Ashley emphasizing the importance of weighted carries for optimizing overall fitness. 🐕 🏋️ #dogsofmastodon

Ashley emphasizing the importance of weighted carries for optimizing overall fitness. 🐕 🏋️ #dogsofmastodon
I forgot to bring my phone on one of my walks, so those steps only got counted twice and not three times!!! I am bereft.
Sunny Groundhog’s Day morning. However: Near South Arboretum Woods, Ashley suddenly became so animated I brought the car to a stop. I looked where she was looking, and spotted a juvenile groundhog, bravely standing over his shadow.
I submit we can look forward to an early spring.
Some years ago I shared this image in my post depredated bird. I see such configurations of feathers pretty often around here—the remains of a bird killed probably by a cat or hawk, or possibly a fox or coyote.
So I was somewhat daunted when I saw this configuration of sequins on the grass just outside my front door.
Does that not look dauntingly like the remains of a depredated party girl?
It makes me worry just a bit about about what the predator was.
T-ĉemizo sur griz-barbita fortulo: “Stranga esti sama aĝo kiel maljunuloj.”
I have an orange fleece buff that I wear when it’s cold and windy. Ashley, still feisty after a walk, grabbed the back of it and started pulling tug-of-war fashion.
“Don’t do that Ashley! How would you like it if I started pulling something around your neck… Oh.”
Thought it might be getting a little late for third coffee, but looked at the clock and it was barely after 9:00 AM! Maybe we should go back to standard time every day!
I would prefer local solar time, and had thought next best would be permanent standard time, but maybe setting the clocks back an hour every day would be even better!
Me: Well, I was once again passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize. I’d KILL for one of those!
Jackie (sighing): No, you wouldn’t.
Me: No, I wouldn’t. But I would make that joke EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
Jackie (sighing again): Yes, you would do that.
Steven: “There are plenty of manga about missing the last train…”
Me: “Not much point in worrying about missing the last train in the US. There’s just missing the train.”
Steven: “Right. You’re just lucky if there is a last train.”
I’m sure it indicates a character flaw, but I find this snowy owl’s attitude extremely relatable. (Of course, this same character flaw is probably how I made it this far through the pandemic without getting sick.)