Since I am spending loads of time sitting in front of the computer these days, Alice and I have decided to take longer and brisker walks. The weather has been lovely -- breezy & warm. We definitely have spring fever! The only word to describe Alice on her walks is "joyous." Other than dinner time, it is her favorite time of the day. As a beagle-mix, Alice naturally spends a lot of time sniffing. She especially favors any ground cover like Asian jasmine or monkey grass. We have some lovely trees in our neighborhood. I love the huge magnolias, the way their branches dip low and all the crazy roots. I hate when people trim them to grow upward -- it is just all wrong. Soon they will be in bloom & they have a lovely fragrance.
Baby Bean has had standardized testing in school this week --so NO HOMEWORK!!! It has been great for everyone. We celebrated by watching American Idol this week. BB likes to jump rope while she watches television. She is almost never still.
My first chapter is due next Thursday, so I'm spending the next week hunkered down, reading and pounding away. I think my chapter is coming out rather well. It is really funny how your thoughts change during the writing process; I'm finding that I have some different ideas than I did even while in the midst of hard-core research. I'm now starting on the best part of my chapter, my most original stuff. I'd better get to it!
Happy weekend to everybody!!!
7 comments:
Wow, Baby Bean. You keep growing so fast and Lizzie Bean will have to find you another name. You look very pretty. I do love your Magnolia tree. They smell wonderful while blooming.
Idon't blame Alice for wanting to be out in this weather. I feels so good. Watch out! She might scare a rabbit out of the ground cover.
This blog is growing. JM
We have to see where you live and MOVE there! That are pawsome plants to sniff around in - we would do that too. The Magnolias must be lovely, do post pictures that convey the smell, ok?! ; )
Hmm, when will Blogger introduce smello-vision? We too love the smell of Magnolias...sadly they are a rarity here!
Joyous....what a great word, we think it fits perfectly...Snoop is joyous on our walks, he and Alice sound like a match made in heaven, while the younger three are going crazy bouncing off everything and each other...Snoop is blissfully snoofing around in sniffy-tailwagging ecstasy!
Have a great weekend :D
Slobbers xx
Khool!
The smells out there are furry wonderful!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
It's us again. We will give you an award today! Purrs!
Hello! Nice to meet you. Thanks for visiting my blog--I'm glad you did, 'cause I came to visit yours and it is really cool. I'm going to have to start a list of "not exclusively cats" blogs (and you'll be the first on it)!
Alice looks like a very nice dog. And, I don't say that lightly (as you know from reading my hangdog post).
I'll be back to read more!
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