Dog Days of Summer

We took the morning off work, and had an "us" day. Jim cooked us breakfast out on the fire (sausage, eggs and pancakes). We enjoyed eating by the creek behind our house. It was wonderfully peaceful watching the birds flit here and there and listening to the water gurgle past. Ahh....

Then we took the dogs up one of the canyons to play in the river. We all had fun. Here is a pic of Jim throwing a stick (upper left corner) in the river for the dogs. The dogs are lined up nicely ready to leap. Mac, our 11-month old puppy is in front. Star, the 9-year old female, is in the middle. McGee, the 6-year old male, is in the back. All are border collies. The older two are sporting their summer haircuts.




Before we headed home I went swimming in the lake with the dogs. See pic. Jim remained on shore to take the pictures. For the record, yes, the water is quite cool. However, you get used to it, and then don't notice the cold at all ... that is probably after hypothermia sets in. Ha!!


That's all the news for today. Below are some nature pictures I have taken recently. The cloud pic was taken last week. The other two was today. Hope you enjoy!