Good Dogs at Pine Needle Farm

Today was a great day off. I was working outside doing chores this am and when i fed the chickens a chicken got out right into the area where the 4 girl herding dogs where. I thought OMG that's curtains for the chicken. Trixie knew enough not to touch it. The rest made a rush for it and I yelled in my most calm collected stern commanding voice LEAVE IT and they all stopped dead in their tracks and held there ground while i figured out i would have to prop the gate open, hope no one else got out, and move the chicken around the tree and into the pen which meant going in front of the frozen dogs. I did just that and they held their ground until the chicken was in the pen and then sallee made a pass by the gate ( a so there pass). Everyone else held their place till i told them they were free. Was I proud of my dogs and my training. This is a big deal for these dogs as frosti and Sallee have a hard time controlling themselves around poultry and Iris is better than they but she still a baby learner.
Then this afternoon after Leroy helped me plant 40 some bulbs we practiced agility and i had my girls working 10-15 feet away from me which means i don't need to run. I was very proud at how well they did there also.
So even tho i can't run and barely walk we are training and it is paying off. May not mean much to you non dog people but its a big deal for me.
I planted some greenish yellow (lite color) glads, some dark purplish black glads and 6 calico jack
daylilys. I know you hate day lilies Kathy but i love them and I am trying on this old broken down farm to get more old fashioned perennials and bi annuals planted. I would love to get some hollyhocks growing. The bulbs that i transplanted seem to be doing well and are all perked up. And some columbines i transplanted from a ditch last year seem to be coming up. Not sure about the lupines i transplanted tho. There is a ditch near us by the eye docs house that is prolific and beautiful with masses of colors of lupines. They are so gorgeous, you drive by just to look at them, so he told us to try and transplant some. I did that and took seeds, so we will see.
My peonies are coming up, my primroses are blooming, my lilacs and such are bulging with buds. Its so cool outside right now.

Ramb;lings

Thank you judy for helping me figure this out. I still haven't got it but it will go smoother the more i do it. One of these days i will post something profound. A poem or something deep, like a thought about something. But for now I just have to get the hang of this thing.

this is the camelia (not an azalia which i can't spell anyhow) outside my front door/window.

You also noted i loaded a picture of leroy taken at our awards dinner (dog club). And i loaded some other pictures from our party. The lady alone in the chair is a supervisor, Kathleen

Flowers/Garden

this is my azala (sp) outside the front door/windows.

pictures

pictures from judys party

this is Brodie, Mollies dog. Nancy above in pink. Pc taking a picture.
Judy below with the tiara

hey guess what i lost my drafts and found them and figured out how to send them , thats why the similarity in the last two posts. sorry.

ramblings

Well its sun and its raining, which is ok as i have so much to do inside. I hate paperwork and crap like that but i can only put it off so long. The only one that is upset about being stuck in the house is Iris and she has been complaining constantly. I wrote a note the other nite and then lost it and got fed up so i just forgot it. Today i am going to try and add pictures.
It was a long week, i think it was because we said our goodbyes to judy on sun. Now instead of feeling like you are working for judy, i feel like i am working for an institution. It will be a long 2-3 years at this rate.
We are working outside the best we can, or i should say the best i can. I am determined not to let this crippled exterior stop my work outside. It has gone for 3 years almost with me doing very little and it shows. Leroy does better if we work together on projects. Right now we are just trying to clean up the place. I tried transplanting some daffodils yest that are comming up so don't know how that will work since it is not the right time, but i did plant a few glads also. I got a couple of nice bags of bulbs at costco for 13$ each bag.
My toes are improving. I went back in as i was afraid of the one being so red but he said it was inflamed not infected. So that is a bit better as he gave me something else for it and they are looking better.
There is nothing else here. Leroy is watching the daytona 500 so that is his present. i said i would leave him alone for the day. Diesel tried to make me a card on the computer, that is cute. He added his picture. Jeff called but it was a coincidence.
Well I have charting to catch up on so i better get that done so tomarrow isn't even worse. But god it kills me to do it. I need to go stock my car too and I dread doing that too. I tell you work is like pulling teeth anymore.
What i have on my camera is some pictures from our dog club awards but don't think they came out very well, and some from the going away party for judy, and one of my azalia (looks like it is spelled wrong) bush out front. My other stuff is comming up sooooo fast.
Have a nice valentines to any of you that read this. I guess its a day to remember who we love and why and honor that. Every holiday seems like a day to be thankful for something and this seems like the same thing to me. I am thankful for all those i love, hell even some i don't