Where'd the Snow Go?!

This week Kilo and I bemoaned the loss of our beloved snow. Monday we had tons of it and today we have practically none. Yesterday afternoon only half of our snow had melted, revealing a mixture of mud, water, tasty crabapples and several piles of unpleasantness. Kilo could care less about the state of the yard, other than there being a shortage in crunchy ice, he's perfectly happy. He's happy wading through the mud and water and other unmentionable brown solids. Kilo and I don't exactly see eye to eye on what is and what is not ok to walk through. Therefore, yesterday afternoon, we went out to clean up the piles of unpleasantness before the snow finished melting and rendered the back yard an indistinguishable blur of brown. Of course I say 'we' very loosely, Kilo ran around the yard digging up long lost icicle toys while I dealt with all the smelly stuff. I did however, learn one comforting fact. All the toys Kilo has been munching up and swallowing bits of, I no longer have to worry about. I can rest assured that all those little pick, green, and red chunks of rubber have been safely passing through his system to colorfully decorate the backyard. I won't regale you with anymore details, I'm sure you get the idea . . . The family and I are hoping for more snow and freezing temperatures as soon as can be, because until the backyard stops looking like swampland, we're stuck inside with two energetic, easily bored puppies.