Time Slips way...

Time slips away... and Sticks! Oh my...

 Wow! the end of March and the beginning of April? Where did the last week or so go?  Most of the snow is gone and the woodlands are very dry. The Great blue herons have been busy building their nest  as the Eastern bluebirds visit nesting boxes. In the meanwhile, the swallows catch bugs from above, the ducks and the geese voice their concern over me and my boys as we walk the edge of the swamp, while hawks and Turkey-vultures soar from up above.

Great Blue Heron on branch

 As the ice melts from the ponds and the boys take a dip, it is a true reminder that spring has sprung.

Now that most of the snow has melted and the sticks are available, Gaige has been finding some interesting sticks to carry. Although Hikah doesn't think so...

 

Gaige plowing through Hikah (ouch!) with stick, poor guy...

 Gaige even managed to get himself stuck with the stick, ground vs tree...

A one point Gaige came across a few different sticks he thought I would throw for him...yikes!

"How about this one mom"!

"This one"?

"Yes! that one Gaige"

Gaige was being silly with these sticks, at one point I had to leash them to walk down the street 100 feet to continue on the trail, Gaige had to bring the funky stick!

As you can see, we struggled with the stick...it got tangled and then some.

Hikah was not to impressed...

However we made it to the trail, released Gaige and off he went... Hikah still not all that impressed.

Gaige finally did give up on that stick and it laid lonely across the trail.

Hikah was surely happy and alert to see that stick left behind.

Hikah happy and Gaige in foreground, stick-less

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