274 - MY CAR IS BACK!!!!

Went to pick my car up today. They didn't do the oil change even though I told them to, so they did it for free and it was done in under 20 mins, probably because they didn't have to let anything cool down. So that's cool. As I understand it, everything is back in camber, front and back and I didn't have to pay a thing (well, technically I paid years of insurance premiums and I bought a tire warranty...). It's so nice to have Scout back... the a/c is so much better, the floormats are different, the seat is up higher, I have a GPS again... To celebrate I removed my front license plate and scraped off my inspection and registration stickers because they don't matter here... I swear my windshield is bigger...

I wish we had dogwoods this pretty in our yard... ours have a few blooms here and there and feel more airy. But someday we'll get there. I'm working on it.

Bo versus moo-cow. He's very curious about them. They don't seem to share the sentiment.

The hummingbird

The cardinal visits pretty much every day now. He's soooooooooo pretty.

And entertaining.

The Bo-Bo's had the squirty butts last night, so he slept a lot. I gave him Immodium and it seemed to help, but it was pretty bad. To his credit he whined and stood by the door and held it until he got outside, so when he whine and stood by the door I got up and took him out quickly because I knew it was serious.

I took pics along the way to pick my car up. I call this the Perfect Road... nobody on it but me!

Cool old cabin in the woods

Ghost Towny building

Beautiful creek by Kemp Farms. I can't get the picture I want because there is no place to pull over... and the cows weren't in the water today so it wouldn't have mattered. I love this place it is gorgeous...

Carthage

My to-do list... I planted the lavender and the rose bush this afternoon, but I picked the rockiest spot yet to plant the rose... After the rainstorm we had a couple of days ago the soil was fairly moist, you just can't get much out at one time because you have to dig around the rocks. Found a few earthworms... that's a good sign.

Our baby Japanese Red Maple. It's going to be a stunner.

Where the blacktop ends.

More barn porn.

Our baby fig tree. It's not very big but there is a bud at the top, so it's determined to grow bigger.

Gerber Daisy.

Walter wondering why he's an outside kitty...

Bootsie taking a walk with us. Walter did too. Funny that the cats will walk with me and don't need a leash to stay close, but Bo does...

This is one of our dogwoods. It's pretty, but I wish it was a mass of blooms. And in the front yard.

Roses before they went into the ground. So I have a hydrangea, two boxwoods and the fruit vines... three or four of them... those are the deepest holes I have left to dig, the flower don't take as much effort.

The cardinal again. :)

And I shot a little video of Cardinal Richelieu (yes, I named him). It's adorable and entertaining and about a minute and a half long.

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Spring has arrived, despite the one last freeze we had immediately after my sycamore went into the ground...

My little hummingbird has been perched atop the bird pole off and on all day. I didn't think they sat still for long, and he doesn't, but for five or ten minutes at a time he sits and looks around, king of the world.

The cardinal came back but he's camera shy and keeps getting on the other side of the feeder. I guess I'm like bird paparazzi. And my little falcony bird.

My little falcon-y bird has a girlfriend. I love this camera.

And back to the hummingbird who peeked in the window for a bit.

The dogwoods are blooming. We have white and pink ones. Wish there was one in the front yard, and there will be at some point, but for now there are a few behind the house to look at.