Typically, in our part of the world, we do experience the 4 seasons although Spring can be a weekend affair at times. Our Fall can also be very short, but it is difficult to miss it on the basis of leaves everywhere!
Given our unusually hot and humid (oppressive) Summer this year, we are all now enjoying cooler temperatures as Summer moves on to other parts, and we look for Fall and prepare for Winter. Not only is this a wonderful time of year for us humans, but Ray loves it also!
He now displays much more interest in going for walks and, the other day, we took him on a walk of which he must have thought that he had died and gone to heaven. First stop was our TD Bank, where he was of course given lots of attention and treated to biscuits. The next stop was Lululemon where, again, he received lots of attention and more biscuits! We then took him down by the lake where there is lots of grass and vegetation in general… perfect area for an inquisitive canine nose!
We slowly worked our way along a lakeside trail where he saw lots of Seagulls, Canada Geese, and a small group of Cormorants, until we eventually arrived at a heritage property that had a lovely sloping rockery garden which was heavily flowered. A perfect spot for a dog, a camera, and a couple of humans with time to spare!
Just chillin’
It was so nice to see that spring in his step once again as he checked out everything in sight and left messages as necessary! Welcome the cooler temperatures!
So Fall put a Spring in Ray’s step!
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Very good! 🙂
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I love him and I haven’t even met him!
Coolest dog on the block 😀
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He most certainly is… and I suspect that he knows it! 🙂
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Lovely photos, he looks like he had a super time 🙂
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He does seem to love grass, gardens, and outdoors in general. 🙂
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Amen and bravo to the cooler temps. It was 90 again yesterday, but is supposed to become more seasonal closer toward the weekend.
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We’ll be putting the layers on soon enough! 🙂
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True enough.
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Glad to hear about the cooler temps, as we are still in the 90’s. It was nice, though, to step out into 68 F early this morning. Give Ray a pat and scratch behind the ear for me.
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Hi Amy: He loves to have his ears stroked, so they were stroked on your behalf! 🙂
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He looks cool! I like him!
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He is cool! I love him! 🙂
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He truly looks like movie star 😀
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Perhaps he has aristocracy in his genes??? 🙂
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Yes, he looks full of life! He is a beauty!
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It is lovely to just watch him enjoying himself! 🙂
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I can understand that. Most of all when knowing where he was!
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🙂
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Love that second photo of the Handsome Guy.
We too are experiencing lower temperatures, and it’s been one of those drizzly days. Autumn is approaching.
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Yup! Soon be time to rake up the leaves into a nice pile, and then watch Ray spread them all over the garden!
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Haha! I can imagine. Here the sycamore trees will drop their sticky leaves and pods, and we will no longer be able to walk Maggie along the dog walk as they play hell with her pads. No matter though as we have other walks to take her, so she won’t miss out.
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Great pictures again… but you have a great model, so how can you go wrong? Yes, so glad to have a drop in temps! Loved having my jacket on this morning, though I am sure that there will be days to come where I will probably gripe about it being cold. When I do I will try to remember how hot this summer was and I will be thankful for the difference!
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Yes it can be very therapeutic to remember other times of the year. When people complained about the heat here, I used to say “Remember February!”
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He is such a lovely boy. 🐕
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Yes he certainly is…. even though he wanted to go outside at 4:30am this morning! 🙂
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Beautiful!
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He is – It was – They were! 🙂
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😎 That’s great. Does this long walk mean Carol is much better too?
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She is much better than she was a few weeks ago, and the physio staff at the hospital are very pleased with her progress. The big danger though is that she tries to do too much and sets herself back a week or two!
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I’m glad to hear she’s better. Can you teach Ray to sit on her when she should rest? 😉
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He needs little provocation to climb up and pin her to a chair, but 80lbs on her lap is not so relaxing!)
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