Thursday – A Little Personal – Lovely Weather

~ John W. Howell

A Little Persona;

“So you think we need sunscreen, Lucy?”

“No,  Little One. We’ll mind the shadows.”

“Well, now that we are out here, I want to look at that olive tree.”

“I’ll come with you. Been wanting to check it out myself.”

“You should see all the little buds on it.”

“Yeah, those are the beginning of the flowers.”

“In fact, they say flowers in April, you get a bushel of olives.”

“Flowers make olives?”

Yes, those little buds will form closed blossoms and then turn into olives.”

“You think Dad can use olives?”

“Sometimes he likes something called a martini on the rocks. He puts two olives in that.”

“Well, that sounds disgusting. Hey, what’s that noise?”

“I didn’t hear anything.”

A Little Personal

That squeak. It’s the mail lady opening the box. How did we miss that?”

“Go get her. I’ll be right behind you.”

“Boy, Little One. You sure gave it to her. That was so satisfying.”

“I know, right? I hit her with my double-double bark. I would have loved to see her face.”

“I don’t know about you but I could sure use some shut-eye.”

“Yeah, it’s nice in the shade. Let’s do a nap. The UPS guy is not due for an hour so we have plenty of time.

92 thoughts on “Thursday – A Little Personal – Lovely Weather”

  4. Gosh, I’ve always wondered why pups hate the UPS guys. Maybe it’s something they’re born with? Hope you and your ladies have more sunshine today. We’re forecasted to be having plenty – YAY!

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  13. I have to agree with Twiggy about the martini, but if you enjoy them, how much better to have your very own olive tree! The weather has been so lovely, but the girls obviously were shade-seeking. They reminded me of a sure sign of summer: grackles huddling beneath cars at the HEB.

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    1. They actually can get sunburn. Lucy is especially prone. They do like brief periods in the sun to bake the bones (so to speak). Your reminder about the grackles made me laugh. Thanks, Linda.

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  19. Would love to have olives to pickle! The pups never miss anything, do they. Does the UPS guy get a triple bark?
    Stay well. We are in total shut down as of tomorrow.

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  20. You’ve got your very own olive tree?? Now that’s what I call living high on the hog, John! And from the look of all those flowers, you’re going to have a bumper crop to boot. Glad the girls are able to get out and enjoy the nice weather!

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  24. The weather has been absolutely lovely, John, and these two are obviously enjoying it! My two granddaughters got in the pool yesterday. To me, the water is ice cold, but they did it anyway. Oh, to be young and carefree again!

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  33. LOL! They’re on the job! Does your Olive tree have thorns?

    A neighbor at my old house had one in her front yard. It was a good shade tree when it grew up, but it was messy. They call the trees behind our house that I keep trimming Olive trees, but omg! The Thorns can massive!

    They’re not native here but they’re everywhere!

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  34. Brilliant! An olive tree. I don’t care for themmuch but I use Olive Leaf products, some of which I think never see any olive leaves while others use the extract. 🤔

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