Pete's dogs on Jan. 5, 2019.

Every time we think Daisy can't possibly find a stick longer than the last long stick she dragged across an open field like a logging ox, she finds one that makes the prior sticks look like so many gnarled twigs. Such was the case this morning, when she found -- and carried -- this specimen, which looked sort of like something that woodland elves would use to pole vault. In that first photo you can sort of see the exact moment when she realized exactly what she had just gotten herself into.