Has been a long hard winter, not nearly as hard as those in New England had but for here and me any winter is hard. Today was very warm, almost 80 and the leaves on the trees are beginning to bud out. Yesterday I had Peekaboo out on the lawn for a free romp. She loves that but will wander faster than I can walk or run. But today I took a new turn. Peekaboo went where No ferret has ever gone before! I had her in with me using only one arm to hold her and took a romp down past the fence down into the deep woods to the creek. Peekaboo was very calm and of course curious peeking out every where making like a periscope on a submarine to not miss a single whiff of anything. She stayed most quiet the whole way not squirming or clawing to get down like Pester would have done. She calmly stays with me the entire trip loving every second. I was most happy to have her with me. She didn't squirm one bit until we got back home and in the house. She could tell being blind where she was by the smells, I had beans last night so that must have made some kind of impression. Ha! So Peekaboo is now an experienced deep woods explorer! Give that ferret a merit badge for being such a good girl on that trip! Gordon, Peekaboo and Pester Rev. J Gordon Bengtson Aarrow-Ranch Aviation Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111 [Posted in FML 6287]