Warm weather and Animals

We have been enjoying very nice weather. Franklin and I have been going on walks everyday, taking in the warmth and sunshine. On Monday evening (I love that the sun goes down after 8:00 and it's only April) Franklin and I sat in our front lawn while Stephen was working on organizing some shelves on his work vehicle.

Of course Tuesday had to change everything (April 15th). The winds came in late Monday night, and on Tuesday we were given snow. None of it stuck to the ground, which was very surprising because of how much fell all afternoon. We get this "Lake Affect" up here, due to the Great Salt Lake. At first we thought it was bogus. We learned very quickl over the winter what it really is.

Franklin has LOVED being outside. He gets very quite on our walks. He'll only make quiet noises if he gets tired. Dogs don't bother in one bit, which makes us very happy since one day we hope to get a dog. Of course not while we live at this apartment. We walked by 2 Mini Schnauzers, which is the only breed of dog I hate. Just as those little terrors do, they were barking annoyingly, and ferociously. Franklin really didn't care that they were 2 feet away, thank goodness for fences. I don't even think he bothered to take a second look.

He does love animals though. Our cat Rizzo loves to be where I am at all times. Typically that means he'll perch next to Franklin. Now that cat can really take a beating. Franklin pulls his ears, fur, tail. He'll pinch, and grab, and Rizzo really doesn't care. In fact he'll rub on Franklin for more. Talk about tough love.

Rizzo and Osgood have these toy mice, and they love them, of course cat nip helps. They'll put them in their food dish, in their cat perch. . . Rizzo even plays fetch. He'll bring it to me, more often than he brings it to Stephen, and drop it right in your hand. Once you throw it, he'll bring it right back. Sometimes he'll take it to Franklin. Of course Franklin would rather play with it himself, perhaps put it in his own mouth, than throw it for Rizzo. At that point we end the Fetching game. Soon we hope to have Rizzo declawed and then the scare will be gone.

As for Osgood and Franklin, well, Osgood can only take so much. He usually doesn't ask for it, like Rizzo does. Osgood knows to just walk away when he's had enough. However, he's not at all afraid of Franklin. He is afraid of everyone except for Franklin, myself, my mom, Whitney, and of course Stephen is his absolute favorite person in the whole world.