Now that it’s spring, it’s time to celebrate that we live at the beach. All winter we deal with living at least 5 miles from anything useful (gas station, coffee shop, grocery store, etc), being at least 30 minutes from most places, and living on a peninsula at the end of the earth, so we are some of the last streets the town plows. We live with all that because we are a 5 minute walk from a beautiful beach and a great little park.

Forget the overcast skies and chilly winds! Spring is here, so we trek to the beach! There are a limited number of days when dogs are allowed on the beach in the spring (through Memorial day), so we take advantage of them while we can.

Australian Cattle Dog folk often say, “a good cattle dog is a tired cattle dog”. Very true. It’s also very true of my daughters. A walk with the dogs and then a trip walking around the beach, plus some spring cleaning will make for very calm, quiet girlies!

At least until they get some rest, then all bets are off. (check out the cute sleeping puppy picture)