Spring has Sprung

At least here in Florida...  I was listening to the local gardening show on the radio Saturday morning.  A caller was concerned that it's only late January and his blueberries are all in bloom and there are even some actual berries showing up already!  The host said, yup, once your plants think it's spring, there's nothing you can do but enjoy the early bounty and pray there isn't a surprise frost in store...

Saturday afternoon (after working at the office for a couple of hours to finish up my 40 for the week) Sabrina and I went out back and played with CJ in the round pen.  And then we saddled up and headed into the woods for a GREAT ride!  While there we rode through a giant flock of robins!  I'm still discombobulated when I see robins in the middle of "winter" here.  But its fun to see them, and BOY they are noisy! 

Then Sunday brought another trip down to Boynton Beach to teach a review class.  I was expecting somewhere around 8 - 10 students.  Topped out at 27!!!  Had to break out extra tables and chairs!  We had some good results, lots of good comments, I think everybody benefited. 

On the way home, in the DAY LIGHT (usually it's dark by the time I get out of there...) there were several small family groups of hogs on the side of the road.  Each group included at least 6 piglets.  CUTE, but so destructive!  Then a flock of wild turkeys!  And even a deer braving the daylight to eat some grass on the side of the highway.  That's more wildlife than I've seen in awhile!

It's been a CRAZY couple of weeks - which is why the quiet here on the blog.  But I'm hoping to get back into the swing of stuff again.  So hopefully there will be lots of fun things to talk about here. 

Oh!  And yesterday Sabrina made a YUMMY roast in the crockpot before heading out to a bridal show.  Kyle represented the family at Stake Conference and then went up to the shop to take down the giant carport.  He got side-swiped by the metal roof - took out his ladder and he fell, landing on his side.  He was pretty sore last night - but he's young and tough.  He'll be feeling it today, but luckily he is off on Mondays, so he'll likely just rest and be right as rain tomorrow. 

Have a beautiful day!