And so to another day...

Remember the groundhog under our front steps.  Well.......here is the story.  Poppa and I spent a day and a half working out in the yard to get it looking ready for summer.

The trees in the planters on the front patio (remember that blog - Poppa spent about two weeks on that project) had not wintered very well, so Poppa bought two nice new trees to put in there.  If you click on the picture to make it larger you can see them...oh wait....

.......there they are.  What about the groundhog you ask?  Well, while Poppa was working on planting the tree closest to the steps, three of the bricks caved in!  Yep - you guessed it - underneath that deck was a groundhog tunnel.  The rascal had tunneled under the front steps and then under the brick patio. Poor Poppa - it took him a day and a half to dig it all up, fill in the tunnels, re-fill it, tamp it down and rebrick it again!  And.....it was a really hot day!  However, as you can see, he got it all fixed up as good as new - and then he cemented up the space where Mr. Groundhog was starting with that tunnel so he can't get under there again!

A few days ago I had a birthday and was delighted when the doorbell rang and there were flowers for me!

Aren't they beautiful!  This lovely arrangement which smelled so wonderful was from Daddee, Mommee, Munchie and Little Smiley!  Thank you so much my Dears!

The weather has been really warm the last few days.  Squeegie got out his tropical shirt and Taffy donned her blue jean shorts.

They both look kinda cute don't they?

Meanwhile, Mommee took the little boys to a zoo near their new house.  It was located on a farm where there were lots of trees to help keep them cool on a hot day.

Munchie had a great time and tried riding every critter he found.

While Little Smiley looked on happily ....

........but I think Munchie was a little leery about this big live specimen......

........when they had finished their trek through nature and visited all the creatures, they headed home.  After supper Munchie told Daddee all about his exciting day and so the day ended....

.....with both of them sleeping soundly!

Uncle Shaun is still out exploring the region with his camera in hand.  Isn't this pretty?

Auntie Colleen thought so too.  She said, "There are many reasons I like this shot Shaun took while walking in Scout's Valley."


Tomorrow at 6:30pm Taffy will turn on her e-mail to receive any request for the sock giveaway!  All e-mails she gets after 6:30 will be put in order and socks will be given out in order of requests.  Uncle Brian - please alert Auntie Denise since she put in a special request for you to notify her - since apparently she doesn't follow the blog much - or check her e-mail.  I will be sending out the e-mail notification to all those people who have previously participated.  However, anyone is welcome to join us!  Taffy's e-mail address is taffy.robert@gmail.com


Here is a sneak preview of the socks available.