Nothing that i can think of gives me greater joy than taking Ella to the river, letting her off leash and watching her play while i meditate with the river. 

Ella smells everything....she scopes out all the places where people have camped...finds some very interesting things...

and then races to the river at full speed, throws her little nose in and then goes again full tilt through the forest like it was an obstacle course designed just for her. 

and in a split second she will go from running to calm because something caught her nose on the way by....

she comes to check on me every few minutes as i sit and stare and then she runs off again on her next adventure. 

i wonder if she knows that when i grow up i want to be just like her.