Still Walkin' and it's COLD

Speaking of "Cold", Steve's home with one. Not just your normal cold but the whole added chest congestion too. He's become a permanent fixture on the couch which places him halfway between the warm fireplace and the kitchen.... his two favorite places. He's been trying to work from home like the dedicated scientist he is, but I manage to keep him pretty sedated, and smelling like "giant menthol man". I fixed him Parsnip/Onion Soup for lunch...... it did the trick!! Trying to sleep... heating pad in place. At the other end of the couch is Dash keeping Steves' feet warm. Who could NOT want their feet warmed by this cutey? So we had our breakfast, and after I had Steve all warmed drugged and the fire blazing, I went out to collect firewood from the back yard. I reckon I should have consolidated it a little earlier in the year!! The temp today was suppose to reach all of 30-something, so having a warm fire was nice. A few hours into the day I interpreted smoke signals from our neighbors Chris and Miriam...... already Miriam was trying to squirrel out of our arranged outing with the dogs. Sure enough, I checked my e-mail and there it was..... "can we do Yoga instead?" Well this next picture tells what my answer was. Here's the well insulated Miami girl waving HER hello from what Steve calls the Hello Kitty Gloves Off we went into the woods where I learned what it must take to be a GREAT photographer.... and that would be...... no fear of being run over by speeding dogs, just to get the picture.

Here's Miriam crouched in the face of dangerously speeding K-9s with her camera ready.

Here's Miriam trying to squeeze into a hollow tree. Unfortunately she started out this hike resembling Ralphys' little brother in "A Christmas Story" Arms permanently extended because of too much layering. There's no way she'll get into this tree till spring!!

Near the end of our hike we came across one of Harpers Ferrys' local Wild Dogs.

Nice Doggy!! (Photo by Miriam)

Dashs' favorite thing to do.... swim in freezing cold water. BRRRRR!!!!

Dash and Cane..... I'm glad they know each other!!

Miriam and I could only stand for so long watching the two dogs swim before we realized we had started going numb, so with Dash and Cane racing in circles around us we headed back home.

These two pups are gonna sleep good tonight. Here you can see some really great photos of todays walk.

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