Vacation Week, Part II

We celebrated our return home Wednesday with Rudy's barbeque for supper, followed by Immanuel Lutheran's weekly Lenten service. This is a lovely evening service with beautiful music; I'm glad there are two more we can attend before Holy Week.

We spent Thursday close to home and then enjoyed a visit with Mark's folks on Friday. (Oscar stayed home Friday and continued to recover from his trip to Canyon of the Eagles.) We dedicated Saturday to yard work. Mark mowed and I dug the grass out around our 3 rose bushes and laid out a flower bed by the front gate, which Mark edged nicely with bricks. Oscar spent his time hunting lizards--one of his favorite activities. I'd appreciate it if he'd keep the ones he snags to himself, but he is just so proud of himself that he can't help but share his catch with me.

Then we gave the larger pond a good cleaning. This is not the huge chore it is for folks with in-ground ponds, but is enough work anyway. It isn't the most pleasant task for us, but Oscar sure enjoys the Springtime scent of 'Eau de Swamp'! (He'd be much happier if I'd count his playing in the discarded pond water as a 'bath' instead of following it up by putting him in the tub for a good scrubbing--and one involving soap of all things!) The clean pond is always worth the effort, and I'm sure the fish will be happier, maybe healthier too. We will enjoy having a clearer pond again. We'll get to work on the smaller pond another day.

Today (Sunday), we had a good discussion in our Bible Study followed by another lovely worship service. This afternoon, Mark did grocery shopping and I caught up on laundry--sure signs that the vacation is drawing to a close and that we're preparing to return to work. I expect we'll find the early mornings just a bit more difficult this week!