Signs of Spring

Sometime this past November, I planted some tulip (red and yellow) and daffodil bulbs in our raised beds. We began to see the blades of some of them coming up and pushing through the soil about a week ago. Within a day or two later we saw buds on one in particular which since have opened up! The rainfall we have been receiving most recently along with warmer temps and humidity has encouraged such. Although tomorrow is supposed to be 80 it will most likely turn cold again before we plant our garden. The only thing we have in right now are the onions.
It is so exciting to see everything slowly come to life again. I think Spring is my favorite season here because there are so many beautiful wildflowers to see before the merciless, hot summer comes along.
Once the tulips come along, I will post more pictures.

Moo

Jared has been wanting to get a dog for some time now. He wanted us to be protected by a guard dog of some sort. We had decided not to get a doberman, rottweiler, or pit bull especially because house insurance will not insure you otherwise. He had his eye set on a bull mastiff. I checked them out(I had never heard of them) and he would tell me all about how great they were. But there was a set back...they were quite pricey.
So we looked on Craig's list. Not much luck there (the puppy that was on there was bought up quickly) and then we looked at the animal shelters and the SPCA. There is a local one about 8 miles from here. We looked at their website and Jared found a dog that was a Catahoula Leopard and Shar Pei mix. His name was Moolatte. What a heathen name!
He was originally a stray and taken in by some lady who does dog rescue stuff. So he lived on a ranch with lots of other dogs and was never socialized with humans other than probably the woman. So during the winter time she ran out of places for the bigger dogs and pleaded with the SPCA to take in some. They agreed and that is where Moo ended up.
We went for about a week or so when the shelter was open to just take him on walks to get used to us but he didn't warm up too much at all.
Finally, on the 17th they granted Jared permission to take the dog home (there was an issue at hand about the dog's fear aggression). The moment we got home Jared opened the back door to the car and he didn't move much. I opened the other side and out he came. Crazy dog loves women! I thought a dog was man's best friend.
Well, he is anything but a guard dog besides the fact that he is still trying not to be afraid of Jared. About each day Jared takes him on walks just so he will eventually warm up to him (we hope). I have to get him to go outside before Jared gets home though otherwise he is too scared to leave his crate.
So for now he is my "shadow" all day long. He follows me everywhere I let him. He likes going on walks but steers clear of the chickens.