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Saturday, October 17 - Forty-six minutes this morning, but most of that was Hannah and I trying to do two blocks after she got scared because of the damn duck hunters and their shots. She gets scared and pulls really hard, so when she does that, I turn her around and we go back and forth in circles until she stops pulling. I know it sounds really mean to do training when she's scared like that, but she's going to hurt herself (or me) someday when she yanks. We went for a much more relaxing 20 minute walk with Dr. BB after lunch.
Dr. BB and I went to a corn maze later that night (doing a corn maze at night is an experience you should all experience at least once in your lifetime) and then Hannah and I went out for another ten minutes before bed.
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| She's looking at Dr. BB here. |
Sunday, October 18 - Forty-one minutes this morning, mainly playing around off leash. We did 15 minutes in the afternoon, but Hannah did her business and wanted to head inside, so I didn't force her outside longer. Truth be told, at least a third of that afternoon "walk" was just Hannah laying down chewing on a stick, so maybe I shouldn't even record it here.
Check out this late season dahlia (?), holding out even after an overnight frost. Flower experts, correct me if I'm wrong on the flower name.
Monday, October 19 - Forty minutes this morning. It was dark, the leaves were rustling, and someone was not as brave as she has been in the past. We did another 35 minutes after work and ten minutes around the block before bed.
Tuesday, October 20 - Forty minutes this morning, 30 minutes after work, and 13 minutes to get around the block tonight. Why did it take us so long to get around the block, you ask? If both of us are focused, we can do that walk in seven minutes. It takes twice as long if someone stops to stare at every single person who walks by, gets in or out of their car, or makes a pizza delivery. Woe unto any delivery person on our street.
Wednesday, October 21 - Half an hour this morning. I left work early today to get home to take Hannah for an extra long walk because it was in the 60s and I don't know how many more of these days we're going to get. Unfortunately, for me, Hannah mostly wanted to chew sticks and roll around in the grass on that "walk." We did a twenty minute walk before bed, too.
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| Can you see Hannah? Do you love how unbothered she is by this giant inflatable? |
Thursday, October 22 - We did 45 minutes this morning, a half hour after work, and a ten minute meander around the block before bed. I know you're all dying for a weather update: It was in the 40s this morning, in the 70s this afternoon, and in the 50s before bed. It was sunny today. Yes, we are regularly doing 30 degree shifts in temps over the day and I have to admit that my bad leg is NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.
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Are there any late blooming flowers near you? Did I identify that flower correctly?
Our ‘rental’ dog gets a couple of walks including on around 9 or 10. But he still got wife up at 4 this morning.
ReplyDeleteI do love how unbothered she is by the inflatable!
ReplyDeleteI think I would love my walks being punctuated by a dog chewing sticks... or maybe not, now that I think of it. I remember sometimes JUST WANTING TO GET TO THE PLACE WE WERE GOING with toddlers and it took the whole dang day because they stopped to look at everything. Which is ultimately precious and now I'd have the patience for it because it doesn't happen in my life anymore, but at the time sometimes felt truly exhausting.
Ugh, I can't imagine how Doggo would react to the duck hunters except for not well. Our big walking adventure of the week was yesterday when I took her to a park with a river and walked to the shore so that she could splash around in the water, which is her greatest joy in life. Well, it was muddy so as soon as we got home all of my clothes went into the wash and both of us went into the tub. It was great fun.
ReplyDeletethis has been the BEST October weather
ReplyDeleteI don't blame Hannah one bit for being afraid of the duck hunters! I would be afraid of them. Sounds like 9other than all the many many scary things) Hannah is enjoying her walks immensely. Stick chewing! Rolling on the ground! She's living her best life.
ReplyDeleteI think that's a Dahlia! We had such a warm September that plenty of flowers kept blooming, and I welcomed every one of them. My Galway bay climbing rose kept going longer than usual. Now the cold weather came on very quickly this week and after a storm last night, we're awaiting the second storm of the season over the weekend.
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