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In the spring, some mens thoughts turn to ---

Category: Getting my garden started | Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:27 pm

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I say the following despite the fact that there is predicted up to 12" of new snow today and tomorrow, and there may be a high temperature in the teens in the next few days.

A sure sign that spring is here, is that the pro baseball season has started. And, as we do each year, we fans start the season with great expectations for our favorite team. In my case, The Milwaukee Brewers. I have been a baseball fan for as long as I can remember that there was such a game. At the beginning of my memory, there was The Milwaukee Brewers, of the American Association, a minor league. Then one day, and at my age then, I didn't care a hoot about the reasons, The Boston Braves moved to Milwaukee, and thus began a great devotion to the Braves. I knew every player, their batting averages their place in the line up, and so much more. To this day I can still tell you who played where on that team. If I had spent as much mental energy on something useful, there is no telling what I may have accomplished in life. Any way, I loved them win or loose, through 2 world series, and towards the end, some bad seasons.

Then one day, and I still don't fully understand why, ($$$) I guess, the Braves moved to Atlanta. Boooo Hisssss. Since then I have carried a mighty grudge, and hate the Braves with a passion, equaled only be that toward an old girl friend that dumped me back in high school. But that's a different story. Then one day a very dedicated Baseball fan and antrepinure in Milwaukee named Bud Selig, worked some magic, and arranged for the Seattle Pilots to move to Milwaukee. The new team resurrected the name of the old & beloved Brewers. We again had a pro baseball team. And still do to this day. The Brewers have had some good seasons, and some bad, more bad than good of late, but that doesn't matter, each spring as the season gets started there is cause for hope that this may again be a season such as 1982, when the Brewers went to the world series, (sadly they lost in 7 games to the Cardinals), or like the 2 World Series years with the Braves, (while in Milwaukee). So here I sit, the day after the opener, and the Brewers are undefeated, and they looked very good in their first game. I know there are still 161 games left, and there is a slim chance that they might loose one some where along the way, but to have an undefeated season, you must first win the first game. And there in lays my great hope for this season. All this going on in my mind, despite the weather, is a sure sign that spring is here. Can't wait for the game to night, it's on TV here.

Tom


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Spring, and a new life comes into the world

Category: Getting my garden started | Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:45 am

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Saturday evening 3-31-07
Ahhh Spring, spring suggests new beginnings, and new life. The Tulips and Daffodils poking up their new flowers. The trees popping out their new leaves, the seeds just planted breaking through the surface of the ground with a new plant. How about the birds, I saw our resident Eagles, sitting on their nest, likely guarding the new lives in their eggs, or the Robins that have arrived back from their winter playgrounds, getting their nests set for their eggs. There are deer out in the woods giving birth to their fawns. The bear coming out of hibernation, and the new cubs seeing the light of day for the first time. Well spring has sprung in our extended family, and there is new life. Mimi's horse Dahlila, gave birth last night to her new foal. A colt, as yet unnamed. Younger brother to Payton, who is about 1 1/2 years old. That makes 4 of them, horses that is, when you count her riding horse, Gwen, more properly known as "Lady Guenevere". ( there has been much debate about the spelling, I believe this is from the movie )
After our usual morning breakfast with the group, Mimi & I headed to the barn, a 45 minute drive from our house. We found Tina, the lady that owns the barn, her young daughter and their 4 dogs all visiting the mare and 1/2 day old colt, in his stall. After a couple photos, we moved them into the indoor ring to get some exercise. The little fellow followed his mom like a shadow. She moved around the ring, coaxing the colt to follow along. He trotted and at one point broke into a canter. I managed a few more shots with the camera, however the indoor is rather dark, and the pictures are not the best. It didn't take much before he became tired, and he lay down. An attentive mom stood guard. One of the dogs, Jake, thinks he is a special emissary to all the babies that come into the world at that barn, and he promptly lay nose to nose with the colt.
Isn't it something how all the very young of all species are so cute and innocent?? It continues to surprise me that new born horses, which are prey in the natural scheme of things, will let people, come right up to them, and scratch their ears and neck, and they will nuzzle back at you with their noses, seemingly with out any natural fear. They are amazing animals.
Now for a name, it should start with the letter "P" as his fathers name is "P" ( just the letter P ) and all his offspring are customarily named, starting with a "P". as is Payton, his older brother. "P"s lot in life is to stand in stud for all the mares in the barn, and he does rather well, as there will be 7 new babies this season. 5 last year, and he has been doing this for years. So there is a shortage of P names. I've heard rumblings that Pablo is in consideration, and I feel that is wrong, as P is a warm blood, of North Eastern European descent, not Spanish, and Pablo just doesn't hack it. Anyway, I don't have much to say in the matter, it's pretty much up to Mimi and Tina from the barn. So there you have it, spring is sprung, the "colt" is riz, and I don't know what his new name is. ( I've always wanted to use that little diddy, just never had a place where it fits, not that it fits all that well here either.) Tom - Calomaar










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