Okay, just some ramblings that came to mind as I was watching the coffee pot perculating this early Saturday morning. I picked my first strawberry yesterday – there is no beating fresh-picked succulents! I set aside two (for hubby and daughter) and went to plant a few zucchinis. Yeah, I know zucchinis multiply – I’ve heard. But, I am so excited about my garden this year that I am planting anything I can think of.! Anyway, as I was heading indoors I noticed the strawberries were missing. Nikki my dog looked a little sheepish, so I blamed it on her. Oh well, she must have found them as delicious and as mouth-watering as I did.

Speaking of animals, we have a 14 month old Arabian filly. Nice disposition, but oh boy can she get herself into trouble. A few weeks ago I was struggling to unwedge her head that was stuck between a gate and a fence post. After her head popped loose, her leg tangled with some barbed wire. So now I have to drain the wound (vet’s orders). Yeah right, she has decided that I can go soak my head.

I also got to thinking about how when I start out with projects I have this Utopian view of things. Take my garden for instance. I visualize what my garden will look like – how lush it is going to be – the bushels of produce I am going to pick. Then reality strikes, as I stand jaw ajar peering at a pepper plant that was mowed down (well crunched down) to the nub by some hungry pest. Dang.

Off to take my coffee into the garden to watch the butterflies flit, the turkeys peck, and the strawberries ripen.