What a day!

This was taken from my cabin this evening; it looks down on the area where I rode my horse this morning; you can see the green of the winter wheat, the same patch I took a picture of from horseback. It is not accessible from my place; I have to ride down the road to get there.
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It was if we were given the gift of an April day today.

After breakfast, I had Cliff get the tiller started for me and I actually planted some garden! Don't worry, I only planted lettuce and peas; hard freezes and snow won't hurt them. I also planted radishes, which is pretty cold-tolerant. It was cheap seed, so no biggie if it doesn't make it, and I got to do something spring-like on a spring-like day.

After Cliff left for work I was relaxing in my recliner with Sadie on my lap when I realized that, according to the forecast, there won't be more days like this for awhile.

I wear out easily these days, but I didn't want to waste the last two hours of a perfect day in the house. So I got two Nathan's hot dogs out of the freezer, tossed them into a baggie and then into my cabin bag, and Sadie and I were off to the cabin. When she sees the cabin bag she knows where we're headed, and gets all excited.

I started a small fire and figured I'd play Frisbee with Sadie, but she had evidently seen movement in the woodpile and was so obsessed with it, she didn't even worry about the hot dog I was eating off a stick (I didn't take bread).

I read a couple of old poems and made a video of Sadie's foolish barking, then doused my fire. I'm very thankful I chose the cabin over my recliner. Sadie is even happier with that decision than I am.