After photo club, after grocery shopping, and after lunch, Yoshi and I had a great walk at Macaulay Point Park this afternoon, Walking down there we both enjoyed the sunshine on our faces, but didn’t appreciate the slight breeze. Even though the weather has looked phenomenal, it has been a little cool out.

As I slowly walked around the park Yoshi did his usual romp-pee-romp-about. He always enjoys his walks here, no matter how often he goes. We passed many other dogs also out enjoying the sun. Yoshi showed no interest in playing with anyone, so we kept going. Finishing our usual loop, I took a side trail that made a nice extension to our walk.

I took my camera in hopes of catching some good shots. I got a few of Yoshi, and a few good scenery shots. I love being able to do go shooting with my dog, but I still have to be careful with Yoshi. He doesn’t like it when I linger too long, and one time a while ago, he disappeared while I was concentrating on a shot. Scared me when I looked up from the camera and he was nowhere to be seen. No such problems today.

Pics are here.

Yesterday coreman, Justine, and I took OTP and Yoshi on a nice walk at Thetis Lake. I think I took us on the Lewis and Clark trail, but that was the first time I had ever lead that route, and I only felt lost a couple times. Near the end when we were just about to head back to the truck, the pups went in for a swim. My pics of Yoshi didn’t turn out so hot (user error on the camera combined with tricky lighting), but a few of OTP did. Read more for a nice sequence of shot of OTP.

Everyone defines hapiness differently. Dogs are no exception. Recently, Coreman made Yoshi happy by posting about Oscar’s new bed that he got at Costco. This posting reminded me that Yoshi needed a new bed. Tuesday night Yoshi and I trekked out to Costco. While Yoshi waited in the truck, I headed in to make the big purchase. When I got back to the truck, Yoshi’s eyes lit up as I stuffed the big fluffy bed in to the back of my truck. Before I even got it settled he was trying to get on it to lay down. Ahh, the simple things in life make one happy.

Leaving Costco I made myself happy by stopping in at Tims for a tasty Canadian Maple donut. MMmm.

Once home I unstuffed the bed from the truck and placed it in the living room. Oh the luxury. Once in a while throught the rest of the evening Yoshi would let out a groan of delight. He was in pure heaven! Thanks Coreman.

Suede and I should know by now. When something goes missing from the kitchen, it hasn’t sprouted legs and walked away.

There has always been a prime suspect in disappearance cases in our household, and his name is Yoshi. He looks innocent enough, and most of the time he is on his best behaviour, but every once in a while he gets bored and goes counter surfing.

One day he ate most of a baguette that we were drying so we could make bread crumbs (I found piles of crumbs all over the house). One day he decided that our cutting board would be a good chew toy. Another day the wooden salad servers were a wonderfull play thing. A weird one was a drain plug that he chewed the rubber off of. Even weirder, he made the next drain plug disappear completely,and we still haven’t found it to this day.

One day while Yoshi was left outside he grabbed an ice cream pail that we used to store clothes pegs in. By the time we got home it had been shredded into teeny tiny pieces no bigger than a dime.

This all brings me to the latest. While making some pasta last week, I went to assmble our cheese grater. It is one of those hand held Star Frit vareity where you turn a crank,abd the grater wheel shreds the cheese. Problem was we couldn’t find the wheel.

Our housecleaner was in today and when we got home we found the grater wheel on the shelf near the microwave. What makes me think Yoshi took it? The dents and teeth marks in the plastic.

I don’t want to make Yoshi out to be a bad dog. Most of the things he has destroyed came about because we didn’t leave enough play things out for him during the day. It just amazes me that when I couldn’t find the grater I didn’t automatically suspect him. In the past he has mainly goneafter wood and plastic, not metal designed for shredding cheese! (makes me wonder how that felt on his tongue)

Woke up this morning to howling wind and rain pelting the window above my head. Eww. Hoping it would die down I tried to fall back asleep. When I awoke, it sounded even worse.

After breakfast I took Yoshi for a walk in the park. It was still blustery, and rainy, but dressing for it should make it bearable. Braving the wind we headed out the front door. Yoshi didn’t care; he wanted a walk in the baddest way. No big surprise, but we pretty much had the park to ourselves.

Meandering through the small park I stopped may times to watch the waves crash on the beach. I have never seen waves that big hit that beach before. Most were around 4 feet high, others were 5 feet tall. The logs that normally litter the beach were being tossed around in the surf. A deep thud could be heard each time a large wave impacted the rocks of the beach. Through it all the wind was blowing, and the rain was falling.

It was great!

At one location Yoshi and I were about 10 feet above a beach that was built out of boulders to prevent erosion. As each wave crashed a certain way, the spray was thrown up into the air, and the wind carried it towards the path I was standing on. A couple times I felt the spray mist over my face. As I turned to walk away I licked my lips and tasted the saltiness of the ocean.

On our way home Yoshi and begin to get a little perturbed by the sideways rain. It is a little difficult to watch where you are walking when the rain forces your eyes shut. Once in the front door, a quick towel down for Yoshi, and a quick change of clothes for me, and we were both content with our exercise for the day.