Day Three Hundred and Sixty-Four: Best Buds

It took 364 days, but I finally found an excuse to talk about my favorite comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes. (I recommend bookmarking the site - each day brings a different installment!)

In the cartoon, a perpetually-six-year-old boy Calvin captures and befriends a playful tiger, Hobbes. While Hobbes was originally lured into captivity with some tuna fish ("tigers will do anything for a tuna fish sandwich"), the feline manages to lure Calvin into plenty of other mischief.

I have often noticed Hobbes-like characteristics in the behavior and expressions of my dog Farley.

When Lucy joined the family, she became the "Calvin" to Farley's "Hobbes." Together the two eat, play, sleep, and romp the days away.


I didn't intend to have two days in a row of dog-playing-on-lake shots to round out this year's blog. But the idea is to capture the theme of the day each day, and today's theme was winter travel.

Driving up or down I-35, my favorite place to get out and stretch my legs is Myre - Big Island State Park in southern Minnesota. During the summer there are plenty of trails to explore throughout the islands situated on Albert Lea Lake.

But during the winter, the potential play area multiplies exponentially. The lake freezes over creating miles of open running space.

Today Emily and I ventured into the frozen tundra (we were the park's only visitors), and our canine Calvin and Hobbes duo took full advantage of the room to run.

Here's hoping we all can find the Calvin to our own inner Hobbes!