Phantom the Soggy Doggy Woggy and his Foggy Boggy Day

Oggi the weather was foggy but it didn’t rain.  Gene and Phantom and I hiked on three different sentieri (trails) today, but sadly there were no belle viste to be found.  There was a lot of fango (mud), acqua, thorns, and spiky chestnut balls, though.  I got lots of foto d'acqua:

 



Here is a foto of one of the blazes (usually they have numbers on them):

I also got lots of foto della nebbia:

And here are some facce:

Here is a cachi (persimmon) tree.  Cachi have the texture of old cucumbers and taste like sweet ickiness.

These are fiori (flowers) that look like paper lanterns:

Here are some dead ones:

Here is Phantom il cane:

Phantom ended up getting very fangoso (muddy), so Gene and I took him the the dog wash.  That is a nice little place that provides everything you need to wash a cane.  To use it, you have to insert your dog wash card, and then it recognizes you:

Gene got Phantom into the tub, then hosed him down:

He shampooed and conditioned him:

Then he dried Phantom off:

Phantom is soft and fluffy now!

Here is a thrilling video of Phantom's bath:

And apparently Ikea isn't the place to get your gingerbread house kits, as demonstrated by the remains of our gingerbread village:

Ciao tutti from me, Bridget!