Diets go to hell on Valentine's Day.
My sorry attempt at making heart pancakes for brunch but with real maple syrup and blueberries from our bushes - yum!!
Team Nookies, including guest Lupin, full with brunch and begging for dinner.
The dogs also loved their own pancake brunch and for dinner the skin off the salmon from our seared King Salmon eaten with baked-in-fresh-herbs-butter sweet potatoes, asparagus and broccoli dinner - yum!!!!
What Valentine's calorie fest would be complete without Chocolate? Dave got me my favorite Euphoria truffle. I got him a Trader Joe's Fireworks Chocolate bar. True to it's branding, one bite and senses are ignited - OOOOO!
A few years ago, when Oregon actually had a winter, Team Nookies entered a Valentine's fun run. I spent hours making the replicate box of candy Sweet Hearts for the sled and foam hearts for the dogs and myself. The hat was a prize for entering. Cedar and Lupin powered my sled.
Team Nookies on the starting line. The course was full of toys and dog treats to distract canine participants. Mushers erased points from their run time for busted balloons and poker hands made up of overhanging playing cards.
Finish line with Lupin
Still my Valentine, a much older Lupin on today's "winter" surface.
Instead of working off the Valentine calories mushing in the cold, Team Nookies (including the human musher) spent the day sleeping in the sun.
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