Spring and swimming

Spring is coming. It is hereby declared and official. True - it should have been here a long time ago in Vilnius, and, true, it is not very warm, but it is definitely here. All the snow has disappeared - maybe a long time ago, but I just came back from the northern part of Norway, where there is still plenty! - and birds are singing. A combination of spring and Sunday is the best thing there is; enough time to load the car, drive to some good place and go for an extra long walk. Trakai is one of our favorite places, so Trakai it was. There is a long path around the Trakai lake, plenty of grass to run on, water to check out, other dogs around houses surrounding the lake. In short - a heaven for dogs. Both Stella and Maja had their first swim for the season - for all we know, it could be Stella's VERY first swim. She is a hunter, oh yes: there were some strange squeaking ducks close to the shore, so she immediately got into hunting mode, crawled towards the water and ATTACKED. The ducks were of course far to fast for her, but I think she was pretty happy anyway. Maja was satisfied with hunting a stick that we threw into the water. Yeah, that is a difference we have noticed: Stella is a hunter (!!). Maja is no hunter, if you don't count the mouse she killed last summer (!!!). Maja is our little thief, joyfully (and not hidden at all) borrowing what others have gathered :D It was a wonderful walk, both for dogs and people. May we have many like that one in the next weeks and months :)