Now that Nikita's back to normal after her assorted surgeries and getting older, I'm trying to increase the length of her walks and decrease their frequency. So I've replaced her old morning loop around the Fens with an approximately four-mile walk over to the Public Gardens and back.
The first part is the same -- we walk down Park Drive and cut through the Victory Gardens (I'm still waiting to hear back about my plot, argh) where Nikita stops to sample some of the plants:
We then go a couple blocks on Boylston before cutting over to Commonwealth, which has been looking particularly lovely, even on rainy, grey mornings like the one on which these photos were taken.
Nikita stops and stares at each of the statues along Comm Ave, but eventually we get to the Gardens, where we walk around the Lagoon and she goofs around with the ducks. 
We then take Newbury, Marlborough, Beacon, or, most often, the Esplanade back and, after an approximately two-hour walk -- including a stop at the Beacon Hill 4bucks for chai for me and water (with a cup to play with later!) for her -- N passes out for a good for four or five hours: score. 
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