Signs of Spring and Early Morning Surprises

Just a quickie.  This morning when I came in to the ranch house I was greeted by a full rabbit head and front legs staring up at me from the mouth of the smallest dog Tugboat.  He looked up at me with blood all over his little beard like, what, what's the matter with this?  It was a lovely scene to wake up to.

On a sad note, one of the cats has wandered off and we haven't seen her for about five days.  We are fearing the worst.

Today we have a guest arriving, so are time alone is officially done.  We have been spending the last few days doing lots and lots of yard work.  I don't think I have raked since I was a kid raking leaves, but boy, that's what I've been doing for hours and hours for the last week.  My arms are getting pretty buff!  I am raking up fossilized dog poo and rabbit guts and all kinds of stuff that feels like it's been there since the mid eighties.  

A few days ago we spent the day taking one of Jonathan's friends and employees, Hector, out to "La Balsa", which is the word they use for raft here.  It's basically a raft they use to cross the river in order to go out to the glaciers.  We had breakfast with Hector and his family in town, which was wonderful, and then spent the next three hours or so driving him and his father in law out to this raft through woods and fields and over bridges that did not look like they could hold a truck, let alone the hundred or so pounds of cargo we had in the back!  It was a great day.  And to top it all off, we saw pink flamingos on our way back.  Yes, pink flamingos.  Apparently the only native animals to this area are pumas, guanakas (which are kind of like llamas), and pink flamingos.  Go figure.

That's it for now.