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Our neighborhood's pet friendly street fair started on Friday and ended last night. The high temperatures prevented us from spending as much time at the West Seattle Summer Fest as we had planned but I still expected to have a lot of dog, parrot and cat debauchery to share in today's post. At last years Summer Fest, Wilhelm attempted to swallow an entire hot dog he had found laying on the ground and Leo attended his first ever live music concert. But besides the hot sun, very little mischief occurred any of the three days we attended this local pet friendly event.
First, let me put "hot sun" into perspective. It was in the high eighties. For several days. My sincere apologies to people who live in regions where the sun is truly scorching but for us Cascadians, this weekend was hot. So on Friday and Saturday we attended the West Seattle Summer Fest in the evening when it was cooler. Even Amelia enjoyed a cool evening stroller ride through the street fair.
Yesterday we finally got out early enough to attend the West Seattle Summer Fest in the daylight. Even though Sunday was a little cooler, Wilhelm, Brychwyn and Huxley still spent a lot of time at the "Pet Junction." There were three kiddie pools for dogs to cool off in. We, of course, tried all three! (Did I mention there were people giving away copious amounts of dog treats to the canines in and around the pools?)
Our neighborhood's pet friendly street fair started on Friday and ended last night. The high temperatures prevented us from spending as much time at the West Seattle Summer Fest as we had planned but I still expected to have a lot of dog, parrot and cat debauchery to share in today's post. At last years Summer Fest, Wilhelm attempted to swallow an entire hot dog he had found laying on the ground and Leo attended his first ever live music concert. But besides the hot sun, very little mischief occurred any of the three days we attended this local pet friendly event.
First, let me put "hot sun" into perspective. It was in the high eighties. For several days. My sincere apologies to people who live in regions where the sun is truly scorching but for us Cascadians, this weekend was hot. So on Friday and Saturday we attended the West Seattle Summer Fest in the evening when it was cooler. Even Amelia enjoyed a cool evening stroller ride through the street fair.
Yesterday we finally got out early enough to attend the West Seattle Summer Fest in the daylight. Even though Sunday was a little cooler, Wilhelm, Brychwyn and Huxley still spent a lot of time at the "Pet Junction." There were three kiddie pools for dogs to cool off in. We, of course, tried all three! (Did I mention there were people giving away copious amounts of dog treats to the canines in and around the pools?)
Wilhelm and Brychwyn cool off but where's Huxley?
 "Hey guys, I'm up here!" |  "What are you doing up there?" |
"Wilhelm is up there?"
| Just like anywhere we go, the Cascadian Nomads adventuring pets got a lot of attention. Jason said if he heard the word "menagerie" one more time, he wasn't going to come out with us anymore. And he said this after just two blocks of the street fair, on the first night. I'm glad he changed his mind because we heard "menagerie" a lot more times! We also heard "traveling circus" and " zoo," two of my favorite exclamations from strangers when out and about with Leo, Wilhelm, Brychwyn, Huxley and Amelia.  No. |  Yes. |
There is only one way for people to be distracted from the loveliness of the Cascadian Nomads canines, psittacine and feline and that is a puppy. Fortunately the most adorable puppy at the whole summer fest was with our neighbor and former obedience instructor. So instead of competing for attention, we created more of crowd stir by having Aussie meet Aussie*. This was an excellent photo and socialization opportunity for all involved! However, the socialization part went so well- the Blue Healer puppy tried really hard to get Leo to play with her- that the only decent photo I got was a mischievous stare down.
Besides making for an uneventful blog post, I am glad we had a relatively mischief free weekend. That "hot sun" was the only worry we had and it is way less of a burning star to fret about than most of the rest of the country had, I am sure. I could certainly wish for every weekend to be so full of conversation, music, pools and puppies... and I bet the Cascadian Nomads menagerie would all agree! (Sorry Jason.)
Leo enjoying Oregon band The Helio Sequence at the West Seattle Summer Fest, West Seattle, Washington, Cascadia.
*Leo was hatched in Florida and his species is native to New Guinea but it was more fun to say he and the Blue Healer (born in Cascadia) were from the same place!
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