Esther Williams with fur

I have spotted Peri playing in the paddle pool. The game involves an empty plastic drink bottle with some dry pasta in it and an inordinate amount of splashing and cute ear expressions. I'm not sure what she is actually doing but it keeps her amused and wet and cool for ages!! She bites the water, moves the bottle with her paw, paddles a bit with one front foot and nudges the bottle with her nose. She is very involved , and has the very cutest expression on her face!! Harki is insistent on chasing the DingleDangle toy up and down the stairs. It inevitably gets caught in a tree and I have to trudge up the stairs with a broom, no doubt looking like a witch on her way somewhere, and I have to knock it out for her. She has been playing for an hour and has finally stopped, though her panting sounds like a train engine!!!