Thawing

Hello most humans and many others,

Well, finally! The temperatures finally rose above freezing yesterday, and that should continue today. Around here, one of the main things that means is MDF (Muddy Doggy Footprints.) Mr. Nelson has quite enjoyed the snow, and there's plenty of that still around, but he definitely likes snow plus mud even more!

One problem with Mr. Nelson is that he insists on playing in what were once intended to be flower beds. They are next to the fences, and one of his hobbies is poking his nose, literally and figuratively, into whatever is going on in the neighbors' yards. There are three dogs each in the yards on either side of us. One little terrier who moved in recently is just as nosy as Mr. Nelson. He even escapes into our yard sometimes. I think that he wants to play, but Mr. Nelson will have none of it.

What Mr. Nelson really wants is to run around in the snow and mud and bark and then run inside to tell us what all is going on out there. The only problem is that by the time he is ready to come inside, he is covered in mud. He is so happy about being wet and muddy, he is hard to catch to wipe off his feet when he runs inside. There will need to be a lot of mopping today---which doesn't necessarily mean it will happen.