Daylight Savings Time

The loss of one hour last Saturday has provided Gracie and me with extra daylight in the evenings and we have resumed our weekday trips to Minto. The parking lot on Wednesday was almost full and I expect more and more dogs and people will start returning to the park in the evenings, especially as the weather improves.

Whippet Wednesday seems to be back in action again. When Gracie was still young, she fancied herself a Whippet. She would hang out with that pack. It was a silly sight - several thin-legged, almost frail looking Whippets and then thick-bodied, block-headed Gracie in their midst. She would chase one of them and just as she was about to over take him, the Whippet would kick in his jet engine and disappear in a puff of smoke. Gracie would stagger to a stop and look back at me as if to say: "no fair!" As she got older, she realized she was not a Whippet and that they did not enjoy the same games she did (wrestling in the mud). Happily, there are plenty of labs at the park to accommodate her type of play!

While it always takes me a week or so to adjust to the switch in time, I am grateful for the extra daylight (and happily this week the lack of rain in the evening) to spend time with Grace at the dog park.