The past few days we've had our usual 90 km/h winds, which have stripped away the majority of last week's snowfall and turned any remaining snow into ice. But we can still enjoy second day of last week's snowfall vicariously through pictures!
We'd tried for a 'forest' walk. Ha, a forest on the prairie, good one. Basically we stuck to the narrow band of willows and dead cottonwoods along the edge of the Oldman River in Popson Park. It just so happens to be a great place for burrs, unfortunately - Cedar had a serious combing session after this walk!
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| The deadly burr |
Cedar loved the snow as per usual, skulking along like a half-coyote
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| I'm camouflaged by the snowflakes as I crouch here, waiting for...oh right, we're not throwing toys on this walk, damn! |
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| Cookie?! Did someone say cookie? I think I heard something rustling... |
One thing Cedar loves to do is run
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| Wolf-faced flat-coat! |
Standing still is relegated to sniffing grass stems to find out which animals have passed by
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| Hmm, a hint of sweat and deer poo, with a slight musky overtone. Coyote, perhaps? |
Or 'getting in' to wait for further instructions (not always treats, Cedar!)
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| But the treat bag is right there! I could just help myself to something tasty! |
She doesn't stay still for long - as Tammy said, she's like the Energizer bunny!
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| More wolf-faced flat-coat |
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| Multi-tasking: running and sniffing simultaneously. While fading into the snowflake camouflage... |
One last shot of her running through the remains of a dead cottonwood and we ran out of forest (and found too many burrs).
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| Yee-haw! |
Until next time - time to take this happy girl back home.
Those burrs will be the death of me one day. Whenever I see Coulee heading in their direction, my voice goes up a few octaves. :)
ReplyDeleteHa I can imagine, Coulee has soooo much fur to trap burrs in. Like Tsuga did!
DeleteBeautiful pictures. What will Cedra do when winter is over?
ReplyDeleteJan