It's Porch Puppy Time!

The trees have leaves and the sun is shining some warmth down on us finally!  That can only mean one thing - Summer is not too far away!  I have 15 more days to work and then I am officially on summer break until August.  Finishing my 24th year working for the school you would think I was used to having summers off and it would be no big deal.  Oh no!  You would be wrong if you thought that.  I'm as bad as the kids - I can't wait for lazy summer days filled with hikes and morning cups of coffee on the deck.




I love to sit on the deck, steaming cup of coffee in hand, and dogs at my feet.  Coffee just tastes better with a couple of "porch puppies"!  The best time of the day is when it is barely light and the birds are all waking up, singing their merry tunes to greet the new day.  Missy, our old chocolate lab who has crossed the Rainbow Bridge, was the Queen of Porch Puppy-dom.  I used to sit on the porch and Missy would sit right beside me - gazing into the woods, watching for squirrels or deer.  Suzy was just a young pup then and she would sit on the porch beside Missy.  That is until a chipmunk was spied scurrying along the hill, or a squirrel.  Or any kind of real or imagined critter that needed checking out.  Now Suzy is the grown up and she'll sit by my side gazing into the woods, content to wait for that scrap of poptart or bagel to drop to the floor.  Annie is now the pup - content to sit on the porch beside Suzy for all of about 5 seconds. 

                                                           

The yard is too full of things to explore to sit on the porch! 


                                                




Annie is a fairly smart puppy and she is eager to copy whatever Suzy is doing, so I'm hoping her sits on the porch grow longer.  Who knows - by the end of the summer she may just stay on the porch while I drink an entire cup of coffee! 


After my peaceful morning coffee, I got to work and did a few chores.  Then I found a perfect trail for Kristal and myself, along with her Maggie and my Suzy, to hike later this morning.  Annie is not quite big enough to walk as far as we go so she'll have to stay home.