The Sights and Smells of Soggy

The third week of November is statistically the wettest week in Western Washington and it looks like 2012 is going to follow the pattern. When we woke up yesterday morning it was pouring and had been for quite awhile it seemed. The dogs were not happy about  soggy potty breaks and for the last trip outside before I left for work there was a total boycott by the four-footed ones so back they went into their crates.  It was a nasty day full of rain, wind, power outages, and damp, cold temperatures. However, the rain slowed down a few times to a light drizzle.

Neah out in the yard and enjoying the new sights, textures, and smells of a gray, rainy day

After work and during such a break, I took a chance to get out and let Neah run around a bit. While she isn't fond of full on rain, she was fine with the drizzle and quite fascinated with all the new smells that the rain brings out.

Checking out the Juniper shrub

 

Sniffing to see if there is anything interesting in the lithodora

Helping cut back the perennials

 

There was a lot of snuffling around and a few surprising wrestling matches with shrubs.

She was pretty sure there was something hiding in the Japanese Sedge

 

And then she had an all out wrestling match with a Western Sword Fern

 

Then it started to rain a bit harder.  And more importantly, she saw something...


All alert and checking out what she sees moving in the window

 

What could it be?  Or who?

 

Down in the salal patch for a better view (and to get out of the rain under the Douglas Fir trees)

 

It was poor, lonely Langley. He was ready for his buddy to be back inside.

So it was back inside for the day's 38th round of bitey-face wrestling on the couch.

Life is good.