Dog Days of Summer

During the summer we like to get lots of swimming in, and so does Charlie's best buddy Hugo. I took my camera out one evening for a buddy swim. As you can see, Hugo is a pro dock diver, unlike Charlie. Maybe she'll get it next summer.

Happy Valentine's Day

"Did you know that there are over three hundred words for love in canine?" - Gabrielle Zevin

Happy Valentine's Day from me and my furry loves!

Little Cricket

When you're raising a puppy it can be easy to miss how much they're growing and changing every day. I went to upload the photos from my camera, which I haven't done in several months, and I was shocked to see just how tiny (and less fluffy) Cricket was just two months ago when we brought him home. He doesn't even recognize himself! He barked at the photo on the screen when I was editing it.

Hoh River to Third Beach - Olympic National Park

Back in June 2016 my big brother came out from Alberta to visit the Island. He wanted to get into backpacking and was hoping we could go out on a coastal trip. I'd been wanting to explore the Olympic Peninsula, so we settled on a portion of the South Coast Trail called Hoh River to Third Beach. The trail is beautiful beach walking mixed with some hard core obstacle course ropes and ladders negotiating muddy cliffs to overland trails. If you are looking for sea stacks this hike definitely delivers. We've started talking about doing another trip this summer and I can't wait!

Close Ups

Here are pics from the end of October of each of the pups in Enid's litter. Broken Promises Rescue is currently accepting applications for all five girls in the litter. 

Ember

Saige

Lennon

Niah

Delilah

Eli

Happy Howl-oween

I'm not saying that I want to break the internet with this cuteness... I'm just saying it's a possibility. Enid is the latest foster Mamma at Broken Promises Rescue, and her puppies are majorly adorable. Here are a couple Halloween themed pics I had to sneak in just under the wire. 

The cutest pumpkin around

Mamma Enid and her beautiful bat ears

Bones are for chewing right?!

Algonquin Provincial Park

In August I got to take my adventuring, and my camera East for a canoe trip in Ontario's lake country. It was a great trip with great people.  

Sunset on our first night at North Tea Lake West

Sunrise with a few new friends

Je suis un anana - awesome fire pit in our site for night two on North Tea Lake East

Our site for night two also came with an angry pine cone throwing squirrel...

...And some really neat mushrooms

Exploring around Lost Dog Lake we found some handy work of Canada's majestic beaver on this beautiful golden birch

Our site on Lost Dog Lake for the final night

We were paddling around the lake exploring and pumping water, when suddenly the setting sun cast this incredible light across the moody sky. It only lasted a moment and was gone.

Being a coastal girl, I never had a true appreciation for lake fish. But this fresh caught trout roasted over the fire was unbelievable.

An epic sunset on our final night

And then the stars put on a show. This picture is not particularly sharp as I do not have an off camera shutter release and had to hold my finger on the shutter release for a minute and a half. This is the most successful night sky photo I have taken to date though. Time to invest in a shutter release.