Bliss

Bliss is defined as perfect happiness, utter joy or contentment.

Winter makes me feel that way.

Even though there's very little snow on the ground, due to the rain and mild weather of the past week, I could not wait anymore. So tonight, when I got home for work, I went snowshoeing.

The sun was allready behind the trees but the trails were calling me!

I always like to bring a dog with me and Anouk is the perfect companion. She loves to explore the trails and to have the chance to run as much as she wants. She won't get distracted to the point of chasing a deer should we meet one.

She probably runs two or three times the distance I walk because she's going back and forth all the time. (Blurry picture because I did not have the right setting on my camera for an 'action shot'). But she was coming full throttle at me with a smile on her face...I kid you not!

She pays attention to every noise around us.

Mother-daughter mittens (Rav project page) are now blocked. I forgot that I also have the embroidery to add to the flower, so I might get to that later this week but in the meantime here is a night picture of what they look like.

I hope you also felt a bit of bliss in your day today!

Mia

Mia is our daughter's cat presently living with us. She is the most playful cat I know. She is also super relaxed around our dogs. She is right there in the middle of them just as comfortable as if she was with her own kind. Our dogs are Golden retrievers, and at first they did not know what to make of her. But now, she is part of the gang.

She is an indoor cat and is only allowed outside on the balcony out of our kitchen. This balcony has no stairs to the yard. So Mia can go out and watch the flies and the birds go by.

She however does one things that drive us crazy. She loves to go perch on a piece of wood that extends from under the balcony.

This perch is right above the dogs yard. At first, it would drive the dogs crazy to see her there, but they do not pay attention to her anymore.
She will have all four legs hangning on either side of the plank and just be.
She watches the dogs below and the birds in the apple tree. Pretty cool, eh?