A Moment in Yarn

My new friend Sayra made this for me. It's called "A Moment in Yarn" because it represents one special moment or memory. She did a great job and I love it very much. ~Thanks Sayra :)

I use to take Kona (my German shepherd) outside in our back yard and throw her ball for her. Depending on the day it was a blue ball the size of a large grapefruit, a red ball the size of a tennis ball or a normal tennis ball. Kona likes the blue ball the best, but I like the red one. The best days were early in the summer before it got so hot that neither of us wanted to be out. The sun would be shining, the birds would be out and the flowers would be blooming. Kona doesn't mind the birds and shares the yard with them; they tend to stay out of here way though. The gold finch is my mom's favorite bird (they are a cute little yellow and black bird) and they love the vegetable garden. My mom gardens a lot and has turned the entire perimeter of the yard into garden space. Three of the sides are flower beds and one (on the west side) is a vegetable garden. The flowers are different shapes and sizes with a variety of colors. The yard is bright green that time of year and almost always smells of fresh cut grass. Kona and I would spend hours out there. I would throw the ball for a while and when she got tired I would sit on the patio swing and she would lay in the grass close by. The patio swing sits at an angle in the southeast corner of the yard on a slab of concrete. It's darker than tan, but lighter than a chocolate brown. A dark tan I guess. You can see the entire yard perfectly from that swing. The bird feeders and the bird bath too. Those days were great; so quiet and peaceful.