a garden

a garden is a very funny thing

sometimes you want to dig it up and then other times you do not want to dig it up

some things you want to make grow in it and other things you want to stop from growing in it

and then the plants that are "for eating" are the ones you are not allowed to eat

only my mama knows the exact rules

today after we gardened we read an exciting thriller full of suspense and intrigue

it is called The Tale of Peter Rabbit and it is about the ever-present bunny menace

stories are funny too because sometimes they confuse you about whose side you are on

imagination is when even though you do not want bunnies in your garden you do not really want Peter Rabbit to end up in a pie either

my mama says it is perfectly alright

cleaning

cleaning is when my mama and my papa spend the day undoing all the hard work i've done making everything in the house good and smelly

i suppose they do it to keep me busy but it still makes me a little sad

sometimes you can find a good pile of filth that has been swept together and lie down in it one last time

my mama says it is okay to be melancholy about change but in the end you have to let some things go

entertaining

entertaining is when peoples come to the house to see ME daisy mae and my papa makes them hamburgers

last night we entertained a new friend called disa

disa is a baby which is a cross between a peoples and a puppy

she does not like to play games but she is very good for sniffing so i let her sit in my spot on the couch

sometimes if you are very patient and very sneaky you can give her feet a good lick

my mama is in london

my mama is in london which is someplace where i cannot find her

she sent me this photo



i do not like london and i think she should come home

today

today is a special day for mamas so my mama and me we took an extra special walk over to the dog park and i was on my most bestest behavior

i only stole one other dog's ball and i only made my mama chase me for it a little bit

did you know that my mama also has a mama

at first i did not believe it either but now it makes sense

after all someone had to take my mama for walks when she was a puppy

when you dig

when you dig out back by yourself it is called destruction but when you and your mama and your papa all do it together it is called gardening

we live in a new house now and we have to make the back a vegetable garden



we spent all day pulling up plants and sniffing bugs



i thought maybe we could leave one little patch of grass which is very good for lying in



but we couldn't because in a vegetable garden everything must go

spring is a time

spring is a time of assessment when you have to do a lot of marking

my mama marks with a red pen and i mark with peeing

we are both conscientious and thorough

which is why at the end of the day we have to do extra relaxing which is peoples for sleeping on the couch with the tv on