Walked down the road with the girls. They walked mostly in the ditch, splashing in mud boots through the puddles, stopping to pick up “food” for their “houses” we were going to visit on the return route. I circled and paced while they collected, then put collecting on hold occasionally to cover some ground. They ended up with fern fronds (green food), pine cones (pineapple candles), mullien (monkey tongues) and more.
Beautiful day, but there was still a cut to the wind – even early April in the North Country can be quite chilly.
On the way home, we cut down the old railroad bed. I so love walking in the woods. The deal was the girls were to show me their “houses” and could play for 10 minutes. The houses were areas in the creek alongside the rail bed. There were cottages, a play room and Emily’s “mansion” They did “spring cleaning”, moving mud and leaves around, set up food in “cupboards” on rocks. What amazing imaginations!
I kept moving while they played and had a fabulous time. At the appointed time we headed back toward the house, just barely beating an imaginary snow storm. The dogs greated us and we decided they were St. Bernard rescue dogs helping us down from the mountain ahead of the snowstorm.