happy australia day and running in the pindan

 

australia day was yesterday (26 of Jan), though many call it invasion day. anyway it's a bit like our fourth of july except more "bogan." that is apparently equivalent to trailer trash. so that's fun! i had the day off and was totally unproductive. i read a book all day and miski napped with me on the couch between walks on the marsh.  so cute.  that evening jose and i went to a potluck party at a co-workers house and had a blast! my bogan name is shaniqua and jose's is jamario.  we even got honorary australia tattoos (fake).   then today, a bit rough around the edges, we went for a run on the marsh with miski! after all the beautiful, cool rain we've had here it was unbearably hot in the sun today.  we had a lovely, sweaty, pindan-y run and then went home for some leftovers. pindan is the name of the red earth here.  we have loads of video of miski running, rolling, shaking paws on the Derby 2011 Album so happy australia day everyone!

chasing a storm

i know i keep saying this but each storm keeps getting even stronger than the last and is more incredible than the ones before.  i went for a walk with miski today around 5pm. the usually salty, dry, dirty marsh had become an ocean. it was spectacular. the bridge that usually houses a wee bit of water trickling under it had become a full fledged river where the dogs can swim. you could see storm clouds brewing on the horizon. i ran home to get the camera and jose. jose didn't want to go as far as i did so i ran back again to the bridge, taking photos. well i got caught on the way back in the beginning of the downpour and the winds were so strong it was actually kind of scary. i love the storms and the sky here but i was sad to discover that our backyard has become flooded with this particular rain (never happened before) and now miski cannot sleep outside tonight...should be an interesting evening. we have about 1/2 a meter of space for her to pee outside. poor thing. anyway check out the rest of these amazing photos.