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Morning Walk at Tin Dragon Cottages

Rusty waiting for her morning walk at Tin Dragon Cottages
Rusty the Kelpie

Tin Dragon Cottages Winter

My greatest pleasure of the day is a morning walk with Graham and Rusty. Rusty nearly wags her hips off with excitement with the mention of Rusty! Come for a walk! If you have a dog you’ll recognise this enthusiasm. So, we head off down our front road alongside the Ringarooma River in Branxholm.

Morning Walk: frost on the ground at Tin Dragon Cottages
Deep blue sky of a frosty morning

Sometimes we see a rabbit and more rarely–a platypus in our dam. But lately we have been accompanied by our herd of alpacas.

Occasionally Rusty meets up with other dogs taking their owners for a morning walk on our road.

Rusty following a side trail on her morning walk at Tin Dragon Cottages
Under a soft light
Rusty meeting another dog on her morning walk at Tin Dragon Cottages
Rusty greets a friend
Rusty meeting another dog on her morning walk at Tin Dragon Cottages
Alpha female Rusty

…and most mornings we meet our Branxholm neighbours and their goats.

Graham on the road at the entrance to Tin dragon Cottages, frost on the ground and a deep-blue sky
Love a crisp winter’s morning

After the walk it’s time for a well-earned rest…

This photo essay was first published 13th August 2016 by Christine Booth. Originally published on Blogger, it has been re-posted to the Tin Dragon Cottages blog. Sadly, Rusty the Kelpie died in late 2017. She was about 16 years-old.

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