A Walk Around the Pond

The weather in Ohio has changed back to Spring again.  Today BonBon and I walked the "back" trail and braved the mud.  Our excursion included a couple of holes dug by the terrier necessitating a partial bath of feet and belly.  A cardinal was calling it's song of "this is my territory" just to assure safety in the region.  We also watched a few crows carry on in the row of pine trees at the north end of the property.  I noticed some green shoots out of the ground by a couple of inches, maybe daffodils.  The snow is almost completely gone.  There are a few piles with missed yellow-wrapped newspapers showing through the snow.  A few branches from a Christmas tree line the border of one yard and I notice another neighbor still has plants flourishing court yard's protected cul-de-sac.

Our walk included the house going up across the property line from my garage.  A foreign language is spoken on the job site sprinkled with laughter and shouting.  The house is going up quickly given the mild weather and commitment of these workers to get the job done.  Bon hates them because of their use of noisy nail "weapons" resounding loudly all over the complex.  There is only one place left now for another house.  This last one is happily situation away from my house.  The north front of this property still holds one small pond populated with geese and space for a small office building.

Out near the side street we find the usual trash and start filling up the doggie poop bag with all the stuff people throw out the windows.  Fast food wrappers, soda cans, beer bottles, cigarette packages, plastic bags and a sock.  I always wonder how people lose one sock.  Is it thrown out the window?  Did someone run around out in the weather and, then leave one sock behind?  Strange....  There are tracks from snowmobile traffic through the mud and across the drainage creek into the pond.  What a mess!  Everything looks bleak with the trees bare and the otherwise lack of color.  But the air smells nice and getting outside makes me feel better.

We came home to a stint in the laundry tub for Bon and a nice warm house.  After some water and an extra sweater, we settled in the comfortable chair to rest.  It should start raining again this afternoon making it impossible to trudge through the trail again for a day or so.