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| Deflowered violets. |
There was more oven activity with pie crust pinwheels. So simple
– pie crust, melted butter, sugar, and cinnamon. Spread it, roll it, slice it,
bake it. The oven has been used more in the past couple days than it has since the usual Christmas baking spree.
Yard work also happened. The rhododendron that just keeps growing
got a trim, along with some of the wildly explosive bleeding heart that took
over half the front steps.
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| Backyard buffet fine dining. |
While messing around in the yard, I noticed the very
many violet clusters that sprouted near the front stairs, between the bricks under the mailbox, and under the rhododendron are now flower free. It didn’t register as odd until I noticed the
empty stems. Looks like the groundhog likes the violets.
The groundhog was seen a couple times during the day, feasting in the back yard. Some weedy
things in front of the little ramp to the shed were feasted upon. Later, there
was rummaging under the day lily and iris greenery next to the ramp. I don’t know what was growing
there, but it’s been eaten.
Then the hungry critter moved to the bushy plant with
the tiny yellow flowers that grows near the irises and day lilies at the side of the shed. Low growth was eaten,
then the groundhog sat upright to dine upon higher growth that was grabbed with the little front paws. It was kind of fun standing at the newly repaired kitchen window to watch the
backyard salad buffet.
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| Supervised pizza consumption. |
My own dining was vegetable pizza, plucked from the freezer, heated in the toaster oven, and eaten under the ever-attentive
nose of Winston. He stood nearby, facing in my general direction, making his
presence known, hopeful for a bit of crust. Of course, he got it. He’s old, and
he can have whatever he wants. Well,
mostly,
as long as it doesn’t have raisins, onions, grapes, or any of the other things
that are dangerous for dogs.
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