Snow Falling on Cedars

Tomorrow is our first show of the year. It's been almost 5 months since our last show and I'm pretty sure Archer won't know what the hell is going on. Leeloo will but I'm reasonably certain she'll be difficult about it anyway. She gets fidget feet sometimes just to make a point.

When we got up this morning there was a settled rain which I decided we were going for a walk in anyway because for the next couple days no one is going to get out for a run. By the time I had breakfast and got dressed the rain was trying to turn to snow which works out better for the dogs since snow flakes just fall off them.

I love this photo. They all took off down the path and Esme manages to keep up but only because her little legs are working five times faster than the Ridgebacks.

Photographic evidence that Esme does, in fact, pee outside sometimes.

There was quite a brisk wind blowing and Raimi wasn't sure he was a huge fan of the swirling snow. The flakes got larger and more numerous the longer we were out.

At one point they all got way ahead of me and Archer turned back to check and make sure I (he) was safe. Upon looking back up the path he spotted Raimi ... and Raimi spotted him. What ho! A dog to stalk! See the semi-erect ears on both dogs (okay, The Boy is a bit small but trust me -they are 'stalking' ears)? They stood stock still staring at each other like this for about 60 seconds.

And now the duck and sneak. Gosh Archer, he *totally* can't see you now. Archer? Where's Archer? He just disappeared.



And he's off! Archer is to the right in the bushes there because Sissy Boy didn't want to run on the muddy path.



I never did end up getting the final mad dash photo because they were too far way for it to come out well. At the end of this walk all the dogs landed in the tub, Archer and Leeloo to prepare for the show tomorrow, Raimi because he needed it and Esme because she was a total mud pie by the time we got home. Now all are slumbering peacefully in the livingroom variously dreaming of deer poop, sticks, marshmallow bunnies and where next to pee in my house.