Extravayarnza

So, I have a whole bunch of pictures to show. Both knitting & of the pups, but although I uploaded them to the computer & edited them I totally forgot to put them on flickr before I went to work. I did however upload the video I took of Robin & Toshiko at the park yesterday.

Robin has a system worked out... He likes to splash in the water, but he doesn't swim. Toshiko however figured out how to swim last Friday and has totally loved it since then. So, I throw a stick into the lake. Robin watches it, wishing it was his. Toshiko does all the work swimming out to get it. Robin promptly attempts to take it from her as soon as she gets back into the shallows. This generally works out pretty well for him.

I'll be back tonight or tomorrow afternoon with a whole lot more to say. It's been a long week.

Also, for those of you in Lansing. I have a small favor to ask.
As I'm writing this 1/3 of our fantastic dog park is being blocked off due to unexpected popularity. Yes you read that right. The park is so popular they're closing a 1/3 of it (including the beach where this video was taken). One of the people who lives near the park is apparently good friends of our mayor and told him the park was too loud and disturbing the peace of the neighborhood. So he immediately decided that it should close. We found out Sunday night & it will be fenced off by end of day today.
Friends of Lansing Dog Parks has set up a mediation between the mayor, the neighbors, and themselves to hopefully resolve this. However I'm asking for those of you who use to park to write to our local city counsel and the mayors office to explain why the park is important and should remain open. If one person can apparently cause such an instant and dramatic effect in him, hopefully if we all speak up we can change his mind.

Thank You.