Sunday Morning Here and There

Sunday morning started at 6:30 when Canon and I went for a walk with Roxy, Jasper and Nancy in our old neighborhood.  We walked by those landmarks Caprice and Rondo were familiar with- along the arroyo backing the old neighborhood, to the little strip of park and  play equipment, past 5913 Canyon Vista (where, by the way, our self-landscaping in the front looks great), past familiar houses and garderns, and then back to Nancy's house.  Since I had felt that Canon wasn't quite with it on the teeter in agility class, we practiced the teeter with cheese sprayed on it.  Canon was so busy licking up the cheese, that he didn't even notice the bump when the teeter hit the ground.  Cheese conquers all! 

Caprice got her walk after we got home, with Canon howling in the background.

Then on to Santa Fe for Michael to buy a printer from a photographer who was moving to Mexico after a caretaking gig at a house in the mountains with an absolutely gorgeous view.  The property was for sale for a mere $750,000 for someone who didn't mind riding on a washboard road to a  house in less than perfect condition.  Brunch, then, at nearby Harry's Roadhouse.  Good food, lovely garden.  Not our usual Frontier Sunday, but a nice change.

Dog Walk

Today's start was a fairly ordinary one.   I walked Caprice and Canon.  But it was a special day, too.  This morning we were walking as part of the Morris Foundation's K9 Cancer Walk, as virutal team member of the Bone Cancer Dogs team walking at Estes Park, CO.

I put on my tee shirt from 2 Dogs, 2000 Miles-- the one that has Rondo's name, as well as hundreds of other dogs stricken with the beast.  I also wore my tripawd necklace and the button with Rondo on it that I got at the BCD reunion last year.  As we walked out the gate, I told Caprice and Canon that this was for Rondo.  They weren't interested, but my eyes teared up.

It's hot here by 9 a.m., but it was important for us to walk when those others were walking.  We enjoyed our walk.  The poodles were fairly easy to control when they saw other dogs and I tried to keep them in shade as much as possible.  It was a lonely walk, but in spirit I was with so many others.

When we got home I took pictures of the dogs and my penstemon barbatus "Rondo."  The one that I planted in the courtyard sports two different colors of flowers, just like my two different colored poodles (OK, a bit smaltzy).  I sat down at the computer to upload the pictures and saw that my friend Nancy had donated to the Morris Foundation.  What a great end to our walk.  A sweet morning!