More Sun!

Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

Nature has been making Sun for almost an entire week! This has made my person want to be outside more! This means that I get to be outside more!

What's Nature doing where you live, friends?

Strange sun

Hi hi hi! Ojo here! This morning the sun was very strange!

My person couldn't smell it, but my much-superior nose could detect that there was ash in the air. Despite the strange sun, it was still a Very Good Day to be wading in the Lake!

What did your sun do today, friends?

Sun

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Long Line is back again because I am on Short Walks Only.

A bunch of Stuff happened with a visit to Vet last week, but I don't really want to talk about it. 

The good news is that Nature is starting to make a lot of sun, and I have been spending much time out on Deck lying in the sun and sniffing the breeze. The Sun is very happy right now!

How are you, friends?

Update on ME

Hi hi hi! Ojo here! 

It's been a while since I shared about Left Leg and Right Leg, so here is an update on ME! 

Left Leg, which used to be Bad Leg, and which had the thing called surgery, is now Mostly Good Leg! 

Sometimes Left Leg feels sore, and my person takes me on shorter Walks for a few days. But mostly Left Leg is Good Leg. I even use it as Main Leg when I hop or have a small zoom!

Right Leg, which didn't have the thing called surgery, is also Good Leg at the moment!

Sometimes Right Leg isn't so good. When this happens, I only get very short Walks, and have to stay mostly on leash. My person says that we don't want to do the thing called surgery again, and I agree, so I allow these shorter Walks.

But right now, I am happy to report that both Legs are Good Leg! (My person says to cross my paws and knock on wood.) (What does that mean?)

I don't run very much anymore, but I can climb little rocks, and I can walk through the bushes when there is an interesting smell, and sometimes I can even have a small zoom! When I am feeling good, I still hustle in front of my person and she has to walk fast to keep up with me!

Because today both Legs were Good Leg, we climbed a hill and walked through the forest! Nature was making Sun, and it was very nice to be outside and sniff the damp ground and feel the Sun in my fur.

How was your day, friends?

Sun

Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

Today, after many-many-many-many-many-many days of Grey and Rain, there was SUN!

Hurray for SUN!

What was your day like, friends?

SUNday

Hi hi hi! Ojo here! Today is Sunday and Nature is making Sun and so I am lying in the grass. 

What are you doing today, friends?

(It's bright!)

SUN!!!

Hi hi hi, Ojo here! Today we found SUN!

Not only did the Forest give us SUN, it also gave us many damp smells for sniffing, and many fun trails for running on, and many good sticks for chasing!

Also, I got to do tricks for cheese!

This was a Good Walk.

Did you get a Good Walk today, friends?

Happy Sunday!

Hi friends, Ojo here! I'm having a Very Happy Sunday! How about you?

Winter sun

The winter sunshine falls softly on my fur. The only thing better than winter sunshine would be snow. I hope I get snow for Christmas! But in the meantime I will take the soft winter sunshine.

Winter sunshine

I sit

Upon the rock

With moss and grass and happy dirt

My fur

Warmed by winter sunshine.

I listen

To winter birds

In branches bare in crooked trees

My fur

Warmed by winter sunshine.

Ojo sits

Watches, listens

Her fur warmed also by winter sunshine.

I sit.

Beautiful pose

Waiting for cheese

My fur 

Warmed by winter sunshine.

Sunshine

Hello, sunshine. I am happy to feel you today! (The smoke is gone and I can feel the sun! Hurray!)

Good morning! (by Ojo)

Good morning, world!

Sunrise! (by Ojo)

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We got up early! But not that early I guess, because the sun is sleeping in longer now! But still early for us! And we went for a Sunrise Walk!

The sun was barely starting to peek over the mountains and the trees! The birds were not even singing yet!

The squirrels and bunnies were not awake. I am not sure why I was awake.

But I will never, ever say "no" to a Walk!

You cannot see it very well, but there was frost on the ground! It melted very quickly in the peeking yellow sun. But all of the nighttime smells were fresh and crisp!

It was a lazy Walk. We did much sniffing, and much stick-chewing. And our person pointed her big-black-eye around taking pictures.

And then the sun came up fully into the sky, and the day was started. Hello, new day!

Yellow fall sunshine and an early morning Walk

This morning we went for a magical, early morning Walk.

Everything was yellow! And the sun was in our eyes.

But the air was still and calm.

The magic was in the smells of the night creatures, still fresh on the ground.
The magic was in the sparkle of sunlight in the drops of early morning dew.
The magic was in the shimmery spiderwebs and dancing grasses.

(And the magic was in this pile of deer poop. Look, I found deer poop!)

Soon the rain will start and we will not see sunshine for a very long time. For now, we closed our eyes and breathed in the magic of the early morning sun.

Last of the summer sunshine (by Ojo)

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Today we had, perhaps, the last of the summer sunshine! In the forest it was cold, but out in the fields it was HOT!

The sun felt nice on my fur after the cold forest! And so I ran with a Stick! This felt sooooo happy!

What is Nature doing with the weather where you live?

Yesterday and today

Yesterday Nature was making sun! I lay in the sunshine. It was very nice.

Today Nature made rain.

I would like to go back to Yesterday, please!

Spring is over there somewhere! (by Ojo)

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Spring is coming! Sometime! I know it! It's over there... somewhere!
(Please come soon, Spring!)

Heaven on earth (by Ojo)

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Today we climbed a hill. This hill was covered with snow. On top of the hill the sun was shining warm on my fur. The breeze was blowing smells from far away. The snow was refreshing under my paws.

I have never visited Heaven, but I will go there one day. Because all good Dogs go to Heaven, you know. (Hopefully that will be a long time from now!)

When I get to Heaven I will wait for my people.

And when my people get there too, I know we will climb mountains like this one together!

In the meantime, I think I found a little bit of Heaven on Earth!

Sticks on the Beach

Today we went to the Beach!

It was the first all sunny day we have had in a very long time.
It was still very cold. The temperature of the air was just barely above freezing. But the sun was so very warm on our fur.

Ojo splashed in the water. But I did not because it was Very Cold.

Wait, what's this photo???
It must be a fake, because I do not fetch.

Maybe I just forgot and ran around with a stick. Because the sun was so nice. Yes, that must be it. Because I absolutely do not, never ever, fetch.

We could have stayed in the sun at the Beach all day! (Fetching and not-fetching.)

Oh Stick
I love to chew you
When you are wet and soggy
But also crunchy
At the Beach
On the sand
With sun on my back.
Oh Stick!

Yeah.

Good-bye for now, snow! (by Ojo)

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We are getting as much sniffing and running and rolling and bouncing in as we can, because we are leaving the snow! Again! This is sad.

Oh, and I went digging, too! There is something down there, I know it!

Good-bye, thing-in-the-snow. Good-bye, bouncing and rolling and running and zooming! Good-bye, snow fun. I hope we will come back again soon!