Cool, Clear Water On A Hot Day - Part 2

My sister was visiting, and we took the dogs to Clear Pond on a hot afternoon (see also Part 1, posted yesterday). The dogs loved the cool, clean water and Jack also took a drink:

Daphne likes to splash and play in the water but here seemed fascinated with the water lily pads and Pickerelweed:

We walked to yet another water access and my sister encouraged the dogs to go into the water again:

Seamus was the first in:

And then Jack, Daphne and Fergus joined him:

Seamus lay down to get completely cooled off and both Daphne and Fergus went in deeper than usual. They were really enjoying this:

Now thoroughly wet but happy, Seamus stood up and looked around:

Nope, I think I'll sit down in this nice, cool water for a little longer:

While the dogs played, I concentrated on taking a photo of the blue damselflies near the shore. I looked them up when I got home and learned that this was called the Familiar Bluet Damselfly:

Delicate little Clover began acting as if she'd been hurt and was afraid of the water. I examined her but found nothing, so I carried her out into the water and set her down gently to cool off. I was ready to rescue her if needed, but she seemed to enjoy it. In that case, I thought, I'll take a photo from the water toward the shore, something I've not done before:


I stood in the water almost up to my knees, still wearing my shoes, socks and leg braces. It felt wonderful to me also, and I'm glad I did it. The dogs began moving toward the shore:

We all moved to dry land, where my sister waited. We dried off quickly as we walked back to our parked car: