Beach-time!

We were supposed to do this on our first day back, but the weather didn’t cooperate. So today, we finally headed to the beach. It was the perfect temperature, beautiful blue sky, great waves, got a fabulous cup of coffee and blueberry muffin – we were a happy little family enjoying the day together. Some guy walked by us on the beach and said “Doesn’t get much better than this!” Yup.

Ani – perhaps due to a bit of separation anxiety, or perhaps because she didn’t get out much over the last 3 weeks – was a bit funny. She didn’t seem to be as exploratory as usual, and she also seemed to need a refresher on how to interact with other dogs. It was like she was testing out every possible social reaction with the dogs we encountered: bark at, chase, stalk, ignore, fight, play, lie down and let all the dogs come to her. Not sure what she figured out - she ended up just sitting by us. She also got to chase seagulls, which made her happy.



And a random note: Julie, a fellow grad student and Ani’s housemate while we were in the States, didn’t dip her toes in the ocean until 1 day before she moved back to the US! Ben and I couldn’t believe it! Sydney is ON the coast – it took us less than a week after arriving before we got to the beach. Oh well – to each their own.

And on a reflective note: today was also the Sydney marathon. A year ago, Ben was supposed to be running the marathon on an equally gorgeous day, but managed to contract a respiratory infection the week before, so we went hiking in Ku-ring-gai NP, instead.