2/17/2020 – Monday

How is it that I get out the door later on workdays than on weekends? *side eyes my dog* Walk started at 5:33 p.m. and it was a clear but drizzly pre-dawn, which I suppose is a Florida thing? Like I would know otherwise? Sky was mostly cloudless but still pissing on...

2/16/2020 – Sunday

Keely got us out the door by 4:30 am, so it was fully dark with no dawn in sight as we headed into the gloom. Today was her day to lead, so we headed southwards to cross 6th Ave. as usual, and in fact did a bog standard loop: backways to 3rd, up to Monroe, down to...

2/15/2020 – Saturday (longform)

Today is officially the first day I have entered the sacred, blessed state of menopause! Which has nothing whatsoever to do with dog walking at dawn, but is important to me. I’ve looked forward to this for many years. I’ll be writing a longer blog post on my website...

2/14/2020 – Friday

It rained last night, and it rained again this morning, so this has been Wet Dog Hours here at Chez Boo.Keely is not a water dog; she does not like baths, puddles, large bodies of water, or rain. Ixnay onay et ainray. But pee waits for no doggo, so out we went into...

2/13/2020 -Thursday

Walked out this morning into some high winds. The inconsistent nature of the gusts tell of a storm later, and on checking my weather app sure enough looks like we are getting a squall around noon or so. Umbrella day. I don’t know what it is about incoming storms but...

2/12/2020 – Wednesday

You know the water is thick in the air when your dog finishes her walk looking like she was run through a car wash. *sigh* I just brushed her out! Now she’s all ragged again. I suspect her fur was designed for snow, the way it knots up to keep water away from her...