It's not always raining

Forest path

 

Shake it off...

Love this dog. :) 

Heavy traffic...

A light dusting...

The mountains were snowy, and patches of higher ground. 

It was very sunny tho, and muddy not frozen underfoot. Not a season so much as all seasons. 

Some were more happy than others with the snow - Stella did a billion laps of the paths, up and down, up and down. 

As a single coated breed she wears that coat to keep her warm, but I'll be honest I am very grateful it keeps part of her clean(er) Trust me, this is not a good season to be house proud..

We're not in Kansas any more

• or Wales.
  
  
  
  One of the best things about not living in a city is; the excitement of visiting a city. For at least an hour of the car drive you are excited anyway. And then its just too far, and you can't remember why you are going. 
  For the first few hours in a City it is exciting and so new (and really expensive) Its a bit glamorous,, its full of the most amazing choices, and waaaaaaaay to full of people.  
  And nobody talks to anyone. Nope. A thousand people all walking along a street or lining up for something or waiting to cross the road together and nobody makes eye contact or speaks.  And you knew this. Having been a city dweller, you DID this. But now it's really weird.  Even in the gorgeous morning rush photo I took below there was no voices. Unless they were on a phone and talking loudly, or tooting car horns,  they certainly didn't talk to each other, not to me, or say excuse me, or smile or... acknowledge anyone else.  It was rather disconcerting.   Hustle and bustle, were everyone knew exactly where they were going and the rest of us were quite simply in the way.
  

Ponies with friends...

Its a pretty common sight, the wild welsh ponies hanging out with the common grazed sheep. Looks like such an idyllic setting. Of course the ponies are ever opportunists, driving the farmers crazy with their eating of the sheep feed.... its not uncommon to see tractors or quads herding the ponies away from the food. Only of course for the ponies to come straight back once the farmer gives up ;) 

Bright spring sun

Certainly lifts the sprits. This was taken on the first day that it even hinted at spring...

Castell Dinas hike

A foggy cold day, with gale force gusts of wind... and a crazy long hike to get to the 'highest castle in England and Wales'. That turned out to be rubble. Not mostly rubble, but just rubble. The arch in the picture? that was the most built bit. STILL!  was actually a fun first venture into the Black Mountains.

 

Spring day

Perfect weather, perfect view...

Monks pond,

22/2/19