Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

They promised snow and for once they got it right. Okay, it has rained all day, so I wasn’t holding my breath for a beautiful snowy vista from the window. But it did snow. And Ani dashed outside chasing snowflakes, catching them and licking them off the grass, insisting the doors be kept open for her to play…

Getting a clear shot was impossible as she dived around in delight as the first flakes fell. I eventually conviced her to come in, with promises of a long walk at whatever hour a decent amount of snow fell… if it did. She was not pleased… but by this time I was freezing.

Sadly, the snow stopped after half an hour, melting away as if it had never been, replaced by the standard soggy drizzle. And the boundless energy of the happy hound was replaced by a distincly mournful mutt as I…