A short drive - a romp in the woods - a wet, happy dog.
What more could we ask?
Mayapples! wildflowers! Leeks!
--You live that close to Mennonite or Amish country?
What a fun walk!
My last meadow walk was filled with crayfish (crawdads) in the pathways.
And ticks.
Oh dear God, the invisible ticks....
I miss that walk. Pavement with fossil-fuel-burning traffic just isn't the same.