Toys

Do not ever tell me these girls are not spoiled.

Exhibit A: the toy basket.  Pottery Barn does not make a basket big enough for all their toys.

Murphy's Day.

Are We Ever Going to Do Something?

Ok so really, the patience of labs only goes so far.

Murphy's Day.

Hanging Out

So, as I said, the weekend was at home.  Fortunately the weather was delightful.  And Sage hung out in the yard while I manically cleaned.

She seemed content and in fact when her "sisal carpet" in the kitchen was put back down, she did her little Sage dance...all was well with her world.

I think we actually enjoyed hanging out and not being in all the smoke from the fires in North Central Washington.

Murphy's Day.

I Simply Love Her

In Saturday we ran into a woman who had a black lab.  Siri ("I named her before the Apple phone").  Sweet sweet black lab.  And Siri's mom told us that Siri had been in training to be a guide dog, but the trainer was "going through many life changes" and Siri became too docile, to afraid to assert herself.

That is Annie.  Annie's puppyhood was essentially in the back of my Pilot, either in the parking lot of my parent's home, or at a hospital.  She never got the romping and stomping that Sage really got, and that Willa is getting now.

So Annie became sweet.  Through that whole time of caregiving for my parents, she sensed my stress and she is so very attuned to me now...

I simply love her and her sweetness.

Murphy's Day.

Patience of a Lab

This was a "in Seattle" weekend, getting prepared for much much needed deferred maintenance work.  Things being cleaned, packed away, ditched.

The girls got some exercise, but not as much if they were in Nahahum Canyon.

So, they practiced patience.  Not considered a "virtue" for a lab.

Murphy's Day.

Girls Just Wanna' Have Fun

These two rarely, if ever, slow down.  They love playing, love yammering on each other, love romping.  In fact, on Sunday, while we were walking back to the truck from fishing, they knocked me flat on my butt....never stopping to see why I was flat on the ground!

These girls just want to have fun!  Can't blame them.

Murphy's Day.

In the Bed

Willa, not to be out done by Annie, leapt into the bed of the truck and then gave me all sorts of love...

She is always in the center of everything.  Such a lab.

Murphy's Day.