Today Kip bombed only the Stand for Exam. Again he sat. His need to see faces is difficult to overcome — it took a lot of heeling practice to get him to sit at my side instead of swinging out where he could look up at me. We have a couple of matches scheduled before a 3-day (indoor) show over Mothers’ Day, and our show obedience class starts up again on Thursday. So we’ll be ready, but it would have been nice to earn legs under two Judges that I really like. I need to finish Kip’s CD so I can show him in Open and enter Inca in Novice over Labor Day — another 3-day obedience weekend. I know Inca will entertain the crowd though I’ll not pretend I’m able to predict what she’ll do.
The Chase puppy will debut at the Mothers’ Day shows (2 days). I hope he makes people smile as much as Kip does — or maybe I hope he makes ‘em cry . . .
We’ve had a few days of sunshine with temperatures in the high 60′s. That was just too much temptation for my little peach tree. So, the flowers are out — but we’ll have at least two more freezes before it’s really spring. In a good year, this little tree is so prolific that come July I watch for my neighbors to drive away, and I leave bags of peaches on their front porches — like foundling babies. The Children Youth & Families Department has yet to catch up with me. None of the other neighbors has ratted me out either. I take bags of fruit to dog training classes, friends come pick bags to take home. However, given the foolhardy blooming of the little tree, we may not have to worry about the distribution system this summer.
My kids just emailed me a photo from a cell phone. Here are Brock, Angela, and Granddaughter Adrienne at Disneyland. It’s spring break and the big kids surprised the little kid by flying to California to play for a few days. It looks like the sun is shining and the weather’s great. I know they’re all having fun. Maybe they’ll go to Knott’s Berry Farm and bring me some jam!
