Lakes Region Reflections
Selasa, 15 Mei 2012
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It's Spring in the Lakes Region.
We know this because we had our first honest-to-goodness Spring rain today. A good sputtering downpour but temperatures above 50. Tomorrow should be even warmer with maybe more rain. So you can wear a Spring jacket. Stay out of puddles and a walk to the post office will probably do you some good.
Or take a walk down the WOW trail... that's the 3-mile long "Winnipesaukee-Opechee-Winnisquam" trial adjacent to the railroad tracks in downtown Laconia. The multi-use trail (which may someday be part of a statewide trail system connecting much of the Lakes Region to the North Country) is pleasant place on a warm but sun-less day.
Local artists have painted colorful murals on the backs of buildings facing the trail. (Some are not quite 'filled-in' so you wonder if they never got around to completing it or whether the white sketched-in areas are left blank to let your imagination take a role in the creative process.)
Along the walk, you'll see children, teenagers, bikers, runners... Usually a few young moms out strolling their babies.
The wacky weather of 2012 - channel 9 says we've had the warmest 12 months ever recorded - continues to "confuse" some of our natural surroundings.
The lilacs, which tried to sprout during the hot temperature spurts early this Spring, have finally come around... they're beautiful flowers with a wonderful aroma. (And New Hampshire's state flower!)
A shy bluejay can be seen winging back-and-forth between branches... What's he up to this time of year?
And some squirrels appear to be gathering nuts.
"You just can't tell when winter is going to come this year," they probably say to one another.
You may also meet Bob McCarthy, who's out walking his new Picardy Shepherd named Bo.
Bo is only one of two Picardy Shepherds in New Hampshire, he says.
It's a beautiful dog, with brown hair and a face that hints at both its shepherd and terrier heritage...
But Bo is mostly a puppy right now. "He loves people," Bob explains, as he tries to keep the happy pooch from jumping up on you.
"And he's very playful," he adds, just as Bo decides to start playing with his leather leash by pulling on it with his teeth.
This is not much fun for Bob, who tells his pet firmly, "No!"
But Bo isn't interested.
This is the most fun he's had in the last 15 seconds, so he keeps pulling and Bob keeps trying to bring his young charge under control - which is naturally kind of difficult when the dog has its end of the leash in his mouth instead of simply attached to his neck where his owner can control him.
"It doesn't help that 'Bo' sounds so much like no," Bob sighs.
"Maybe I'll try German," he says, reflecting on Bo's more popular canine cousins.
"Nien!'" he shouts.
But Bo wants nein-thing to do with it.
He's having too much fun taking Bob for a walk in the drizzling rain.
We know this because we had our first honest-to-goodness Spring rain today. A good sputtering downpour but temperatures above 50. Tomorrow should be even warmer with maybe more rain. So you can wear a Spring jacket. Stay out of puddles and a walk to the post office will probably do you some good.
Or take a walk down the WOW trail... that's the 3-mile long "Winnipesaukee-Opechee-Winnisquam" trial adjacent to the railroad tracks in downtown Laconia. The multi-use trail (which may someday be part of a statewide trail system connecting much of the Lakes Region to the North Country) is pleasant place on a warm but sun-less day.
Local artists have painted colorful murals on the backs of buildings facing the trail. (Some are not quite 'filled-in' so you wonder if they never got around to completing it or whether the white sketched-in areas are left blank to let your imagination take a role in the creative process.)
Besides the WOW trail.
The wacky weather of 2012 - channel 9 says we've had the warmest 12 months ever recorded - continues to "confuse" some of our natural surroundings.
The lilacs, which tried to sprout during the hot temperature spurts early this Spring, have finally come around... they're beautiful flowers with a wonderful aroma. (And New Hampshire's state flower!)
A shy bluejay can be seen winging back-and-forth between branches... What's he up to this time of year?
And some squirrels appear to be gathering nuts.
"You just can't tell when winter is going to come this year," they probably say to one another.
You may also meet Bob McCarthy, who's out walking his new Picardy Shepherd named Bo.
Bo is only one of two Picardy Shepherds in New Hampshire, he says.
It's a beautiful dog, with brown hair and a face that hints at both its shepherd and terrier heritage...
But Bo is mostly a puppy right now. "He loves people," Bob explains, as he tries to keep the happy pooch from jumping up on you.
"And he's very playful," he adds, just as Bo decides to start playing with his leather leash by pulling on it with his teeth.
This is not much fun for Bob, who tells his pet firmly, "No!"
But Bo isn't interested.
This is the most fun he's had in the last 15 seconds, so he keeps pulling and Bob keeps trying to bring his young charge under control - which is naturally kind of difficult when the dog has its end of the leash in his mouth instead of simply attached to his neck where his owner can control him.
"It doesn't help that 'Bo' sounds so much like no," Bob sighs.
"Maybe I'll try German," he says, reflecting on Bo's more popular canine cousins.
"Nien!'" he shouts.
But Bo wants nein-thing to do with it.
He's having too much fun taking Bob for a walk in the drizzling rain.
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