progress

First thing this morning
after I got up and drank my coffee, and checked my email, and got my kids up, and made lunches, and packed snacks and water, and walked my kids to the bus stop (times 2), and walked the dog (the long way today, though I really just wanted to go home), and cleaned the kitchen and dining room, and loaded the dishwasher, and started some laundry, and fed the dog (which she hasn't at this point partaken of, I suppose she is waiting for that bath I promised first) and texted with my friend in Louisiana, and ....
...oh, I suppose that is it...
I went to the pond to check on the progress out there.

I know you are patiently waiting for the report, cause you have nothing else to do, just like me!! Right?? That was sarcasm in case you missed it.

So, this is what I found.
Not a whole lot of change, but definitive white petals showing there on the bottom bud.



Our frog was still there!

I finally figured out that my camera was focusing on a leaf and couldn't "see" the frog.
Aren't his eyes just something else!! I was so captivated by that yesterday that I didn't notice the wonderful white stripe which runs from his nose, right under his eye, and across his ribs.
Fantastic!!!

Oh, I just have to tell you there was also a very large and very dead caterpillar at the bottom of the lower pond area.
I got the net and fished it out and tried to take a photo but just couldn't stomach it.
It looked all bloated and gross.
Why would I want to put that on my blog?

Now that I type all that out I feel pretty silly that I think I can't take a picture of a dead bug.
Hold on a minute I am gonna go right back out there and face this thing.






I am back!

There he was.

Laying there, (or is it lying there) in the puddle of water he came up with, still all large and dead and bloated.

I just couldn't disrespect him like that, so I kindly flicked him into the grass.
With a stick, ewwwww!!!!
I then convinced myself that he was merely a visitor to the pond and that I found him there happily crawling from the grass, and then took his picture.



Uggghhh! I suppose he must have fallen out of the tree above the pond.
Are you still with me??

Okay good, because with only an hours time passing our lowest bud opened!!
It is a 3 petal flower!
Take a look!

Interestingly large center it has there!

I will check back later and see the progress.
Oh, also...
here is the lily pad from yesterday opening up even more.


It will probably be to the surface by morning.

If things weren't so exciting out by the pond I may have gotten a recipe posted today.

How about a tip instead to tide you over.
Wrap your celery in foil, and it will stay fresh and crisp, a way long time! There is just nothing like floppy celery!

I better go give my dog her bath now so she can eat.

Look how she is pretending to sleep while sitting.
She does this when she thinks she is getting negative attention.
Then I asked her if she wanted a bath.
You know, in that high pitched voice dogs love so!


That perked her up!!

You know what, have a great day...despite anything you may read here!! ha ha ha.