Thursday, July 20, 2006

More Dogs at the Beach

Thought I would share some pictures taken Monday night. It's been a while since I pictured Sadie and you can see how much she has grown. She was at 46 pounds at her last official weigh-in.
As I have said before, there is just so much for dogs at the beach. Surf lines to chase and run away from. Sea birds to chase. Pungent kelp and seaweed to smell. Dead birds, fish and sea animals - we saw a decomposed cormorant and a dead spiny lobster. I imagine one of the circles of Dog Heaven must be a beach.

Sadie found this yummy rotten sea lion carcass and was ready to dive right in. It took a number of very stern calls of SADIE!! to convince her it wasn't a good idea and to bring her back to Connie's side. And Matt worries about skunks.

We live in that unique stretch of the California coast that runs east-west instead of north-south. That explains the sun's position in this obligatory sunset.

3 comments:

Matt Mullenix said...

OK Reid you've got me beat on the stink potential there. We are short on large dead marine mammals here in Baton Rouge.

Unless nutria count??

Reid Farmer said...

You have more nutria than we have sea lions and they smell just as bad so we probably break out pretty even

Heidi the Hick said...

Thank you for the photos! (I had no idea blue flowers grew on trees.)

You've got two beautiful dogs!!