The ides of March are usually the start of spring but this year they also herald the arrival of the dreaded TICKS! 🤮 Because of the wet today I wanted to walk somewhere paved and the Publick House has plenty of pretty paved ways. But Charlie hadn’t so much as stuck his nose into the grass before I spotted the first little bugger on his face. The rest of the walk I hovered around Charlie like a helicopter parent, watching for anything moving in his lustrous fur. You can even see one of them in this photo – another good reason to have him always im focus! 😆