Pictures

 This week, we start last Sunday- a beautiful day on which we decided to check out the new sidewalk being put in down Clinton St.

For a change, we start out from the back yard

And into the neighborhood beside us

A lot of homies needed to cut their grass

"With thanks..."

"...peas"

On the walk to Walgreens- that poor ol' fence.

After the turn south, our first look at our target

Misty for some reason prefers the straw

Lots of nature on the inside

Misty climbs as the retaining wall begins

Misty watching all the squirrels

About this point, she tries to pull me over the wall- I quickly let her know, "That hurt!"

The retaining wall starts in earnest.  Note: Doggie back on ground level

Yeah, here they really had to carve out some woods

But it drops off quickly

Here we hook up with pre-existing sidewalk

Back to new stuff

Nate Bargatze "Big Dumb Eyes World Tour"

Here's our turn back to familiar ground

Wondering what's going in there

"Now I know where I am!"

Friendly discers petted Misty

"Ooh, doggie ahead!"

Next, we go to Friday after a nap...

This will be a flower post

HEY!  Finally, a Jack!

These guys always remind me of the McDonaldLand french fry bushes

Usually the white violets come up with the purple, this year they were a week or so behind

...and another...

...and another!  They were late this year too, I guess...

Geese begin their assault on Mushroom Ridge

Uh-oh, fisherman on the landing

So Misty jumps in downstream

Seaweed on the nose

Meanwhile, at the horseshoe

Raspberries trying to bud

Something always tugs at the old bridge... me and Scrappy crossed it so many times

Ducks hiding

"Yeah, youse come over on MY side an' I'll moider youse!"

Redwing flies away

Strawberries in bloom

Later at Bob's Bar

Saturday morning was right cold...

But your heroes braved it...

"And, it's a tad windy..."

There's the guys- where are the wives?

Ah, downstream with the babies

"Yeah, this is a bit cold, too"

I gotta say, if you can't find your disc 12 inches off the trail, you ain't trying very hard

Hello, this is the Jack In The Pulpit survey.  You are numbers 4 and 5.

Again, an easy find.  Did they have a sight-impaired tourney yesterday?