Friday June 19th~

There’s just something about the magnificent 

stubbornness of a morning and its insistence on rising up 

over this beautiful and baffling world, every single day...

 Every morning as we’re having breakfast, Dave 

returns home from his evening job.  As he opens the door

 to his apartment, Charly scoots out.  Acts as if she were

 a prisoner or something.  Whereas Jackson (doggie) 

waits patiently for Dave to take him out for a walk.  

Of course I want to call Charly for foodies,

 but now I wait until Dave has walked Jackson and 

Charly, and goes back in.  Only then will I feed her.

 If she’s around I call her and she comes running. 

 Most mornings Charly just explores them waits 

to be let in.  She rules and she knows it.

All day yesterday it seemed like it was going

 to pour. Never did, but the skies remained gloomy

 most of the day.  By late afternoon early evening a 

beautiful rainbow showed up after a little drizzle.

There are four soccer matches everyday,

 I don’t watch them all but Arvid does. TV puts me 

to sleep really fast better than anything I know.

We didn’t do much. Just watched a lot of TV, 

well Arvid did. I made lunch at home.

 Sniff slept a lot. Overall a pretty relaxing day. 

I thought it was going to be a stay at home day, 

but when the game over Arvid once again asked

 me if I wanted to go for a drive.  Sure did.

Once again we went to Big Cedar Lodge  it
Covers approximately 4,600 acres.  It’s a huge nature 

wilderness where you see all kinds of wildlife. It is 

in full USA mode, celebrating America's 250 years.

Both Arvid and I really love going to Big Cedar Lodge  

We see all kinds of wildlife.  I don't get pictures of it all, 

not because I don't want to, but because the wildlife

 is faster than me.  They run off.  We did see a lot of 

deers among other things.  We even saw turtles 

nesting.  No I did not approach too closely.

Arvid was not in the mood for frozen custard.  

We were walking around and he cannot eat if not

 sitting.  I have no such problem, but instead of custard

 I had a frozen delight.  We had a really good outing.

It’s Friday already. Soon it’s time to go home

 but for now we will enjoy our time here. Sniff and

 I were up early as usual.  Lucky us again.  What 

a way to start the day.  With a stunning sunrise.

The sun is a daily reminder that we 

too can rise again from the darkness, that

 we too can shine our own light...

~Nadiya~