Worst Of Winter

We are working our way through the worst of winter.  -25F and windy.  Too cold for me outside, but the pups seem to still like sitting out on the deck.  Even at night, when it is REALLY cold.  Dhali doesn't have a very thick coat, but he will go outside at 5am and lay in the dog bed on the deck.  The frozen dog bed.

Last Sat., before the temp. dropped to depressing levels, we went with my Mom to a race.  She got first place in her age group!  Again ;)  While they were running the race Dhali and I hung out on the beach and walked on the lake.  It was still pretty chilly, so we also waited in the car to warm up.

Dhali was very suspicious of the small boy wearing a spiky hat with a tail, goggles and carrying a round sled. Also, yelling, "Puppy!  Puppy!"

We walked the other direction on the lake away from that kid!

This is a castle that they build out of ice chunks from the lake.  It has a big sledding hill built into it.  Down the hill and out on to the ice.  It looked like fun!

Another suspicious child with strange ears......

Lake Vacation

Bowl You Over

Daily Dog Challenge

Starts with "B"  11/5

Bowl you over  - as in Wow!  there are so many Bs!!

Let's see.....Tibby on a bench with blue sky and blue lake and the photo is shaped like a ball!

My first attempt was Tibby in the bath wearing a bonny Scottish hat and butterfly wings eating a bully stick, but this is a better picture. 

Tibby thinks this is stupid.  I agree!  But it had so many Bs!

Bath

Bonnie Scottish Hat

Butterfly Wings

Bully stick

Last Day of Summer Canoe Trip - Part II

Lady of the Lake?

The 2nd half of our canoe float around a lake trip.

The lake is a hidden secret lake.  There is a public water access, but the road to the access isn't marked.  A friend of a friend told my Dad about it.  The first time he tried to get to the lake he couldn't find the water access.  He could see the lake, but couldn't get to it!  The lake is stocked with Bass and there were tons and tons of them.

"Clouds in my lake water?"

We could see the fish swimming in big schools underneath the canoe.  The water is very clear.  I could see all the way to the bottom and it was very deep. 

My Dad caught a bunch of fish, but he only kept 4 for our dinner.  They were delicious!

I was bored, so I paddled a little bit.

Tibby was doing really well, relaxing in the canoe.  The only people we saw were 2 kayakers.  She growled at them!  I don't think she knew they were people.

Just relaxing.  The weather was perfect.  Nice and cool with a little light breeze.

Just when Tibby was getting really comfortable and happy about being in the canoe, someone on shore started to set off fireworks.  In the middle of the day!  Tibby didn't like that.

She went underneath my seat.

At first she was panting and stressed about the fireworks.  After they kept going on and on, however she calmed down and fell asleep for a while.

She still wanted to stay underneath my seat.  Eventually the fireworks stopped and Tibby came out from underneath my seat.  Of course, they started up again and she went back underneath my seat.  I think she was OK though, because she fell asleep again.

Thanks for the fun day Dad!

Also, we saw this turtle.

What a nice lake!

Last Day of Summer Canoe Trip - Part I

What a nice way to spend the last day of summer.  I went on a canoe trip (more of a float around) with my Dad and Tibby.  It was Tibby's first time on the water.  Actually it was my first time on the water in 5years - the last time was kayaking in New Zealand.

Tibby with my Dad.

While we were waiting for my Dad to get all his fishing gear together, I tried to get Tibby used to the canoe.  She ate some treats and I explained that, "No you can't sit in my lap.  Really.  Yes, I'm 100% sure you have to sit on the bottom of the canoe.  Really!"  She had a nice soft rug to sit on, so she was fine.  Whenever she is nervous about something new or she needs a little comforting she crawls into my lap.  It's very cute, but not good for canoeing!

We got to sit in the front of the canoe.  My Dad said we were the ballast.  Nice Dad.  LOL!

"How long are we going to be out here?"

Tibby gave me the funniest faces!  I had plenty of time to snap pictures, because my Dad has an electric trolling motor on his canoe.  So no paddling necessary!  It was very relaxing. 

Lake Ranger

Tibby and I walked on the lake again.  We should have just stayed on the lake, but I wanted to go up a few hills like we did yesterday.  I was trying to get Tibby tired out, because we have our agility class tomorrow.  Anyway, we went onto the shore and the Park Ranger caught me with Tibby off leash.  He was really nice about it, but I felt like an idiot.  He was driving a PT Cruiser and they are (apparently) very quiet cars.  Tibby was a good girl.  The Ranger's car was behind us and I thought Tibby would run at it, because 1-it was a car and 2- it was SILVER (aaaah Tibby's favorite color).  She just stood and waited until I caught up to her and I put on her leash.  The Ranger waited until he saw me put on Tibby's leash and then he waved and drove away.

This is the ice we are walking on.  There is a little snow on top.  Every once in a while I come across some deep cracks - freaks me out!!

Same spot.

Above: Winter

Below: Summer