Spring Work

It felt great to be outside working with Tom today, pruning our apple trees. But we missed our friend today, our first time in over 12 years that he hasn't helped us. We both said we saw him doing the same thing: Taking 30 minute snoozes in the sun; waking up and chewing on the clipped apple boughs; rolling over to scratch his back on the spring grass; asking for a belly rub. We finished two trees...but the place felt empty. We miss that guy.