The snow hit the high spots, but not our back yard. That’s not a complaint. Just an observation. There were lots of vehicles in the valley with many inches of snow on their roofs that came off the surrounding hills. They do that just to gloat, I’m sure.

The plan for Max was for Jennie and the Littles to accompany us down to the river for our walk. It’s a new Saturday ‘thing’ we started last Saturday. It’s good for all of us, especially me. I think some of the people I meet when I go around alone with Max think I whacko because I talk to him. Sometimes he answers me.

He doesn’t actually use his voice, but he is very expressive with his eyes. Once in a while as we progress I’ll feel a little tug on his leash. When I look to see what’s going on he stands there staring at me with his pitiful look which tells me he doesn’t want to go up the street, he wants to go across the street. Most of the time I bow to his wishes, release the tension on the leash and let him lead. It’s very comical.

Also, when I’m sitting in my chair watching TV, and eating popcorn, he’ll get in my lap and stare at me with his stern eyes that mean he wants a kernel, too. If I ignore him for a little bit, he will lift his left front leg and tap me on the knee to see if I’m paying attention. The first tap is once and if I still ignore I’m, he’ll double tap. Then, of course, he gets his popcorn. It never fails. I’m such a pushover.

Tight now I’m thinking about taking him out for a wet walk. I’ve mentioned before that he loves being wet because that means he’ll get buffed off with a towel. He loves that. I’ll just keep him close to the house for this first one and take him downtown for the finale. I just might stop at the Columbia Theater for some popcorn for later. He loves theater popcorn almost as much as I do. It’ best when fresh, but it’ still good a few days down the road.

Lydia has been busy growing a garden. Well, she’s got all the starts going. Each of those containers has 72 cups that she planted with every flower under the sun, almost, and a plethora of vegetables. Eventually they will be moved to real dirt somewhere around the house. The. The idea was to plant them in the far right corner of the yard that is currently occupied with a very invasive bunch of foliage that Diane would love to see go away. She used the containers to plant them first because she thought she’d have time to get them in the ground down the road. But, they are growing like crazy and she will need to be planted very soon. We’ll see how that goes.

Max had his walk in the rain now I’m going down to meet Jennie and the Littles for another walk. Kids will be playing in mud puddles along with Max. Should be fun.