Katie here.  So the weather guy this morning says that the sun came up at 6:03.  I figured I had waited long enough so I got my Mama up at 6:06.  I didn’t want to rush her out of bed.  But on the other hand, no sense wasting a day of this glorious three day weekend either!

So as my Mama was stumbling around the kitchen making her oatmeal (notice she did not make me anything!) she noticed there was steam rising from the pond across the street and the sun was up and it all looked sort of pretty.  She stopped mumbling about bad dogs and hustled me outside.  I noticed she had her camera and that always excites me because I know it’s gonna be another “beautiful Katie photo shoot!”

We got to walk down the road, and she never lets me do that!  It was so much fun!  We went down our road and around the corner to the neighbor’s pond.  I love going there; I get to sniff where frogs and turtles and other dogs have been.  It smells heavenly!   You should try it some time.

But I didn’t get to smell too much this morning because my Mama stepped on my leash to keep me near her and was taking pictures.  But not of me!   Can you believe it?  She was taking pictures of the pond!

Early morning.

And the moon.

Hello moon!

She doesn’t take long when she’s out in 37 degree weather, sunshine or no sunshine, so soon we were off on my real walk.  I got to sniff a lot of great stuff and she didn’t hurry me at all.  That’s why I love my Mama.  After awhile though we were both pretty wet and cold.  So we headed back to the house where I got my breakfast.  Wow.  I got to go on a walk and it’s not even 7 a.m. yet!  This has been the best weekend ever!

I got a little damp.

Mama promises that on Monday we can have even more fun.  She says she has to weed more gardens today though.  Well.  That’s fun for me because I get to be outside with her all day.  Weeding is fun.  Not as fun as the park but pretty close.

I’m going to take a little nap now.  All this early adventure is exhausting.

shhhhh……