Yesterday the little guy was 10 months old, and we celebrated with a hike on the Leatherstocking Trail (with "Aunt" Lois.) He had a great time sniffing everything, and checking out all of the plants and swamps and little brooklets.

We were told that a tired dog is a good dog, and the heavy rain today precluded us from taking Asher for anything more than short walks. So he didn't get tired, and he didn't get sleepy and he was atypically cantankerous. And the 3 hour power outage didn't help anyone's mood around here. But the weather will be better tomorrow so we'll get him out, and we're even contemplating a trip to Ward Acres on Monday!