A few years ago we learned that Tiva has hip dysplasia in one of her hips. In order to delay surgery, we put her on a steady training regimen that includes lots of walking and swimming. Since the lakes freeze here in the winter, the easiest way to insure that she gets lots of swim time is for her to swim in a hot tub! She loves her weekly dips and Summer joins her, too. When she gets home she usually goes crazy in the yard! Here are pictures of her swimming, of her getting a bath afterwards (Thanks Melinda Ciricillo for the photo!), and of her drying herself off (once in the snow and another time in the sun)!
When I was growing up in North Carolina, March 1st, my birthday, signified the first day of spring. After my birthday I knew the flowers would pop up and soon it would be hot. In Colorado, however, March 1st is the beginning of snow season... This year Andy and I went snowshoeing at Rocky Mountain National Park for my birthday. It was a blizzard and in the teens in Boulder, calm and cool when we started and 43 degrees when we finished a couple of hours later! Driving back to Boulder the temperature plummeted and we were back in winter. That night, something magical happened to the trees on Flagstaff. Here are some pictures to show the season's finest. (Click on an image to enlarge and view all as a slideshow)
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