Hey! Is this what I think it is?
What’s in here mama?
It is! It is! Let me help you!
I know you need my help!
Can we go camping right now? I’m so excited!
I’ll run for camping! No treats needed!
Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait!
Eureka!
Hey. It’s not going to be cold out tonight…is it mama?
Might need an extra blanket. Or two. Mama.
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Dandelions, those pretty little yellow flowers that so many people work so hard to eradicate from their golf course inspired yards, are incessant forces of nature. Turn your back on them for one moment and they spring back to beautiful life.
And Katie-girl, a force of nature in her own stubborn, hyper, crazy, joyous way.
The combination is beautiful.
You can see all the other interpretations of forces of nature at the original post. Or catch a few of my favorites here, here and here. Each is a totally different take on the concept.
I love these challenges because you see wonderful things from all over the world. Enjoy.
Princess Katie had an appointment with her groomer today. It’s not her favorite way to spend a Friday or any other day for that matter. Still, it was time.
This morning I took her on a wander around the back yard in an attempt to get her to do her business. The grass was wet. And then she walked purposefully through the vegetable garden. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen her quite like this. And no, no business was done.
Before
Husband took her to the groomer who I’m sure had also never seen her quite like this. But at least we got our money’s worth this time.
After
She says she should be good for a long time now. No more groomer visits in her future. She’s sure of it.
Pretty sure anyway.
No more groomer mama!
Spring!
As usual I had lots of ideas, places to go, things to look at. And then I decided to stay at home and enjoy this beautiful weather in my own yard.
You can see all the interpretations of Intricate at the original post, or check out a few of my favorites here, here and here.
This is a really interesting topic and one I’d like to explore further. We’ll see if I find anything more. Might be later this summer. Or winter. Or sometime. Meanwhile look around in your own life. What do you notice, what’s beautiful because of it’s intricacies?
Husband mowed the yard last night, and I moved the kennel up against the deck. This morning I moved Katie’s kennel further away from the deck steps. As I walked back into the house I said to myself:
“Self, that kennel is way too close to the bird feeder. Wonder how long till the squirrels figure it out.”
Answer: Under an hour.
Breakfast!
Excuse me while I go move the kennel.
Run!
Hey mama! I’m stuck behind this big log!
Katie here. Those of you that live around here are probably noticing that spring has arrived! Oh I know sometimes we still get a snow flake or two, but all in all stuff is really beginning to green up and some people even have gardens that are blooming already!
My mama says she doesn’t know how this happened. She didn’t notice the willow trees turning yellow before they popped out in green buds, and she didn’t see her goldfinches when they were green with gold tufts of new feathers. She says suddenly the grass was green, the willows were green, and the birds were gold! She doesn’t understand how she missed all this.
I do.
She works too much. It’s hard to notice stuff like trees and birds when you go to work in the dark and come home at dusk. I’d say it’s even hard to notice things like a princess. Who is sitting right by her feet. Holding a pink pig in case she wants to play.
Or anything.
So I look forward to the weekends, because then, sometimes, if I’m lucky, my mama will take me to the park. Like she did today. Of course she wanted to take some silly pictures. Honestly mama…don’t you have enough photos of beautiful me sitting beside grasses at the park?
Got anything good over there mama?
Today she liked the way the sky looked and she was trying to get me and the grasses and the sky. But she couldn’t get me to look at her.
I have a new rule about having my picture taken, but don’t tell her.
When she gets out that stupid camera and makes me sit I do. But I look the other way. And when she calls my name I look at her for a split second and then I look the other other way. Even when there’s really nothing over there that interests me. I do this a lot until she gets really frustrated and just takes the picture anyway. She has to be really fast to get one of me looking at her. It’s my little way of letting her know who’s boss.
Not going to look at you Mama.
We all know who’s boss. Right?
So anyway, today she thought she’d trick me and she pulled a plastic bag of treats out of her pocket and she’s squatted down trying to take a picture of me with the sky and she was waving the bag of treats around and I’m focused on the ground just next to her and I won’t look at her and she can’t figure out why until I stand up and she stops looking through the camera and says “STAY!” in her school voice, so I do, and she gets the shot and then she stands up and says “come!” and I do and then I start scarfing up all the treats that had been flung out of the plastic bag all around her.
Ha ha ha ha mama! See? I am such a good girl! Even though there were treats flying everywhere I stayed until you said come! But I wasn’t really interested in looking at you when there were all these great treats lying all over!
My cover girl shot.
Mama. Sometimes she’s not very perceptive. But I love her anyway.
Especially on the weekends.
Can’t we just go for a walk mama?
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