Two walkers, no dogs THEN DOGS COME HOME....

Monday Morning -- The pups were still boarding and so DH and I walked along by ourselves to the park and back. The trek is so much faster without Paddy and Scruffy sniffing every bush and telephone pole.

We arrived in the park to visit with banana man (who was eating an orange today - the smell of citrus sweet reaching us as we passed by).

We hustled to the far meadow in time to see two deer grazing in the short grass.

It was a nice change, an opportunity to talk about the expectations of the week and plan the days ahead.

Evening -- Happy dogs greeted me after work. We took solo walks outside around our naked feeling yard and saw that the moon is now a waxing crescent.

The trimmed trees provide much less shade and the potted plants were thirsty. One looks crispy-dead.

Impatient dogs pulled at their tethers as I watered a bit. We will have to think to turn on the sprinkler before the morning walk tomorrow.

We wandered back into the house for a quick combing and reward (a treat - when you sit when asked).

Few things are a comforting as a dog leaning in for scratches on ears...then laying down at your feet, completely happy to be home and with you.