Winter Wonderland

This past Thursday, we awoke to find the world covered in white. There was about 6 inches of fluffy snow everywhere and it was still coming down. Olive was, of course, THRILLED! Tim took her for her usual morning outing and she was so busy running in circles, she nearly forgot to do her business.

We left Olive at home while we drove to Tim's work. The roads were quite slippery, but the Neon made it there and back. We were very proud of the little car for making it up a hill that a pick-up truck was stuck on. Tim's fellow Torontonian co-worker was there already. When the weather didn't let up and the city didn't clear the roads the company president sent an email to say that unless you can walk, have all-wheel drive or are one of those crazy Canadian animators you should just stay home.

When Lindsay got back to the apartment, a few of the neighbourhood dogs were out running around so she decided to take Olive out to play. Olive spent about half an hour running in circles and being chased by four other dogs: Bob, Mona, Dune and Lito. Dune and Lito are 7 month old Whippets, so they got a bit cold after a while. Mona is a new addition, she's an Australian Cattle dog that Bob's family saved from going to a shelter after her previous owners were evicted from their house. She and Olive became fast friends, with Mona herding Olive around the parking lot.

One of our Australian neighbours, from the same building as the four dogs, tossed snowballs for the dogs to chase and catch. They all had a grand time and yet somehow when Tim got home Olive was still wired and wanted to go out and play again. She settled for dragging him to the poop area, the mail box, the poop area again (for real this time) and finally back to the apartment.