Blue Sky

"An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day"-Thoreau

I couldn't agree more. Here is a happy Zephyr near the end of yesterdays hike. The sky, the clouds just perfect for photos. Zephyr, perfect for photos. And loving that fish-eye lens.

I have an agility trial tomorrow....sort of wishing now I hadn't jumped the gun and entered this one. We are so out of practise, we have not run full courses yet (just got most of my equipment outside) so I know I will not run well. Poor dogs. Well, we will just go and have fun and give Zen some ring time and Zephyr will be his accommodating self. I'm sure as I arrive there in the morning with the sun, and look at the course maps, I will be thinking that I should have gone hiking!!



Testing Testing!!

First test run of the GoPro camera. Lots of fun will be had! I am happy with the results considering I was shooting blind and trying to run the dogs at the same time...you can tell by the way they have their striding off and such!

Youtube kills the quality a bit so at least watch in the high quality.

Hmmmm, maybe I should have washed my dogs first too! We had been for a VERY muddy hike before this. Oh well more true to life, my dogs dirty from the trails. I'm also not sure why the dogs look so heavy...maybe the wide lens.



Sunshine and warm breezes! Fun times this time of year!

There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart. ~Celia Thaxter
A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb



Well it feels like summer to me, I have so much to be grateful for and there is always lots of love. Life is good!

Speak Softly...

...and carry a big stick.

We have had such great warm, dry weather so far this spring, perhaps not great for the trees and such but I've been enjoying the wonderful hiking weather before the bugs come out. I've also been working on getting my yard ready for agility this year with fresh soil to level any divots in the lawn.

I am not going to take Zephyr to Regionals this May. He has been good and sound but I think asking him to do 3 days when he has done so little agility this winter would still be asking too much of him at 10 years of age. Nationals is in BC which we would not be going to, so I decided to stay home this year. I plan on running some local sanctioned trials with him, just a few runs each day so that should keep him happy!

When I see the photo above all I think is Happy Happy Joy Joy!! Zephyr is such a fun dog, loving life at his now 10 years of age! (His birthday was one month ago).We really haven't had much winter weather to speak of this year, at least not like we can get here in Ontario, which makes me happy.

I'm starting to get the itch for outdoor agility. I can't wait to haul the equipment out of storage, and with any luck I'll have some new stuff to add to the yard this year. I don't do as much agility with Zephyr as I once did, but he's not ready to retire quite yet!

And I had to share that last shot. We looked after a few baby chicks over the long weekend from my son's classroom, and as you can see Zephyr was his sweet self with them. Such a love!

New Year!

Well 2012 is here, let's hope it's a good one! I started the year off right with a New Year's Day agility trial. I did not run that well, out of practise, but Zephyr was high as can be and he had a blast! It was also so nice to spend the morning there with some friends. I am hoping to get back to regular trialing starting March or April...must get to regular training with Zephyr, not just the young girlie.
What else to say, same old here, hiking every day, looking into maybe indoor swimming for Zephyr for the rest of the winter, otherwise he is quite happy to lounge around on the sofa during down time!