Irish Coffee for Breakfast

Nope, I'm not in Ireland! I'm at Ida with Rick & Dexter. Rick's making brunch today: fresh strawberries and Irish Coffee. The eggs are gone so it's just fresh fruit and coffee with some toast & jam.
Thanks to Russ May, Rick is learning the art of making the perfect Irish Coffee via Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco. We've determined a field trip is necessary! Any takers??
Time for brunch, then puppy training and a walk. Gotta love Lake Ida!
Oh! The ice is getting ready to go out on the lake! Lots of groaning and cracking today as it heats up into the 60s. The pock marks on the surface doubled in size overnight. Nice.

Dexter is enjoying the lake, too. He is such a good dog. We are training him to come-a-runnin' when he hears the ships' bell clang. He's doing remarkably well with that. (Treats help). He's learning "sit/stay", "leave it", and "off" this week. We're reviewing "look" and "easy" from last week. We're working on loose leash walking (no tugging). This is not easy for the little guy, but he's trying.
He loves to bird watcy! (See photo). He notices birds flying, birds in trees and birds at feeders. I can hardly wait to get his DNA results back! That will be around the end of April. There is definitely Spaniel in there, probably Lab and mayber Terrier. He has webbing between his toes so he's definitely a water dog. Yay!
Last night we had guests for dinner (Hardine's, Ringdahl's and the Jon/Kathy Peterson's) and Dex was the perfect dog host: no begging, little jumping and doing everything outside that needs to be done "outside". Awesome. Watch for Dexter's blog on blogspot coming soon!
Ciao for now!
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