At the Dreaming Dog Café...

... sigh.

Okay, I'm over here now.

Say what you will.

At the Black Dog Café...

... I have just got to break free.

Get your hiking shoes on!

Quit posing!



Get out here!

At the Winter Hawk Café...

... you can talk all night.

At the Winter Walk Café...

... find the light.

At the Hoarfrost Café...

... it's warm inside.

At the Snow Dog Café...

... make a splash.

Skiing... today at Odana Hills...

Meade has a camera strapped to his head.

After the blizzard — a sunny Saturday.

Where's the ball?

Larry, Gus, Ruby, and Zeus.

3 Labs and a Barbet... video by Meade, who brought Zeus to the dog park and encountered the others:

At the Yellow-and-Black Café...

... could you possibly be as happy as Ruby and Zeus?

At the Last Day of School Café...

... a dog and husband waited for me in the fast-falling darkness.

Mountain bike with Meade.

In the Kettle Moraine:



17 minutes... edited from a 2-hour ride, with this GoPro camera strapped to his helmet.

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"Cap City Path with Althouse in 10 minutes."

Meade has another go at editing me biking the Capital City Trail — today, over the lunch hour:



There's sound on this one, but no music track. Meade suggests you play this in the background.

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ADDED: Here's the GoPro camera Meade had strapped to his helmet.

At the Good Dog Café...

... things are just perfect.

Riding the Capital City Trail.

It was amazing to be able to go on a 20+-mile bike ride on the 2d of December in Madison, Wisconsin, but we did it, and it was easy. About 50°. Meade had the GoPro HD HERO2: Outdoor Edition strapped to his helmet, and he edited the trip down to 15 minutes. It's a silent movie, so I recommend playing some music of your own. This is the trail we ride over and over throughout the year, and the video shows what it's like:

At the Sunrise Swim Café...

... converge.

(Video by Meade. ADDED: The camera was the GoPro HD HERO2: Outdoor Edition, which you can buy, along with many other things at Amazon — and if you go in through these link, you'll be costlessly expressing appreciation for this blog. Thanks to everyone who's been doing that. We notice!)

God dog.

Photos, video, and editing by Meade. The soundtrack is in the public domain, but here's the music Meade would use if it were easy to get permission from The Incredible String Band, which I'm nearly sure they would grant. Feel free to mute the sound on Meade's video and play the music at the link.