november 5

another beautiful morning, reminding me to slow down & enjoy.....

and if the surrounding aren't enough to get the message through my thick head, the dogs are always glad to help with total silliness, joyful play, running with reckless abandon.... being in the moment
6 with, 3 without, everyone polite & following the rules. lovely start to the day.

thankful

several things have happened lately that have reminded me how things can change pretty quickly, and i spent this morning's walk being thankful and striving to be present and enjoy the moment.


it was a beautiful morning.

there were squirrels everywhere. i've never noticed them in the reserve before, not sure why, but they were in the trees chowing down today.

the sage reminds me of brocade- all swirly and textured.

among other things, i am thankful for family, friends (2 and 4 legged, current and past), for living in such a beautiful place and for being able to get out and enjoy.

happy trails....

tuesday, november 3

another beautiful morning, sunny and cool.

the 2 dogs who get turned out to run loose above red fox out again today. i sure wish that their owners would stop doing this. besides the problems caused in the reserve, i would think that they'd be worried about the dogs' getting hit by a car, eating poison, etc. but evidently not.

echo & halle enjoying their walk.

beautiful skies......

i heard that frank sherman passed on this morning. frank and his wife penny rehomed a lot of dogs in the valley- both through vizsla rescue and independently. they have traveled to pick up and deliver dogs and taken in and kept dogs for however long it took to find a good home. i know that there is a big crew waiting for frank at the bridge, and my heart goes out to penny and his friends who are still here.

happy trails.

daylight savings

i am probably one of the few people who is actually glad to see the time change- but it's nice to be able to walk in the light in the morning before 8 am. sorry honey...

poor halle had to bypass the very loud scary monster to get into the park today, but she was brave and eventually got to enjoy her walk. not sure what's going on, lots of big black round pipe......

beautiful frosty plants-

fluffed out birds

saw this guy heading up chickadee with 5 dogs & thought- uh oh! i knew i'd meet him coming back around & decided that i'd heel echo through and let halle greet, since i doubted they'd be under control. i did see him paying attention & picking up after, though.

much to my surprise (and, once again, proof that it doesn't pay to assume things) he did call the dogs and keep them together and moving away from us when we met at the north junction of chickadee & red fox.

6 with, 0 without. everyone nice, following the rules.

happy trails!

brrrrr

beautiful clear morning- if a bit nippy. it always takes me a while to catch up when it cools off...

haven't seen the 2 dogs turned out lately- probably just a timing thing, tho. these look like the same ones i saw all last year, just running loose, turned out from a house somewhere. really annoying.

i saw a guy on this trail leaping in the air & swinging his arms- and his dog leaping and running. made me smile to watch them playing together and to see the guy so un- self consciously silly.

7 with, 2 without. every time i leashed the dogs or sat them off trail the other dogs owners also leashed their dogs or made them heel by us. it was awesome!

happy trails!

another fabulous day

have i mentioned lately how lucky i feel to be able to start my days with a walk on the trails? it's amazing to think about, that we have such a great resource so close.

another beautiful day.....

6 with, 2 without, all following rules & pleasant....

have a great day!

gray monday

beautiful, if gray, morning

it was a quiet day on the trails- 4 with, 2 without.

saw augie the akita, who we haven't seen for a while. as usual, when he saw us he lowered his head & the hair on his back went up. we were well off the trail. his owner, as always, said "he's friendly". well, head down, stiff legs, hair up looks like trouble to me. and halle isn't completely broken of charging up and echo & augie have had conversations. i don't want to go there. so i just said " i don't care, i don't want him coming over here. my dogs don't always react in the friendliest manner." and it was all good, but i bet we have the same conversation next time we run into each other.

let me contrast that to the guy with the black lab we passed who saw me heel the dogs & immediately called his and leashed him. as they walked by i said "i'm trying to teach them they don't have to say hi to everyone" and he said "the same here". perfect!

trails looked good- the opp i picked up (and there was some) was all fresh. i am starting to think that there are dog owners who just don't pick up because they know that there are those of us who do. pigs.

have a great week!