Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Lucy

~ John W. Howell

“What the heck, Little One. It looks like someone shot a tree.”

“Big winds last night. Ixnay on the eveslay.”

“Huh. What do you mean?”

“Dad’s on the other side of the yard. So don’t talk about the leaves.”

“Why not?”

“It will cause him to get that noise monster out to pick them up.”

“I don’t think talking about them will have any effect. He knows they are here.”

“You don’t need to yell that all over the place.”

“He’s gone inside, so he can’t hear me. What are you doing?”

“I’m having a staring contest. I’ll bet I can make you look away.”

“Yeah, okay, you made me look away. You win.

“You didn’t even try. I’ll race you to the patio.”

“Okay, you win that too. Next time give me a heads up when it’s time to run.”

“I really don’t think it will make any difference. It reminds me of the tortoise and the hare.”

“You know how that turned out, don’t you? My, these impatiens are beautiful.”

“No, I never finished reading the story. So how does it turn out?”

The hare was so confident that he took a nap, and the tortoise passed him up and won the race.”

“Aw, that would never happen. The hare was so fast and the tortoise so slow.”

“Well, the tortoise just kept at it, and the hare slacked off. It’s a good lesson.

“To keep doing your best?”

“That’s it, Little one.”

“How’s your treat begging skill?”

 

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

  1. I so love these John…the casual Lucy and Twiggy you capture so well. You have no idea how much I enjoy photographs. They say so much if you look at them thoughtfully.

    Must be fun taking their pictures and I know they must LOVE the attention…girls will be girls after all. 🙂

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        8. But remember, you have other virtues like paying for women’s lunches and paparazzi skills. Hiding behind bushes, jumping out at the right moment. So you know, that really made me laugh. 🙂

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  2. Wow, those are a lot of leaves! I think the girls are going to be listening to the noise monster for a long time. Hopefully, they’ll be inside with their treats when it’s time for all those leaves to be sucked up!

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  9. I always enjoy listening to the girls, John. I’m sure Lucy has perfected the art of treat begging. Too bad they can’t help clean up the leaves – that must have been some storm.

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  12. The dog whisperer has struck again – another fun post, John. 😊 Your yard is looking more beautiful by the day.

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  15. Shot a tree! 🤣 Yep, I think the noise monster would scare me too. Treat begging is a good skill to have … wonder if it’ll work on dear hubby?! Thanks for the laughs, John. Hope you and the girls have a good day and the weather behaves 💕🙂

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  21. “Someone shot a tree.” Still chuckling over that, John. Yes, she’s right: it *does* look like someone shot a tree … or that a tree exploded. I heard you had some big winds come through (so did we). Hope everybody is safe and you have a nice day for cleanup!

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  23. That must have been a doozie of a windstorm. I imagine a leaf blower picks this up relatively easily on your turf.

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  26. Wow, that’s a lot of stones! Looks very nice. Do you get weeds growing in the stones or is there a layer of something underneath? The older I get, the more appealing smaller areas of grass are.

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  28. We did have some hellacious winds yesterday. I’m sure many yards are covered with leaves. Love the telling of the tortoise and the hare. Never too young for an important life lesson. 🙂

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  30. There is something philosophical in this stroll, dear John: faded leaves, a new spring, a tree shot, Lucy & Twiggy longing for new adventures 🙂 🙂 🙂

    PS: It is still winter for us. Frost doesn’t go away. I suppose that it is a bad influence of a certain event happening you know where. 🙂

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  32. The girls always are amusing and clever, but — that mountain laurel! And what is on your fence? It’s just beautiful. Have you invited the girls to sniff the grape bubblegum fragrance of the laurel?

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    1. Funny you should mention the laurel. and dogs There is a branch hanging low and they both spent a long time sniffing the bloom. That is cross vine (Bignonia capreolata L.) on the fence. This year it is spectacular

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