Like Letting A Dog Jump In A Lake

Part of why I’ve been spending all summer trying to get in the water is because there is nothing that snaps my border collie brain out of going in circles and worrying faster than just going from Dry to Wet. When that Wet is maybe 60 degrees? Oooooh yeah, that’ll get the anxious-dog brain distracted and happy:

A white woman in a red sports bra and a baseball hat sits down in a mountain stream. Her mouth is open in a gasp.

A white woman in a red sports bra and a baseball hat lies back in a mountain stream with her legs out. She is smiling but kind of wildly.

All that to say, it was a nice little afternoon up the river and I warmed up in the sun right away. That sun was SO golden:

A bee in a sunflower with the light coming through the petals

A mossy rock in the river with the water flowing over it.

White Queen Anne's Lace in bloom in focus in the foreground, with purple asters in the background out of focus.