{"id":17401,"date":"2017-04-01T14:27:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T21:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=17401"},"modified":"2017-04-01T14:27:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T21:27:46","slug":"april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2017\/04\/april\/","title":{"rendered":"April!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it&#8217;s been awhile and now Spring has sprung and it is April!<\/p>\n<p>Work has stayed a bit intense and when I finish, despite wanting to write or share photos, I am out of steam for more time at the computer in the evening.  <\/p>\n<p>It is light now until after 8 p.m. so nice to go out in the fresh air for an evening dawdle in the woods with Bear.  I miss snowshoeing but I am enjoying having to don less &#8220;gear&#8221;!  The hat\/gloves\/boots\/snowshoes routine does sometimes get a bit much but oh, what a glorious time I had this Winter making and maintaining the paths and watching Bear and Auggie enjoy them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6385.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6385.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rewinding a little, this is what it looked like the first day of Spring:  March 20.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6386.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6386.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lots of ground, but still many patches of snow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6399.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6399.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A couple of days later and very little snow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6421.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6421.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; just enough for Bear to lie on and lick!  Karl loved to do that also.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6420.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The driveway looks quite different than it did December through mid-March.  After 3 months of mostly white ground it is still a surprise to see bare ground.  When there was so much snow, it felt like it could never all go away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6404.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6404.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now there is sunshine and even hints of new green on the ground!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6414.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Apr17\/Apr6414.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>April!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it&#8217;s been awhile and now Spring has sprung and it is April! Work has stayed a bit intense and when I finish, despite wanting to write or share photos, I am out of steam for more time at the computer in the evening. 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