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Anyhoo, Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours! (And we miss ya just a wee bit, too!) 
. . It is good to be reading writings from you again. . & I am very glad that your grandbaby is doing very very well 
. . WOW 
That would be wayyyyy tooooo much for me to handle! I am glad it all turned out well in the end. .& what a birthday to remember! 
For the next few weeks you can most likely catch me in the yard working & cleaning up. Already my back, legs & even my FEET are killing me!
It's so rewarding tho! Spring is looking very pretty this year! The grass looks beautiful, all thick & green! And I couldn't ask for better spring weather! Typically, we don't see much of a nice spring here. It normally goes from cold to hot, with a few stormy days thrown in, but this year has been excellent!
I didn't keep up with feeding the wild birds this past winter - heck, I didn't keep up with much in my life - but I finally cleaned & filled the feeders this week-end & am enjoying seeing the various birds coming around. I also bought a couple feeders & niger & black oil sunflower seeds to take up to the river this week-end. I have seen yellow finches up there, so I'm hoping I can attract them to the yard. And I'm anxious to see what other kinds of birds are up there.
I also did the spring cleaning of the pond, which was in dire need, as it always is in early spring.
This is before I cleaned it
This is when it was about halfway empty. You can really see all the thick, icky green algae in it. We get a lot of algae thru the winter & early spring when the trees around it are bare allowing the sun to encourage growth.
Here are the 5 goldfish in the Sarah holding tank, LoL!
Only two of them are mine, Princess (the one with white) & Prince (one of the other four). The other three are my daughters & grandkids, but their back yard pond is not deep enough to live in thru the winter, so they were over wintered in my pond.
All done, YAY! And MUCH clearer!
Normally I scrub it thoroughly to get rid of ALL the algae, but this year I decided to leave some in there, as I think the fish like hiding in it & it makes the pond look more natural & prettier.
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Today is my oldest daughters birthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGIE 
We're taking the family out to dinner this eve in celebration. And today I'm going to give each of her two kids $5 & take them out to buy gifts for her.
Well Im glad SOMEONE is enjoying a nice spring.... we got another 3 inches of snow last night.....
to Angie!
** sits and waits for Birthday pics **
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGIE! Sure hope you enjoyed the evening. I love the Spring pictures. The pond looks so cool!
Just poppin in to wish you and the family a VERY Happy Easter Cathy!
hi cathy loo
. we hope angie had a very happy birthday
. happy easter.
That fish pond is Awesome! I'd love to have one!
OK...... "heading up the river for the Easter Weekend" sounded a bit ominous but Im SURE it was a good time..... ;-)
Pretty pond hope you had a nice Easter!
hi cathy loo . we hope your weekend is spring tastic and super sunny
And here I thought I was gone a long time..... ;-)
I dont think ANYONE could make sense of that event Cathy, only hope that it doesnt repeat itself.
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Happy Belated Valentines Day to you. . hope yours went well also 
Thank You 
...and a Happy Birthday to Angie too!
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