Mini-Moot in the Pine Barrens

[lavendertook]

Last Sunday I drove up to New Jersey to meet my friend lbilover at the Franklin Preserve State Park in the Pine Barrens. It was a long drive and totally worth it for her warm and comfortable company, along with the company of her sweet deerhound Gandy, the adventuresome Pippin, who I was very glad to get to see again, and the silky Clementine who joyed to show us the meaning of haste, and for the beauty of the pines. I sure miss living in an area well covered in evergreens, like there was in Carrboro, NC. Our hobbit dolls were also happy to see each other again. It was a gorgeous cool, sunny day, perfect for a 3 hour hike.


I tried to get a pic of lbilover with her whole pup family, but , being very busy pups, they were impatient with the whole process. Gandy here is blocking Clem and giggling about it, too.




And now Gandy has wandered off, but here's Pippin and Clementine.


Herding dogs is hard work.


I loved the blue sky reflected in the cranberry bogs.

I should have gotten some pics from the parts of our walk among the pines, but I was too busy enjoying myself, being in great company in a beautiful place. We had a tasty dinner at the Pic-A-Lilli Inn, in Shamong, NJ--a very hobbity little Pine Barrens Inn. It was an excellent little mini-moot. On the drive home I got to watch the crescent moon grow in size as it set on the horizon before me.

Comments

[untonuggan]

so pretty!

also i am reading without my reading glasses (because I'd have to go get them) and at first I was like, "Oh what kind of miniature ponies is lavendertook with?"

XD

(I am used to terrier dogs yes can you tell)

[zlabya]

Your friend and her dogs all look so happy and friendly! And I love the unusual beauty of the pine barrens.
So glad you all that the time to be together.

[spiralsheep]

Herding dogs is hard work.

That's because you're supposed to let them do the herding!

I'm glad you had fun.

[gale_storm]

Oh, the dogs look like they're happy and having fun! (I love dogs, whatever the size or breed or whatever!)

[lavendertook]

Gandy is a very tall deer hound. (-:

[lavendertook]

Thank you!

[lavendertook]

True with the deerhound. (-:

[lavendertook]

They are happy doggies with a loving mom. I tend to prefer introverted doggies who don't jump on you. Gandy was not too extroverted for me, and the whippets are on the introverted side.

[addie71.livejournal.com]

Great pics, especially considering your restless subjects! I'm glad you and Ellen enjoyed a wee mini-moot. :)))

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

Such great pics of lbilover and her family! :))

[ink-gypsy.livejournal.com]

How wonderful you were able to get together. Love the photos.

[lbilover.livejournal.com]

The dogs definitely like to keep moving on our hikes. They just didn't want to pose. But that's okay. The photos came out wonderfully anyway. :-) And thank you for making the long drive to the State with Too Many Unmarked Roads and joining for a hike! It was so much fun and great to catch up with all that's been going on with you. The day after we ate there, the Pic-A-Lilli was featured on a local news channel. It's fame spreads. *g*

Thanks again for your company in my favorite place in the world. *hugs*

[shirebound]

I'm so happy you got to see Lbilover and the pups, and enjoy nature with them. *beams*

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

What wonderful photos. I'm glad the two of you got to spend time together.

[aliensouldream.livejournal.com]

Mini moots are wonderful! Great you has such a fine day and a chance to hang out together and that the dolls were there too. How did you find a way through the pools?

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Great photos! I wish I lived somewhere with trails and paths where it was safe to walk. Right now there are too many coyotes for that. It sounds like a great moot.