what a lovely weekend. saturday was cool and clear. ran my 4 miles in great time. had a bite to eat and headed out to hike with the dogs. we had the viszla crew with us for the long weekend and the three dogs were so excited when they realized where we were going. dix squealed for the last couple of miles and ellie felt the need to join her in the back seat, leaving sholti alone in the way-back. it was a lovely day for a hike. lots of birds active and tons of spiders i had to apologize to for knocking down their webs. the dogs were thrilled to be romping. and ellie managed to find something stinky to roll the side of her head in. she got the gunk, i think some sort of scat, in her ear she was so enthusiastic about it. sholti only found a little to roll in. dix managed, as usual, to get a wound, her elbow this time. and when we returned home to crash for the afternoon, i found 15-20 seed ticks (you know, the ones that are smaller than little freckles) on my legs and torso, only some of which were attached. i did not find any ticks on the dogs, but if they were seed ticks, i could never find them on dix and i must have missed them on sholti and ellie. sunday's jaunt to chris greene was a repeat on the excitement about where we were going. dix squealed and this time sholti joined her in the back seat. it was a little warmer and more humid than saturday. there was no rolling in scat and there were no ticks. all in all a lovely romp.

and today the viszlas go home. dix and laurens will be sad, but pleased to have their routine back. laurens likes ellie, which i always find amusing, because he and sholti have such an odd relationship.

going to be a busy week, but a good kind of busy. all 4 now.