Oscar and a Long Walk

This is Oscar, Maxine's friend. She met Oscar last year when we were preparing for Hurricane Rita. There was a chance Oscar was going to have to stay with us through the storm, but his plans changed. He was the first dog we ever saw Maxine play with!

Today he came over and we went to an Arbortoreum. Do you know what that is? It is a place with a lot of trees and this one has a lot of trails you can walk. We took a really long walk, even though it is VERY hot out. At least we had the shade of the trees and the cool, damp earth from yesterdays storm. Maxine and Oscar had a great time.

This picture is of a very tired Maxine after the walk.

When we got home, Maxine wouldn't play and chase Oscar until the very last possible minute, literally just before he had to go home. Then they got out there, ran and chased and lept and had fun!

As we sat outside and watched them play, I saw this BIG bug and told Oscar's owner to look at it since it was right next to her. Well, she didn't like it at all! She got up and started screaming, "Yucky bug!"

What do you think about this bug? It is called a STINK BUG.


PS: By the way, guess who did NOT like Oscars visit at all? The Black Radishes! They all raced to higher ground except Lulu and when she found herself face to face with Oscar she didn't like it one bit!