April Fool's Day

Happy April Fool's Day everyone!  Are any of you in the mood for worms?  That's right, I made edible worms. 

A few weeks ago I told some of the "head women" of our church's pot luck dinners on Sunday my idea to have an April Fool themed meal.  They seemed to like the idea and we picked out the closest Sunday to April 1st.  So, on March 30th, whoever wanted to, brought something that looked sweet but wasn't or something that looked salty and wasn't.  We had "cup cakes" (really made out of meatloaf and frosted with mashed potatoes, the worms of course, and mini hamburgers made from vanilla wafers and frosting.  It was a great idea and a lot of fun.

 

I also put an upside-down cup full of water right in the middle of our counter.  It wasn't too surprising that no one wanted to clean it up.  (Finally Mom cleaned it up and the fun ended.)



 

We got a little trace of rain the other day; a wonderful air freshener.  Wow, it smelled so, so good!  And after the shower passed, we enjoyed a rainbow.

 

The red buds are blooming, there are green leaves appearing, green grass is poking out of the ground, the sagebrush is showing green/blue leaves, and the wild green onions are blooming.  It's a wonderful sight to see in the pastures a hint of green.  

 



 

 

The ants are out, as are the lizards, bugs, and birds such as curlews.

 

 

 

Yesterday we all went out to move our calves.  It was perfect weather, the horses worked well, the calves weren't too hard to gather, and it only took a couple hours.

 

Note the dark spot on my jeans.  That's how deep my leg went.

We rode through tamarisks and crossed the river a few times...while crossing the river one of those times, my dear horse decided she needed to splash around.  She laid down in the middle of the river!  My left boot filled with water, my pant leg was soaked, part of the saddle was wet, and of course my horse was dripping!  I quickly slapped Paradise on the neck, she stood, and I rode her at a trot to the shore.  It was quite comical afterwards.  We even got to literally pour water out of my boot.  Just making memories.  : )