This young fellow was walking the same path with Leroy and me today. As often as he stops, I really can't say if he'll be able to achieve his 10,000 hops today or not.
Over the hill from the Tannery Creek Campground at Petoskey State Park is a meadow that local kids called Blood Lake. Over fifty years ago, the nearby tannery dumped discharge into this earthen bowl....
So long Senor Smoke! Hello June blue skies! Hopefully our neighbors to the north can put those wildfires out soon! We had a fiery red sunrise today, but the air is much cleaner now...
I have started to do some exercises using a resistance band. As I pulled the band out, stretching it taut, then relaxing, Leroy watched. His head swiveled back and forth following the movement of...
Yesterday was National Rescue Dog Day! Leroy celebrated by chewing a hole into a rug I'd bought about thirty minutes earlier. You can spot the evidence to the right (his left) of Leroy's paw.
Do you know how many steps there are to the top of Mt. Baldy? On this day I harnessed the power of the Poodle (Leroy) to assist in the climb! After 153 steps you...
Petoskey State Park
Smooth-coated ankle catcher
(I don't know how to spell its Latin name)
spotted along the trail.
If you see one, don't engage.
Okay, it's actually a root of some kind.
It was a cooler morning than most of late and I and my faithful canine companion were making our way through the meadows and woods. Much to the disappointment of Leroy, there was not...
They say every dog has his day. For Leroy, my standard poodle, that day had to be yesterday, the beginning of daylight savings time. It was his dream come true! Every meal (he eats...