Sadie and I went for a ramble this afternoon--it was a little surprising, because I thought we were just going to walk down the sidewalk and find Golden Pond. It was a bit more complicated, but we had a good time. It was walking back up Hover Road on the shoulder where we got into trouble.
Sadie is learning good dog manners with the exception of critters. Squirrels, birds, small fast furry things, all send her into a frenzy and she bolts. Usually I dig in my heels and shout "LEAVE IT!" and she comes to a screeching halt.
This afternoon, however, she caught me by surprise, and I was sugarbowl over teacups into a ditch, her leash flying out of my hand. In her racing and chasing Sadie got wound up in the bushes in the ditch. After catching my breath and having a few words with Sadie, I was able to extricate the two of us.
This afternoon, however, she caught me by surprise, and I was sugarbowl over teacups into a ditch, her leash flying out of my hand. In her racing and chasing Sadie got wound up in the bushes in the ditch. After catching my breath and having a few words with Sadie, I was able to extricate the two of us.
Sadie thought it was a right jolly adventure, which, after I was sure nothing was damaged on either of us, I kind of thought, too. Since the ditch was too steep on the road side, Sadie helped me up into the field. It was a glorious breezy afternoon with a view of the mountains--hard to be stern. Especially when Sadie found the way through the weeds over the ditch to get home.
We hiked through the tall weeds and grass, and I felt like an Iowa girl again, playing in the fields in and around Muscatine. 
The buildings in the distance are Stonebridge.
Happy to be in sight of home, Sadie and I leisurely enjoyed the rest of our ramble.