a puppy available for us in early August, if all goes well, since she's going to give us some priority for getting one from this litter. And yes, I am totally getting my hopes up already. I can't help it. I want so badly to have a dog again. 

And I've gotten a lot of writing done today. Maybe not a super-high word count, but I'd say more done progress-wise than in the whole last week. \o/

Also, my dad bought my jellybeans while he was out. I've been wanting jellybeans. 

Been a good day so far. ^^

Comments

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I'm rather tempted to give you one of our dogs. They've been driving me up the wall for the past two weeks :/

The weather has been awesome in my neck of the woods as well. We had a mild winter, and that means an early spring and we're already in T-shirts. Although I'm still rather wary about it. Our weather is in the bad habit of being in the eighties one week then dumping snow on us the next, so just because spring seems to be here doesn't mean winter is necessarily over. But as long as it stays as is into April then we should be in the clear.

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

Aw. General misbehavior, or more specific problems going on?

LOL, I know what you mean about not trusting the weather. Around here, we can get blizzards well into May, sometimes, so up until then... anything goes. Makes it hard to decide how to dress from day to day, doesn't it? XD

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Mom's been out of town helping my brother, and whenever she goes it has a way of upsetting the balance. One of our dogs, who used to be house trained, refuses to go outside and has been pooping on the floor. And every time we try to pick her up to take her outside she cringes and pees on the floor. If she does go outside, we have to stand there with her until she goes. Very odd since she wasn't like that before. We're hoping it'll stop once mom gets back.

Ugh, one thing I hate about weather changes is figuring out what to wear. I put on a long sleeved shirt and then I'm sweating, but I put on a short-sleeved shirt and I'm chilled, and I can never find a happy medium :/

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'm sorry you have to wait on a puppy now. I don't suppose rescuing a pound puppy is an option?

It sounds like that squirrel has a racing stripe! LOL

Here's to spring finally making it up to Minnesota! I think here in Missouri we skipped spring and went straight to summer.

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

We discussed it, but... we're all agreed on really wanting the same breed as Strider. (I'm not sure my mom would even consider getting another dog if it wasn't a Flatcoat, though the rest of us would be more flexible.) The whole personality is just so perfect for our family. And when it comes to a rescue, the breeders tend to watch after their puppies and keep track of offspring closely enough that even if a shelter claims to have one, or a mix, there's about a 90% chance that it's actually a totally different breed.

Hehe, it did rather look like that! He'll certainly be eye-catching, racing around this summer. ^^

It seems warmer weather's arrived early everywhere this year. Here's hoping it doesn't make for an extremely hot summer...