mastodon 4.7.3A couple of guys and their two huskies exploring the world on foot.
The fine line between dirty and clean.
Zeena may be sad that it's raining and she's stuck inside, but her humans are delighting in the change in weather!
July has been a hot, humid slog with little rain and many nights with the house closed and the AC running. But today it ends with a steady rain, cool air and light breezes coming through open windows. It's glorious!
Peaceful too: no road construction or lawn mowers or leaf blowers -- just the steady patter of rain and the trickle of water down the drainpipes.
Perhaps closer to suppertime it will clear up and we can go exploring the puddles (and mud!) left behind.
Ugh. The dewpoint is nearly 80F. There's so much moisture in the air, but very little of it has fallen here as rain, so the local lake is very very low. At least the water is still clear and free from algae blooms!
The amount of sweat I generated from just this morning's walk should have raised the lake levels a bit.
Rediscovered this video of Gypsy (RIP 😢) and @sofawolfone@redwombat.social stalking a bunny in the back yard.
This was way back in 2015, before we had a proper fence around the yard.
RE: @DaleTrexel@mountains.social
Starting to increase the frequency and length of runs with the huskies as autumn approaches!
Wish I'd gotten out an hour earlier, when the temps were still in the 50sF, but both Zeena and Tonttu held up well to today's pace!
It's Zeena's 11th birthday today! Please join Tonttu and us in wishing her a happy, bouncy birthday. 🎂
Not all fluff is husky fluff!
At least not when it's springtime in the river bottoms where the cottonwood grows.
Zeena approves of the new pools in the stream habitat "improvement" at the Minnesota Valley Nat'l Wildlife Refuge.
(Humans are not so sure: this used to be a nice shady stream with overhanging trees, great for warblering during migration. Now it's much more exposed.)
Good morning internet! Zeena got a bath before 7 AM today because she managed to pull a possum through the fence, kill it, and then roll in the blood and excrement that it left on the lawn.
How's your day going?