Day 53: A Couple of Really Dirty Dogs

Today was a dull food day.  I'll rush through that and get to the more interesting part of the day. Breakfast: A slice of banana chocolate chip bread and a slice of chocolate/chocolate chip banana bread.  Both loaves were short, as I made gift loaves from the batch, so the slices were small. Lunch: A bean burrito and some home fried potatoes at Taco Bell.  Snack: Hummus and chips and some sesame sticks. Dinner: Romanesco, sweet potato, a slice of Italian bread and a peanut butter, chocolate chunk cookie.  Now to the good part.

The day started with the writing of a very long blog that should have been written yesterday.  Sorry it was so long, but it was loads of fun to write.  I hope you enjoyed reading it.  If you haven't, take a minute to read Day 52 because it was pretty entertaining, if I do say so myself. The pictures below go with yesterday's blog. After the blog update, I read for awhile in the new Percy Jackson book. I'm sure I'm late in saying this, but the books are getting to be really formulaic, so not as exciting as they first were.  Still, every now and then Rock Riorden tosses something fun in, so it is worth it to me to keep reading the series. We did laundry while we read.

Around 11:00, I realized that I needed some big exercise.  It had been several days since I felt like I had worked my lungs and muscles, so it was time to get out and do something about it.  Brian and I went to the same place we walked yesterday, but this time we went twice as far in a little less time.  So we kicked it pretty good and still enjoyed the scenery.  I've attached some photos this time to show what I tried to describe in words yesterday.

Shelf mushroom around a dead log.

Mushroom families seemingly waiting around for a parade to start.

Fern and moss growing on a live tree.

Moss covered branches.  You can see how thin the branch is compared to the moss covering.

The colors of the Northwest. So beautiful. So rainy. So foggy.

This place is really beautiful.  If you look closely, you can see how very wet and muddy the trail is.  It rained the entire time we were out walking today, and the dogs were filthy!  We decided to take them to a do-it-yourself-dog-wash to clean them up a bit before taking them home. All I have to say is that I got my full body workout trying to get Katy clean.

That dog did NOT want to have a bath.  She usually gets a bath no more than 1-2 times per year because her skin just gushes oil if you wash her more often, but this was a necessity. Her feet, legs and belly were caked with black mud and dirt.  Buckley was even wetter and dirtier than Katy, if that is possible, but he is only 30 pounds, so we can push him around if need be.  But Katy is passive aggressive and will sit down or lean hard against the side of the tub rather than get washed. Headstrong, obstinate girl!

That is about it for our day.  I now have to get started on my word count for the novel today.  Wish me luck!

Be happy and healthy!