Due to Sampson’s ACL injury, most of our walking this year has been around our neighborhood. His surgery was the end of March and he had a slow recovery and we weren’t cleared to go onto the trails until sometime in July or August.
Even then, I’ve kept our wood walks to a minimum. Mostly because of the possibility of encountering off-leash dogs, but also due to the challenges of walking in the woods. Fallen trees, rocks, leaves, roots. Anything that might pose too much of a hazard to Sampson.
Typically when we head out the door for a walk I let the dogs choose our path. More times than not they stick around our neighborhood, whether that’s from habit, or they’ve come to enjoy seeing all the other dogs and people, I’m not really sure.
Of course there are the times, like when it’s pitch black in the morning and Sampson is hell bent for the woods when I guide them in a different direction. That also happens if I haven’t doused them with flea/tick spray before leaving the house or if time is short.
Lately I’ve been making an effort to get them up to the woods at least a couple of times a week.
All that being said, I feel I’ve missed so much in our woods this year. I mean last year we went to the woods every day and this year, we’ve been lucky if we’ve been there 20 out of 182 walks.
We totally missed spring.
We did get a couple of days during the summer, but most of the walks have been in the fall.
Basically we went from this
The one photo I took from summer in the woods.
To this.
The field just as the leaves were turning.
To this.
Leaves, leaves and more leaves.
Do you remember when you were a kid? It took forever for your birthday and Christmas to come. School vacation was SO far away and time just seemed to drag. Whatever happened to that? Now it seems like time just flies. We went from spring to fall in a nanosecond.
Am I the only one that feels time is just zipping past?
Schatzie is scheduled for her ACL surgery Nov 14. She hates not being part of our morning walks. I hope our next couple months go fast, fast fast. Great pics by the way. 🙂
I’m with you sister, the days, weeks, months are going faster and faster and when you figure out how to slow them down please tell me. I do love leave’s on the ground photos thou. Have a great night/day tomorrow.
It’s not just you. They don’t make years like they used to….
Yep this year has whizzed past. Have a terrific Tuesday.
Best wishes Molly
Nope you’re not alone. I can’t believe that it is November already – it feels like it should be end of Sept start of Oct!!
Each season it seems like I don’t get to do everything I wanted to, before we’re on to the next one. Time definitely flies by too fast. I can’t believe we’re already heading for the holidays again!
Mom says when she was a kid time was so slow. Weekends were like months, days took forever to pass and she was bored a lot. Adults always said time speeds up and they had enough time. She hated to hear that because it made no sense. Now she has the problem of time zipping right by and not enough time to get everything done. She longs for a bit of boredom because of too much time on her hands. No idea why, but time seems to speed up as humans age.
YES fur SURE…. TIME FLIES….. Esp. when you are having FUN.
The older we get, the faster the time goes. Why? I am not a fan.
I have a theory that the entire universe is speeding up. We couldn’t tell because it is the entire universe and there is nothing for it to be relative to. I would really like to slow it down. Except maybe in the dentist chair.
time sure does fly Im 36 now and I feel like Im on warp speed, I cant believe Ill be 37 in March things seemed to go so much slower in my 20s
retro rover
I agree! I wish I had a little more time, but here it is already November 5th. Wasn’t it just August yesterday?
Monty and Harlow
Hubby and I were just discussing this. As you get older time just flies away. It seems like hunting season just started and now it is almost over.
I feel the same way, Jodi. More so now that I’ve taken a break from my studies again — to take care of Callie, get the house and finances in order, and take care of other obligations — the days seem to melt into each other. Before we know it, Christmas will be upon us. Time to slow down and smell the coffee!
You are not the only one! I feel the same way. I’m glad that Sampson can go in the woods now, though!