A lovely blossom from one of our camellia bushes. The wind blew strong, and Grandpère held the flower still.
We think the vine is called Yellow Jessamine, but we're not sure. Whatever it's name, the vine grows wild, and the vine, and now the flowers, cover the bare fence boards.
All of our oaks look bare, since many of their leaves have fallen.
The fallen oak leaves cover the ground.
Diana and Grandpère play Diana's favorite game, pull the towel. I tried to play, but my grip is no match for Diana's toothy grip. Away the towel went with Diana quickly, without the least struggle on her part.
Beautiful pictures. That camellia is huge! twice as big as any on our bush.
ReplyDeleteLife in the old girl yet with Diana.
ReplyDeleteIt snowed here yesterday - lots in the mountains; maybe an inch on the valley floor. We're reminded winter's not done with us yet. It's nice to see green, blooming things!
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures, especially of Diana. I can hear the determined "Grr! Grrr!" as she tugs the towel. I love my cat, but I do miss the antics of dogs!
ReplyDeleteI miss camelias. They grew so well in the Bay Area. Yours is lovely. The only time Izzie and I play "pull" is with one of her stuffed toys when I return home after I've been gone for a while. She lets me pull on it while she makes it squeek and then she lets me throw it and we do this two or three times. She's not much for playing. Diana does seems to like to though.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures and a stunning Camelia!
ReplyDeleteThe camellia is gorgeous. The bush is not full of leaves. The life force seems to go into the blooms.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Diana is an old dog and has only one eye and arthritis, she still loves to run and play. But when she first gets up, she moves slowly until she gets the kinks out.
I do believe that spring is here to stay.
Oh, Mimi, we had a black and white dog that came to us one day. We lived in the country and people were always dropping their dogs by the side of the road. Anyway, we named him ring as he had a white ring around his neck. He got old and decrepit, but he was an outdoor dog, as were all our dogs and cats on the farm. After breakfast, Mother would feed him the left over biscuits and sausage gravy which she always made too much of on purpose. She would put an aspirin or two into the biscuits and add it to the gravy. Ring would wolf them down without much examination. Then in about 15 minutes, he would be able to get up and move about. I'm sure no current Vet would reccommend that, but it worked for him. The day he couldn't get up even in the spring, she went to the Vet and got "the shot" and put him down. We all cried. Well, I've said too much, but I'm not taking it away. But you don't have to post it if'n you don't want to.
ReplyDeleteSusan, Diana seem fine after she moves around a bit, and she does not seem to be in pain. However, if the arthritis gets worse, I'll keep your mother's remedy in mind.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful picture of the Camelia. They donèt grow this far north, so your picture was a real treat.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mimi
{{{David}}}
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed the picture.
The flowers are beautiful. It is a bit too cool yet here for the jasmine. Some folks call it Yellow Jasmine and others Caroline Jasmine. Most of mine is up in my trees. Do be careful handling it. It is a member of the nightshade family, or so my grandmother told me. She always insisted that I use gloves to cut it back and wash the gloves and my hands thoroughly afterward since she considered it somewhat poisonous. I don't know how true that is, however.
ReplyDeleteThat's a terrific shot of Diana and Grandpere.
ReplyDeleteI miss my little Rowan.
I used to love playing tug o' war w/ my little Lab, Sasha...
ReplyDelete...but Caesar Millan really recommends against it (it teaches dogs to be dominant, which can get them in trouble in the Real World).
wv, "meonion". Now, I love onions. However, I would not consider myself one of them! ;-)
Boocat, I'll pass the word about the vine to Tom, but I believe he's already been in the middle of it with no bad consequences.
ReplyDeleteLindy, Tom didn't want to be in the picture, but I told him that I couldn't show a battle with only one of the adversaries.
JCF, I fear that we don't follow a good many of the proper training rules. Diana is friendly to all humans. Cats and very small dogs are a whole other thing. She was a year old when she came to us and came with those dislikes. When Diana is in the real world she is on a lead and is fine with people and medium to large dogs. We restrain her if we see a cat or a small dog.