This week has been full of animals again - a week plus of taking care of the Malamute and two Huskies that I have dubbed the "Wolf Pack" and the dog plus four cat household. I have been able to get out to the barn both days as well, something that has been harder to do lately with the work of moving back into our house after renovation and the start of spring paddling. I haven't made it up to New Skete again yet to work with the puppies, but June looks good for a couple of visits.
The rise in temperature, now into the 70's, is being noticed by all the animals. The dog who lives with the cats is moving slower when he chases the toy, and the white mare is packing on a daily load of mud to keep away the bugs. Fly masks, mesh masks which go under the halter on a horse's face to keep bugs out of their eyes and ears, are showing up out at the barn. It seems that we just suddenly jumped from late winter into early summer.
We have promised a number of people that we'd get them into kayaks once the water warmed up a bit, and our promises may be called in starting next week. Somehow it seemed that it would be much easier to carve out time a few months ago than it seems now. But at least some are retired or work independent schedules, so I can take some of them out during the day.
This warm weather has been long in coming. I am appreciating it as much as the critters.
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