We all know how time flies...and it's had wings the last couple of months!
In early May we enjoyed our trip to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, detailed in the previous post.
The day after we returned from this trip, our neighbor Megan and I participated in the first of the six runs scheduled for the annual Flagstaff Summer Running Series. You may recall from the previous post that it was snowing as we came back from Arches...well, it continued to snow, and the "Run For the Mountain" the next morning was a snowy, sloppy, fun mess for those of us who braved it anyway.
I'm #457, Megan is #486. Yep, that's snow on the ground.
Our dog Maggie has a no-holds-barred quality, and it's especially prevalent during the spring, aka squirrel season. The Abert's squirrel is the local species.
The youngsters chase each other up and down the trees, and if there happens to be a dog in the vicinity who thinks they might catch them, so much the better! After a certain amount of fruitless but intensely enjoyable squirrel chasing, Maggie showed up with a shoulder injury. Some time of waiting and seeing passed with no improvement. I took her to the vet, who prescribed an anti-inflammatory and said if that didn't work bring her back in for some treatment with his newest treatment toy: laser. The AKC Canine Health Foundation describes it this way:
Often
called low-level laser therapy, cold laser therapy or Class IV laser
therapy, by any name, is still a relatively new concept that is being
used more recently to treat dogs with arthritis, tendon or soft tissue
injuries and to promote wound healing. - See more at:
http://www.akcchf.org/canine-health/your-dogs-health/caring-for-your-dog/laser-therapy-for-dogs.html#sthash.vlwbxXXG.dpuf
Often
called low-level laser therapy, cold laser therapy or Class IV laser
therapy, by any name, is still a relatively new concept that is being
used more recently to treat dogs with arthritis, tendon or soft tissue
injuries and to promote wound healing. - See more at:
http://www.akcchf.org/canine-health/your-dogs-health/caring-for-your-dog/laser-therapy-for-dogs.html#sthash.vlwbxXXG.dpuf
Often
called low-level laser therapy, cold laser therapy or Class IV laser
therapy, by any name, is still a relatively new concept that is being
used more recently to treat dogs with arthritis, tendon or soft tissue
injuries and to promote wound healing. - See more at:
http://www.akcchf.org/canine-health/your-dogs-health/caring-for-your-dog/laser-therapy-for-dogs.html#sthash.vlwbxXXG.dpuf
"Often called low-level laser therapy, cold laser therapy or Class IV laser therapy, by any name, is still a relatively new concept that is being used more recently to treat dogs with arthritis, tendon or soft tissue injuries and to promote wound healing." You'd be correct if you guessed the anti-inflammatory didn't do the job as well as I'd like. Maggie had her 4th laser treatment today, and is showing improvement. However, she's been left at home when lots of fun stuff is happening. She takes it well, but often looks like this:
Kinda sad.
That being the case, Maggie was left behind when Lea and I, with our dogs Rue and Gypsy respectively, enjoyed a nice hike up Davenport Hill near Williams.
"The world's favorite season is the spring.
All things seem possible in May."
- Edwin Way Teale
June opened with a trip to Nebraska to visit brother Scott and the bi-annual
A separate post will follow for that trip.
While I was in NE, Megan ran the "Sacred Mountain Prayer Run", the second event of the Summer Running Series, without me:
Though neither Ron nor I claim to be savvy fans of Shakespeare, we enjoyed the comedic chaos of the Theatrikos production of "Much Ado About Nothing".
The last weekend of June, I attended my first International Taoist Tai Chi Workshop in Denver, CO.
A separate post will follow for that trip as well.
While I was in Denver, Megan ran the "Run For Life", the third event of the Summer Running Series, without my company
On June 30, Ron and I celebrated our 37th
We were both committed on the actual day, and celebrated a couple days later. First, breakfast at this long-time local hang-out:
Ron picked this beautiful bouquet from his garden:
We ended the day with grilled salmon, corn, potatoes and tomatoes enjoyed outside on the gazebo.
The late snows and early rains have given us a glorious garden a month early this year. These clematis are representative:
"Spring being a tough act to follow,
God created June."
- Al Bernstein
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