As You Like It; Eden Park

This is Tonks. (And Dan.) She's not mine. (He is.)

Tonks belongs to friends of Dan's. As I'm pretty desperate to have a dog of my own, I'd spent plenty of time beforehand planning a whole weekend of dog-friendly activities for Labor Day weekend, when we'd be Tonks-sitting.

The first one was a trip to the Seasongood Pavilion in Eden Park to see Cincinnati Outdoor Shakespeare's production of As You Like It. Unfortunately, as far as the production goes, I can't tell you much. The 3 of us sat way in the back of the pavilion, so as not to bother other theater-goers. (The precaution was completely unnecessary; Tonks was an angel.) I couldn't hear much of the production, and I spent most of our time there pulling sticks from Tonks' mouth or telling friendly children that yes, you can pet her and no, she won't bite your face off. As far as I know.

But the Seasongood Pavilion was lovely, as was all of Eden Park. We had incredible weather and a few of the trees had started to turn toward autumn.

We spent a little time with Tonks at Mirror Lake afterwards... or we would have, but she wasn't havin' it. She was well-behaved, quiet and friendly... but had zero interest in that ramp and the empty pool it led into. Guess I can't blame her.

Thing I just learned about Eden Park: it was designed by landscape architect Adolf Strauch,who also designed Cincinnati's Spring Grove Cemetery.