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bread

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Upper 50s this morning - hasn't been this cool since April. Pan had the worst case of zoomies on our walk this morning. He was bouncing around at the end of the leash like he'd eaten a bucket of helium.

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A first for this blog: fashion! Austin teen sensation wows New York fashion week.

IMHO, the first outfit in the photo set is fabulous.

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A tarantula hawk wasp dragging its prey across the trail.

(Sorry about the quality: Dusk, border collie in one hand, phone in the other...)

snippets, 9-10-2014

Why Walking Helps Us Think: "A small but growing collection of studies suggests that spending time in green spaces—gardens, parks, forests—can rejuvenate the mental resources that man-made environments deplete...A crowded intersection—rife with pedestrians, cars, and billboards—bats our attention around. In contrast, walking past a pond in a park allows our mind to drift casually from one sensory experience to another, from wrinkling water to rustling reeds." (h/t dangerousmeta!)

In a similar vein, The Way I Walk is Just the Way I Walk: "As daily life becomes increasingly confined to indoor environments, researchers have identified a progressive shrinkage of human sightlines, which for many people now tend to be largely confined or constrained to the dimensions of a vehicle or a room..."

great grandparents R visit

Great Grandma and Great Grandpa R flew in from afar to meet their granddaughters. It was a nice visit. (Click through for a G+ photo album.)

:)

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cottonwood

pj and fawkes

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