Fall La La La La

We have been spoiled with warm weather this September and October, and are trying to soak it in with lots of time outdoors on the weekends.  Lucy has been fun to take along on road trips, but she loves to "hot box" the car which is hysterical, especially to listen to Jose complain about the smell and open the windows constantlyy.  She's also a bit of a frenzy on a leash when it comes to seeing other dogs, so we're working with her on improving behavior a lot.

Here's some photos of adventures this past year.

Jose kayaking under the Zikam Bridge during a guided tour of the harbor and river. We cracked up about learning that we don't need to share a double kayak ever again:

We've been really into pancakes and coffee on the porch on the weekends:

Boston's little ducklings were supporting the home team in June

Sol Lewitt murals at the Mass MOCA museum:

I loved this little non-art exhibit at the MOCA, below:

Lucy at Fresh Pond just a day or two after we first adopted her, eye on the squirrel:

One of my favorite hikes is World's End in Hull where a New England forest directly meets the ocean... it took us three attempts to get Lucy there in weekend rush hour (first time she peed in the car, second time she barfed in the car...oh, the joys) but we made it last Sunday:

 Way up in New Hampshire, not far from where we adopted Lucy:

 and at the entrance to Franconia Notch State Park, NH:

Let Lucy Come Over

Wulp.

We have a wiggly waggidy puppy and boy does she ever love to be the center of attention.

We found this little sweetie through a friend's recommendation of a humane society in Conway, New Hampshire next to the White Mountains.  So she came with a bonus little roadtrip!  She is a pointer mutt, and seems a little pit bull or boxer in the ears, but we don't know her exact muttiness. She is incredibly bright and observant, joyful in playfulness, and just the right size (bigger than a beagle but smaller than a lab). We thought we were getting an "adult" with her being 19 months but it was clear from the first few days that she's a puppy all the way (probably for another six months). She needs a long walk every night and a lot of chewing, but Jose and I look forward to that walk at the end of the work day.

I trade off every other day being cool and happy with this, with feeling overwhelmed from puppy drama, behavior training, and errands/shopping lists.  But we had both been sighing and staring with longing eyes at dogs whenever we went outside the house for the past six months... it was time we gave one a home.