Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Lucy Outside

~ John W. Howell

Twiggy and Lucy

“Hey, Twiggy. The sod is looking okay.

“What’s that fence doing there?”

“I think it’s to keep us from splashing through the puddles.”

“I’m looking at this grass, Lucy. It looks a lot better than the new stuff.”

“Remember how it looked when it first went in.”

“Oh yeah. I remember.”

“I’m hoping the rest gets to look like this.”

“I think we need to stop worrying about the lawn.”

“You are right, little one. It is on its own now.”

“What are these things, Lucy?”

“Those are hummingbird feeders, Little One.”

“Do we feed everyone around here?”

“No, Little One. Just the hummingbirds.”

“Okay, Lucy. I think I need some lunch.”

“That sounds good to me too. Here let me get the door.”

“I guess we should call the folks Little One unless you can make lunch.”

“Yeah, a real good idea, Lucy. I’ll bark. That always brings them quick.”

88 thoughts on “Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Lucy Outside”

  7. Another sweet story, John. Where are the folks when you need them, right? Barking definitely works wonders, but if that doesn’t work…beware of what lies ahead. 😀

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  8. You might need to put the hummingbird feeders a bit higher, John, I think Twiggy might get the idea those little birds are new toys for her and Lucy. 🙂
    Have you been getting any of the rain we’ve had? We’ve gotten more the past week than we ever got with a hurricane!! When the sun finally comes out, you can almost watch the grass grow. I think the mowers might need to come out a bit more than usual.

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    1. Hahaha on the feeders. They are seven feet up. The mowers are scheduled next week. This grass needs to grow at least six weeks before the first cut. Yes, we have had a lot of rain. This is the time for it around here. Looks like a week before any more though. Thanks, GP

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  9. I suspect your new sod got well-watered yesterday. We had terrific storms late yesterday afternoon, and — oh, woe! — the winds ripped the roof off the Dixie Chicken in College Station. At least the girls got to shelter inside, although their sod had to fend for itself!

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    1. My goodness on the Dixie Chicken. We had some wind but not any damage. We got about two inches of rain on Tuesday and then just traces on Wednesday. The sod loved it. 😁

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  11. I’m sure if you just left the fridge open, John, they could handle making a meal. The grass is looking good. We have to get some topsoil and sod to fill in years of dog ruts that are threatening to tip over my snow blower.

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    1. We have had to rename critters here. If we mentionion the real animal Twiggy runs and jumps on the sopha to look out the window to see. Squirrels are now flounder, deer are gazelles, fawns are toothpaste. Life in the fast lane.

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      1. That is too hilarious! I can’t say “Walk” with Zeke, or “outside” or “out” or even “Do you wanna…”
        “Cheese” gets a stand up quick reaction (especially since he’s on antibiotics and gets a chunk twice per day)

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  14. The late great Dallas used to get lunch, too, despite what the experts say about feeding adult dogs ONE meal per day. Glad to hear I’m not the only one to succumb to those soulful eyes … and a dollop of guilt!! Sounds like a perfect time to get the sod in — before the rains. The girls will be enjoying a lush lawn before they know it!

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  16. I think I’d love to spend hours sitting on your porch, watching the hummingbirds, the girls, reading, sharing a brew with you…
    I feel like I’m living in Texas, heat-wise – you don’t get humidity much, do you? Here, yesterday, it was 91, felt like 109. Now, at 10 am it is already 82, feels like 93. Supposed to go up to 88, feels like 97 but that’s what they called for yesterday and we surpassed it. Then come the thunderstorms and the temps are gonna drop like no tomorrow, going as low as 57 on Sunday. What crazy place is this?

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    1. We do have humidy here. On average it is 67 percent. This seems okay to us since at the coast we were regularly in the high 80’s or 90’s with feel like temps in the 100’s. We also get many days (like 30) of 100 degree temps in the summer. Sitting on the porch with a brew would be a good thing. Heck, sitting anywhere with a brew would be a good thing. 😁

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      1. I figured you must have some. Ours is life-sucking when it gets up there.
        Darn tootin’, sitting anywhere (in the shade) with a brew would be a good thing!

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      1. I didn’t think we had hummingbirds, John, but thanks for confirming. I have been meaning to check so you’ve saved me a job. I would love to see a real hummingbird. We have hadeda here. They are big and noisy. We have two adolescents and a mother living in our garden right now. I encourage them to stay near my parents cottage – they are very noisy and my parents are both half deaf [giggle].

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  23. I hope the puddles dry so they get more room to play in. I want to put out the hummingbird feeder but we have a lot of wasps here that I don’t want have over too. I’ve already knocked down one hive in the making!

    I hope you get lots of Hummers at your feeders.

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  28. Dang, look at that last photo. Twiggy knows how to strike a pose. I’ve been locked down for too long. I just had a random thought about what drunk hummingbirds might look like, but I’m not wasting good alcohol to find out.

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