In Bloom

Oh Hai!

Cooper


Every day, when I get home, I enter the house and Cooper runs through the doggie door to go outside. He does so with such urgent speed, as if his little dachshund ass were on fire. Charlie stays inside and watches as I prepare their lunch. I mix some dry dog food with wet dog food and place it on the counter. I can't put it on the floor until Cooper enters the house or else Charlie will eat his food and Cooper's food. Once I place the food on the counter, Charlie and I go outside on the deck and call Cooper. It goes like this:

Sarah: "Cooper!"

Charlie: "Woof!"

Sarah: "Cooper, come get your food!"

Charlie: "WOOF WOOF WOOF!"

Cooper eventually runs up his ramp, through the doggie door, into the kitchen, and up to his food stand. I put the food bowls in the stand and the dogs get their lunch.

Today, when I went on the deck to call Cooper I noticed this tree is blooming:

The Tree is our neighbor's but we get to enjoy it. It smells great and the butterflies LOVE it.


I stood under the branches for a while, trying to capture a picture of the butterflies. When I watched from the patio, groups of 3 or 4 were gathering amongst the branches. Once I was up close only one or two would hang around and they did not stay in one place for more than a second.

I did get one shot:

I wish I had a better picture. Oh well. I have the true image in my brain box.

"Brain box." I like that.