Tuesday, April 10, 2007

IN A GADDA DA VIDA

MAMA AND FRITH SPENT THE AFTERNOON IN THE BACK YARD, HANGING WITH THE LOCAL WILDLIFE. THE NEW GENEROUSLY ALLOWED US A LITTLE TIME FROM HIS BUSY SCHEDULE OF KILLING CHIPMUNKS. PS WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE COME OVER AND DISPOSE OF THE CHIPMUNK CORPSE CURRENTLY LYING IN STATE OUTSIDE THE BACK DOOR?

BUDS ARE STARTING TO COME OUT ON THE LITTLE WILD CHERRY TREE. FRITH MANAGED TO PULL OFF ONE OF LAST YEAR'S BERRIES.

AND EXAMINED IT INTENTLY FOR AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES.

SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER MOE? AS PREDICTED, FRITH IS NOW TALLER THAN MOE, BY AT LEAST A FEW INCHES.

FATNESS AND THE FRITH, GRUBBING AROUND IN THE RASPBERRY PATCH.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE FRITH, BUT ALSO INCLUDES THE SHADOW OF MAMA, AND ALSO, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, THE SHADOW OF THE TAIL OF THE FATNESS AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

THIS IS HALF OF A BLACK WALNUT SHELL, ONE OF LAST YEAR'S CROP. THEY ARE ALL OVER THE GARDEN IN THE SPRINGTIME, AND HAVE ALWAYS REMINDED MAMA OF LITTLE PIG SNOUTS. AS THOUGH THE GARDEN WERE FULL OF PIGS, DIGGING THEIR WAY UP OUT OF THE GROUND, AND SURFACING SNOUT FIRST. ONE OF MAMA'S FAVOURITE THINGS.

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