Sparkle's summer splash
With summer now clearly in the rear-view mirror, here’s a video of Sparkle exploring along the banks of an Indiana farm pond as her new buddy Duke takes a swim.
With the cooler, drier (finally!) weather upon us, we've been taking long walks every morning. Sparkle's energy level is zooming, and she's so eager to get out and about. I've also been taking her out in the backyard more for fetching tennis balls and her toy rubber tires. Even Porter is getting a good romp.
While I'm looking forward to the colorful autumn days and see Halloween displays popping up everywhere we walk, I thought I'd take one wistful last look back to summer with this video of Sparkle frolicking on our Indiana vacation. It reminds me of the "moment with nature" videos at the conclusion of the Charles Osgood CBS Sunday Morning show. Only instead of wolves or elk, we have Sparkle and her pal Duke splashing about in my brother-in-law's pond, deep in the farm country about halfway between Indianapolis and Louisville, Ky.
The Lab you may notice in the background swimming far out into the pond is Duke, not Sparkle. She stayed along the edge and we kept an eagle eye on her.