A Perfect Day for Hiking, Splashing, and Sunning

Today was a beautiful day for enjoying the Adirondacks.

While Elise hosted an Internet Radio Show, Barbara and I escaped to hike the trail to Tenant Creek Falls in Hope (NY). This photo is of the infamous "tree on the rock." If you've ever looked at an Adirondack photography book or calendar, you may have seen this tree. The photo is by photographer friend Judy Olson. (Thanks, Judy!)

To cool down, we headed to the Great Sacandaga Lake at the Northville Boat Launch, where Barbara Boo Bear waded ..

splashed ... (She loves water!)

and posed in the posies. (She's getting bigger and becoming quite the ham!)

We ended our afternoon by "sun-napping" on the boat launch. I was awakened by one wet tongue in the ear. (At least Barbara's tongue doesn't feel like sandpaper -- unlike the tongues of the two Smalley Siamese kittens!)

What will tomorrow bring?

Into the Wilderness

One of my favorite books is Sara Donati's Into the Wilderness. I read it shortly after moving into our family's log cabin in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, the setting for Donati's story.

We are ready for a new adventure and are now moving "out of the wilderness." Our log cabin is for sale.

To see photos of the cabin, inside and out, and to learn more about the property, please visit the listing.

Any inquiries should be directed to the listing agent, Loretta Weldner, at Coldwell Banker Arlene M. Sitterly, Office: (518) 762-9885.

(It would make a wonderful writer's or artist's retreat!)

Just a Day at the Spa

I want a dog's life -- well, at least, this dog's life!

Today, while my daughter, Elise, had a behind-the-scenes tour of the Tang Museum at Skidmore College with her art club from Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Barbara, the guiding eyes puppy, and I went to the spa.

We spent the afternoon at Saratoga Spa State Park, where Barbara ...

strolled along the mineral deposits ...

swam in the creek that runs through the park ...

ran like a crazy lab ...








and sampled water from one of the medicinal springs. (She wasn't impressed with this last activity.)

She came home to have her first bath, as her coat smelled of sulfur from one of the springs. (She thought it would be fun to "roll in the rust."

Now, she is meditating (sleeping). Lucky her!