🌳 Go hug a tree 🌲

We went to check how much ice was on the lake and say hello to the duckies. To my surprise there were also two loons in the marina!

Common goldeneye

Loon

Nature is neat and we should all appreciate it a whole lot more. Every plant, critter, landscape, including urban...all have so much value beyond money. Perhaps if people were more connected to the land we are meant to be a part of (not apart from), so many problems regarding social and environmental justice could be solved.

It may be time to get off work. Communication unclear

Me: i should take my camera out more on walks

Achillea:

Borb

Red-winged black bird

Step 1: preshave face bc she's sensitive. Preshave other long parts then realize she's actually full of sand so never mind bc i paid good money for these clipper blades. Dont look at the tail.

I SAID DONT LOOK

Step 2: marinate poodle (shampoo x2, condition)

Step 3: get assaulted while the noodle air dries and you lay on the floor with your feet up bc you're dying

Step 4: eat lunch and prep hydration so you stop dying

Step 5: see a ghost in the hallway. Aahh! Oh wait thats my damp schnoodle. Yikes

Step 6: skip the hard part, oh look a naked mole rat!!! Ready for more sandy adventures. So aerodynamic 💨

Step 7: clean up the mess and finish dying, this time together, how nice

Grooming stuff:

Body, tail, ears 7F, legs 3F, face, feet and fanny 15

Topknot - hired Edward Scissorhands (one day I'll get better....one day...)

She doesn't know I'm about to ruin her day with a groom ✂️✂️✂️✂️

Girl needs some sunglasses 😎

🏃🏼‍♀️🐩💨

I feel that the duck part of her ancestry was....not passed down at all 😂🦆

Partway thru walk vs after walk

She's getting so much better at listening and checking in, even with all the fresh spring smells lately 💕

I feel so bad for Lea, her infections get bad before she shows any sign 🫠 she has a little blood clot in her bladder too. I hope its something we can fix easily and she doesn't end up needing a vulvaplasty or some other surgery fml.