Braving the North Sea

We've been very busy for a few weeks with friends that came to visit in the end of April, some other arrangements, and the time needed for me to recooperate from all the activity. That's why I'm so slow getting things online. Right now I am also busy filming Molly for a Virtual Levels Competition, but you'll see the results of that once I am finished (have to be done by the 16th).

For now, here are some pics of the girls from when we went to a beach along the North Sea with friends. (Our usual beach is on the Kattegat).

Sunday Afternoon's Beach Trip

Sunday afternoon turned out to be the perfect time for a trip to the beach. Because I'm not up to walking very far, we weren't able to walk to the closest beach. As we were driving anyway, we checked the wind direction and determined that we should head to the east coast, which is where we usually are anyway.

We went right around the time when most people were eating dinner and not long before sunset. It was a little chilly, so we needed gloves, but the girls enjoyed it. Spent some time playing with the frisbee then with the ball. We also did some recall training. Both girls were off leash and very reliable.

Much to our surprise, Molly eagerly went into the water. The tide was out, so there was a good bit of water on the beach itself. Shawnee didn't want to get wet, so wouldn't go after the toy when it went that direction. Shawnee had a great deal of difficulty retrieving anyway. She is teething and has lost her lower canines. It turns out that it's very hard to pick up a frisbee without lower canines.

True Color Thursday -- Blue

I'm sorry about the possibly rerun pictures today, but my hands are hurting so I'm not up to much.


Here is Molly with her bunny on the blue rug in the living room. She is under the coffee table, one of her favorite spots to hide out.























Here we are in the US. Me, Molly, DH, and my mom. We are watching a sheepdog demo. Note the blue jeans (x2), my blue hat, and my mom's blue shirt. My dad took this picture.












I just love this picture of Nashville and it is one of the first I thought of for this theme. It just feels so BLUE everywhere. Blue sky, blue AT&T building, other blue building, DH's blue shirt and jeans...

We really had a great tour of the city but that was an exhausting day for me and Molly. For my DH too. My wheelchair is a little too short for him to be able to stand up straight and push. He finally figured out hwo to fix it after we got home.





Very blue mat. Molly and I are training with Erin and Ziva here. You can read about Ziva in her blog, the SAR dog one!




This beach and ball picture of Molly and her daddy is from a year ago. we don't get to the beach as often these days because I can't walk so well. But here you can see blue sea and blue sky.



Puppy Molly on the blue carpet with a blue football (soccer ball for us Americans). That ball didn't last too long, but she loved it while it did. Now she has a sturdier one, but it isn't blue...


Border collies also come in blue! This is Josie, a rescued blue merle that lives with our friends Brenda, JJ, and Jake. We didn't get to meet Josie, because she wasn't there yet when we visited, but we think she is awesome anyway! Picture courtesy of Brenda (aka OurBoys).