Monday, January 25, 2016

Contrasts

Black dog.  Snow.  A study in contrasts.

But there is also the contrast between Willa, who is now 4 and Sage who is 12.  Willa goes crazy in the snow, while Sage, still excited about it, is also a little cautious.  But you can tell, somewhere inside of Sage she is remembering all the "mad dogs" she did, all the hurling herself into snow drifts.

Life is about creating a bank of memories.

Murphy's Day.

Monday, January 18, 2016

Monday, January 11, 2016

What Labs Love

Among other things, labs love snow.  Sage and Annie Oakley begin rolling and making lab angels in the snow they minute they leap out of the car.  Willa doesn't seem that interested in lab angels, but she sure does love to romp in it.

Fortunately this year we have snow.  Although it hasn't snowed in a week and it was a rather balmy 37ยบ this past weekend, there was still a lot of snow.  Good for the land, good for labs.

Although, I have to say, as she has aged and slowed down, the snow is a little hard on Sage.  As stoic as she is, she pulled herself out of post-holing and got on firmer ground, but I need to be mindful of her in this snow.

Happy labs in the snow.  Doesn't get much better.

Murphy's Day.

Friday, January 1, 2016

Happy New Year!

We woke up in 2016 to 3°!

But there is plenty of snow and yesterday there was gorgeous sunshine.  The girls and I skied right out the front door.

Does it get any better?

Happy New Year.

Murphy's Day.