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With the heaviest heart, I had to say farewell to my most loyal and wonderful companion. We have been battling her illness for a number of months now. My two sisters and I took her on her final walk today where she peacefully left this world for a better one while resting her head on my lap on lush green grass next to a pond. Farewell Pita. I miss you so much.

. . . I was raised on country sunshine
There's just something bout the morning makes each day a joy to see
And nighttime brings a peaceful feeling rest inside of me. . .

An evening view of our horse barn and arena from the woods in the upper pasture. The stable is one of the area's old type dairy barns that we converted into an cozy horse stable on the ground floor with a giant huge loft for hay above.

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. ~Gerard de Nerval

The blossoms are just now coming on strong in North Idaho. The flowering crab apple tree in the yard is rich with beautiful, thick pink blossoms. We've been lucky this year not to have heavy rain during the blooming period to wash the cheery buds prematurely from the limbs.

Thank you to my wonderful contacts for your continued visits through my sporadic time on flickr. Only a few weeks of paper grading left and then hopefully more time to comment on your wonderful posts. :D HCS

Cliches: Nature, flower, quote

"Its' good to touch the green, green grass of home."

It's Friday, it's spring, and it must be time for a fence. Such a wonderful time of the year in our neighborhood when the grass is green yet the distant mountains still glisten with snow capped peaks.

Have a wonderful Friday everyone. HFF

Meet Foster. This is Pita's newest friend. Foster recently moved over to live with my sister, Marianne after living in the big City of Seattle. Foster decided that he likes the big, wide open spaces of the country in North Idaho. Pita enjoys visiting (playing) with her new little friend. He won't get much bigger than his current size as he is a mini-Australian shepherd