Good Day, Sunshine

Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day. Sunny, blue sky with temps in the low 60s. Annie got to go on two long walks: first with me through the park after I got home from work and again after dinner with me and Rod. I'd really like to take my camera on these walks, but for some reason, Annie's afraid of the camera. It's amazing how she knows when one of us has picked the camera up, even if she's in the other room. As soon as she hears the click of the power button, she run upstairs to her bed. We think she got scared early on when we were taking indoor pictures of her, using the flash. It has the rapid, red-eye reduction flicker, which is annoying to dogs, as well as people!

In any event, I don't have any pictures from our lovely walk. But I do have some from last fall when Rod and I spent a few hours at the Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha while my MiniCooper was having some work done. We just happened upon their Autumn Festival and enjoyed wandering around the 100-acre site. It felt more like July than October, as I recall, but we had fun looking at the antique tractors on display, hiking up the hill to the Japanese Sunpu Castle Gate, watching the windsocks dance in the breeze, and cooling off from the heat while listening to some live music on the garden terrace. All in all it was a fun afternoon and I hope to get back for the Spring Into Spring Festival in mid-May.

The following photographs are from the Japanese Sunpu Castle Gate.

Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine

I need to laugh, and when the sun is out
I've got something I can laugh about
I feel good, in a special way
I'm in love and it's a sunny day

Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine
Good day sunshine

We take a walk, the sun is shining down
Burns my feet as they touch the ground