Later the same day...

 Thankfully it melted away quickly!

 Look what I woke to on the morning of 23 April!

The poor pansies were rather crushed...

The arctic willow was bowed right over by the weight of the wet snow...

The curly witch hazel was a pretty sight...

Bella was enjoying the drizzly rain~

 Ah! My Bella's eyes sure brighten when she is out having fun!

 It's so nice to see all the green returning! ;-)

 Anyone know what this plant is called?  Pretty, eh?

They are never excited when it is time to head back to the car... lol

A Walk in the Forest

 Trying to figure out how to use the new format blogger has imposed upon me here... Forgive the "mess" till I can figure it all out~

The girls and I went for a nice walk in the woods back on the 22nd of April

 Amber and Bella leave Brandy and I in their dust!

 Don't know why it is that kicking their feet up in the forest is just so much fun!

 I spend most of my time just enjoying the peace and quiet...

 and all the interesting smells, patterns and colors~

We could (and usually do) walk in there for hours...

Running on high speed!

Good Lord but these girls had energy to burn!

Even Brandy was taking to the wild side!

Of course, Bella was way out front!

I do so love her spirit, but it exhausts me too somedays~

The girls were running around in the long grass again, on the way back to the car...

Man they were just full of it!!

So, better to be safe than sorry, I leashed them long before we got near the road! Funny how fast a leash will slow them down...

Group Photos...

Yeah... right! Just try to get three dogs to all look my direction, at the same time, when out at a place like this... Not going to happen! But, at least they were all up on the stone at the same time... lol

Now this is my Bella!!

She and Amber were enjoying the view from a little higher angle for a while...

Then they saw a sandpiper and we off chasing!

The "prize" Bella brought me back... (actually, she had it clamped in her teeth and was not giving it up for the world... lol) Yuck!

How they love to play~

You can usually tell Brandy, cuz she stays on the path more, while the others frolic in the bushes, grass and weeds - trying to get burrs and ticks... (kidding, but they do catch them, on ocvcassion)

Face into the wind, to enjoy all those "fun" scents, from farmer's fields... (yuck!)

Amber saw a duck out on the pond...

Can YOU see it? It is a tiny speck, way on the other side, to the right a bit... I used the telephoto lens to look at what they were engrossed in... that's how I know...

Interesting to find things that actually cause them to stay still for so long outdoors...