It was a perfectly beautiful day. So perfect that I decided to take Anneliese and go for my first walk of the Spring. About 10 o’clock I put on her cute little harness, snapped on the leash and we headed out. I wanted to go to the Post Office and the docks down on the big lake. After that, I was open to almost anything.
Up the driveway we went until we ran into our neighbor, Frank. He is a 92 year old man who served during World War II. He is the most positive, happiest and fit man that I know, for his age. I tease him all the time and call him my boyfriend! Anneliese and I gave him hugs and kisses and off we went.
We stopped at the Post Office and got the mail. I had a plastic bag to put it in, but in the future I really need to use my back-pack. Those silly plastic bags really cut into you after a while.
So off we walked to the big lake. It was beautiful. The lake temperature is up to 39 degrees (F), so we should have ice-out almost anytime.
As you can see around the dock area it is clear of ice.
Anneliese is such a big girl and she handles herself so well. She does not know she is a small dog and when a Greyhound passed her by, she barked like she was going to eat him! The poor thing just shook! The Greyhound, not Anneliese!
I spoke to her a lot and then I remembered that I needed to get sworn in at the Town Hall as a Library Trustee for the next three years. I turned back and walked to the Town Hall and went in. I took my Oath of Office with Anneliese as my witness. (The Tax Collector was also my witness.) Then we started our walk home.
Anneliese was so good and when I spoke to her about our walk she stopped and turned back and looked at me with love in her eyes. Or is that annoyance that I am photographing her again?
Eventually after about three miles of walking, we got to our driveway and started down hill. It was so beautiful that I stopped and took a few pictures.
As you can see our little lake is nearly ice free. Truly amazing. Usually it is late in April when this occurs.
I think Spring is here!
You are lucky to live in such a beautiful area! And I´m so glad for you that it´s warming up. You´ve had a long winter.
Lovely being part of your beautiful spring walk. I so enjoyed it. Love YOU, Mel
Oh how I wish I could move there! Beautiful!
That looks indeed very beautiful where you live ! So you need a back pack to carry all you invoices home from the post office ? Or are these love letters from your fans now that you are an official personality ? We also had nice weather and I did a long walk with Yanouk, it’s so funny in the beginning he walks me and is full of energy and at the end I have to pull him, lol ! He is such a good dog, always stays besides my knees and never pulls not even when he sees a cat !
You do live in a beautiful area and have the lake to gaze upon when you like. It was spring here yesterday. It was a balmy day in the 70s and was a lovely day. During the night it started to rain and now it is so cold. We even have snow in the forecast…durnit. Oh well, in Texas it will be hot as heck before we know what happened. Anneleise looked like she was checking on you to make sure you were enjoying your walk as much as she.