Summer Dreamin'

This past weekend -- with its sunshine and 70-degree temps -- has me remembering (and looking forward to) what humans commonly refer to as "the Dog Days" of summer. Lazing around the fields of North Hero... taking dips in Lake Champlain... lazy hikes on the trails of Richmond, Vermont... running on the dirt roads...

Yep, you can count this dog ready to do all of the above. Granted, at 12 years-old, my running has become a bit more... shall we say... "leisurely." I used to be a running machine. Now, I'm not ashamed to say that a mile here, a couple miles there, stopping to sniff the flowers or just pee on them... that's more my style these days.

My human running partners of course sometimes seem frustrated by this. I'm like, why the rush? Where do you have to be?

For now, though, while it's still May, I'm still just summer dreaming. But I know these dreams will come true. Summer, when you come, I'll be waiting.

-- Oscar