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Last month I was packing the car in preparation for a road trip to an agility trial. My two dogs expressed their personalities so clearly. Chico worried: “Where’s she going? Do the dogs get to go? Oooh dear, I hope … Continue reading →

along Mill Brook, there is a place where the water is just the right depth to make a not-quite-swimming pool for the dogs. You can’t get to the bridge without wading yourself, but the dogs are in heaven.

I’m so tardy posting these pictures. It was early June, a cool, rainy day, and we went to hike near White Lake. We saw beautiful lady slippers, including the biggest patch I have ever seen. The pair of loons that … Continue reading →

This picture was taken over a month ago. When we walked through here earlier this week all those white flowers were ripe strawberries. I ate a number of them. I can assure you they were quite delicious. And I thought … Continue reading →

or walking in the woods, or trying to keep the house under control, this is how we spend the hot hours: People fish my stretch of the river, like the man in the background, who we already barked at once, … Continue reading →

It was hot, even at 10:30 this morning, so we went to Wonalacet Brook. It was hot there too, but there’s water for dipping.

And Chico is getting on. He hurt his shoulder in the agility ring this past weekend. Not badly, but he was too excited for his turn and launched off the A-frame and landed badly. Then, on a walk he jumped … Continue reading →

I was doing something in the yard and Chico wanted attention,  so he started doing clever things. Like this. Look how proud he is of himself. 

In Vernal pools: In the river: They don’t love swimming, they love wading.

We have seen lots of signs of spring: Yellow violets (which seems like a contradictory name for a flower): These pretty little things: These shrubs that look like wild hydrangeas: And, of course,  swimming: https://youtu.be/uLPhaviHg0o