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October 13, 2022
by dawnkinster 22 Comments

Is it time for Walktober already?

Longtime readers might remember that every October many of us bloggers deliberately take a walk, then post a few (or a lot) of images and descriptions. Robin, over at Breezes at Dawn, hosts the Walktober, compiling everyone’s posts into one at the end of the month.

This year the official dates for Walktober are October 8th through October 24th. But if you need a little bit more time just let Robin know and she’ll try to accommodate you.

It’s so much fun to take you all along on a walk. And it’s fun to read everyone else’s post, to explore a part of the country, or the world, that we might never get to visit any other way.

In the last couple of weeks I’ve been on two walks, complete with friends and their dogs and I’ve considered whether I should use those walks as my official Walktober.

After all, I was walking, and it was October, and better yet, there were dogs!

But ultimately, though these were both really fun walks, I decided to take you with me to a place I’d never been before. And today I explored a new park.

But today’s images aren’t ready for the public yet, and I knew you wouldn’t want to miss pictures of dogs…so I’m sharing those here.

Maybe you’ve done a Walktober in previous years, or maybe you haven’t but think it would be fun. Either way, I encourage you to take some time out of your day and get outside.

Robin’s rules are easy. Take a walk or ride a bike, jog or go for a drive, just get outside, grab an image or two and then post about your experience. Link your post to this post of hers and she’ll be sure to add you to her list of people enjoying the beautiful October outdoors.

And if you’re worried that you don’t have any country trails to share, maybe no autumnal color, well, one year I took everyone to downtown Detroit for my Walktober submission, and had a wonderful time showing you that a city is a great place to walk too.

*There are plenty of beautiful days left in October!*

Look around you, there’s bound to be something, perhaps your own yard, that you’d like to show us.

Let’s spend October sharing our wonderful worlds with each other. I can’t wait to see something of your part of the world!

March 21, 2022
by dawnkinster 24 Comments

Betrayed!

Katie here.

I can’t even believe I have to tattle on mama again. It’s not as if I haven’t discussed time management skills with her before. I even thought, these past couple of years, that she was finally getting the hang of paying attention to me and only me.

But she fell off the wagon yesterday.

*Deuce and his little brother Ace on the shores of Lake Huron.*

While I was home ~~napping~~ supervising my daddy she was off galivanting with other dogs. And worse, they were boy dogs! She can’t fool me, I might be old and deaf but my nose still works just fine!

I can’t believe it! Seriously, I am too old for these kinds of shenanigans. Mama should know better.

*Ace is only 2, and he likes the water. Silly boy.*

She says she thought about taking me but decided the drive would be too scary, what with how I shake when I have to go in the car these days. I told her that she’d shake too if the only place she ever got to go was the vet!

*Deuce is 10 and smart, like me. We don’t like our feet getting damp.*

So she said she was sorry, and she made me my supper and tickled my ears and tried to play lovey-dovey.

*These guys will pose anywhere for a treat. I need to tell them about my one image, one treat clause.*

But I told her there was only one way she could make it up to me, only one thing she could do to make me consider forgiving her this time.

Yep.

That’s how I got to go on a nice long walk with my mama in my park right after supper while the sun was setting.

But shhhhhhh. Don’t tell mama, but I didn’t mind staying home all that much. I got lots of loving from my daddy and lots of naps and I didn’t miss a single meal either.

*That was your one picture, mama, now lets get to walking.*

PLUS I got to make mama feel guilty.

Score.

October 18, 2021
by dawnkinster 30 Comments

My advice – when you’re stressed, take a walk in the woods

Katie here.

Yes, I know you heard from me quite recently, but mama has been really busy and being a responsible dog, I feel the need to fill the void here on ~~mama’s~~ my blog.

*Deuce and me before our walk in the woods!*

Because mama is so busy it’s pretty easy to make her feel guilty about neglecting me. So I’ve been ~~exploiting~~ using that guilt to get her to take me on walks at several parks.

*Sitting together for our obligitory picture in the fall leaves.*

Having wonderful October weather doesn’t hurt either. I think mama should thank me for getting her outside to enjoy the last bit of warm weather before it starts snowing.

Anyway…last week I got to meet up with my friend Deuce and explore Dinosaur Hill, a park over near where he lives with his mom.

*Deuce thinks he’s going to get a treat photo-bombing my shot!*

As you can see, somebody had decorated the park, getting it all ready for Halloween which is coming up soon here in the United States.

We had a real nice walk. So nice in fact that we walked all the way around the little park two times! I felt wonderful, and sometimes I even led out front, something that I never did even back when I was a youngster!

*Hurry up you guys, it smells great over here!*

Mama was real happy that I was real happy.

I guess I should tell you guys, if you don’t already know, that I have some days when I don’t feel so good. It turns out my kidneys aren’t working at full strength.

*Don’t feel bad for me, I’m still a happy girl.*

A few weeks ago the vet said I had progressed to stage 4 kidney disease and that made mama and daddy very sad. But then last week my numbers were a lot better, so now they feel a little bit better.

I don’t know what’s in my future, but you can be sure I’ll parlay it into more walks!

*Deuce thought he’d find treats up there, but nope!*

In fact, a couple days after my Dinosaur Hill adventure mama took me to one of my own parks, Davis Lake Overlook which is right by my house. I call it Katie’s Park II.

It was another beautiful day, kind of windy, but I don’t mind that, wind just makes me more beautiful.

*Me at my park on another beautiful day!*

Mama said we were only going to go a little ways down the trail. She didn’t want me going too far because she didn’t want to have to carry me back. Silly mama!

*I thought we should keep going, right down this big hill. Mama thought I was over estimating my ability.*

We got to the top of a big hill and mama said we should turn back. I said no way! We argued about that for quite some time.

And then I won and we went down the big hill and up the other side and around to my favorite part of the park. I walked all the way back too, I never once asked mama to pick me up.

*We saw a little bit of color. Of course mama had to take a picture.*

So there mama, you don’t have to coddle me! On these bright beautiful fall days I can’t wait to get outside and into the woods!

*I thought maybe I’d find something good under the picnic table. But nope.*

In fact, mama took me to another of my parks tonight, but I’ll save those pictures for another post.

*Hey! Do YOU guys have any treats? Cause mama is restricting treat dispersment around here.*

I figure you’re pretty much overstimulated with all these images of me. Though I have to say, there’s not a bad picture in the bunch. Naturally.

Talk later,

Your Katie-girl, rock star, hiker extraordinaire, and all around glamour girl.

Change Is Hard

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Is it time for Walktober already?

Betrayed!

My advice – when you’re stressed, take a walk in the woods