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Bluebells are one of my favorite early spring wildflowers. I spotted this clump of blooms between our farm and the river ford yesterday morning when I took the kids to the bus. I meant to bring my camera with me when I went back out to pick them up in the afternoon, but unfortunately I forgot. Unfortunately not because I couldn’t take the picture–I went back later, got my camera, and photographed them–but because I didn’t have my camera with me to show you the sight that greeted us when I headed up the driveway. Poky and Jack, heading down the driveway. I was almost speechless. Ummm, ummm. I think that’s all that came out of my mouth because I knew right away that if Jack and Poky were out, that meant the goats and the cows and EVERYBODY could be out, too.
And I knew what had happened. Finally. FINALLY. Poky, who is only two years old to Jack’s 14, had said, “Jack, you’ve never taken me on a date.”
And Jack said, “My beloved, let me show you the world.” And there they went.
Jack was in the lead. He went around the side of my car and kept on going. Poky stopped in front of my car. Then she turned around, confused, and started heading back up. Thank goodness. I knew Poky was the one I had to control. I kept driving up, slowly, “pushing” Poky (without touching her) to keep going back to the house, to the goat yard. She went.
Once we got up top, I jumped out of the car, told Morgan (the donkey whisperer), “You’re on Poky! Keep her here!” Meanwhile, I ran to get feed. And take stock of what else was going on. Clover and Fanta were also out and meandering around right outside the goat yard. The gate was hanging OPEN. But that was it, nobody else out. No cows. (Whew.)
I got the feed, ran inside the goat yard and started tossing it around. Clover, Fanta, and Poky ran right in. Jack, who was too far down the driveway to know anything about feed, looked around and said, “My Poky. Where is my Poky? MY BELOVED!!!!!!” And came braying up the driveway like his life was over. And found his beloved munching feed inside the goat yard.
And they forgot all about seeing the world and had dinner.
Then we fixed the latch on the gate that they had pushed on till they pushed it down, and I went back down to take pictures of the bluebells.
The End.
Posted by Suzanne McMinn on April 12, 2011
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I’m glad it wasn’t a disaster of a day and that you were able to wrangle them back in easily. I hope your birthday was wonderful and amazing and peaceful!
Also thanks for posting those bluebells, they’re one of my favorites!!
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Thank you.
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At least they were just strolling along unlike horses who would have been running.
I finally have a small pot of bluebells! I love them too.
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Granny Trace
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The Virginia bluebells that we planted last year are also blooming! Looks like, after several failed attempts at growing them, we finally have SUCCESS!!! They are perhaps my all time favorite flower – one my grandmother had and loved.
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Your bluebells are so pretty. I’ve never seen them growing. It makes me think of the jumprope song “Bluebells, cockle shells, eevy, ivy, over!”
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LOL Love pokey & Jack Stories..
I wish you had your camera too that would have been a wonderful photostory.
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But I did need a picture of those Virginia Bluebells. I have never seen those before, they are beautiful. We have a little flower up here that we call ‘Bluebells’ out of courtesy, but they really aren’t. They are a teeny, little thin stalked thing, “sqill”, possibly, that looks anemic in comparison. But next to snowdrops, is one of the earliest flowers we have.
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