The mud miracle

SPRING has sprung!  Although all the snow is STILL not gone in our yard – we ARE beginning to see grass – and we even got to try out our new retrieving toys on the weekend.  As you can see from the photo – I LOVED it.  I kept retrieving and retrieving – like 100 times.  Frodo did it about 12 times and then said, “That’s quite enough.  Thank you.”  Paxton brought it back 4 times and then went to lie down on a snowbank – and he attempted to destroy it. Typical.

With the spring, and the melting snow, we were FINALLY able to take a walk on the trail near our house.  The only problem?  Mud.  LOTS of mud.  And puddles.  My human took Frodo and I first.  I had to stay on a leash – because…well it’s spring.  And we never quite know when I might take off.  Frodo on the other hand was let off the leash.  So my human and I maneuvered the puddles and muddy ground, while Frodo walked behind us.  Several times my human turned around and implored Frodo to come along with us.  At one point we turned a bend in the trail and he was out of sight.  At this point, my human’s shoes were muddy, and I was also sporting a brown undercoat.  We got to a dry area and waited for Frodo.  And waited.  My human called.  And called.  She was JUST about to go back and find him – and he appeared.  We watched as he was carefully and slowly treading around the last few puddles.   And guess what?  He reached us and was completely dry.  AND no mud.   When he got up to us – he just looked at us as if to say “What’s your problem?”  It was a mud miracle.  Seriously.  I don’t know HOW he did it.  I don’t think I’ll ever have THAT kind of patience! It's hard sometimes to believe we are related.

Anyway, I'm just happy that SPRING IS HERE!!!!!!  Have a fabulous SPRING day – wherever you are!

©  Linda Wozniak