Almost Tennis

We almost started playing tennis!

I say almost because the primary activity is really sprinting after foul balls before the labradoodle gets to them.

Ingrid the labradoodle hoarding a tennis ball.

Gunter at the Craddock Park tennis courts in the Perry Heights neighborhood of Oak Lawn.

Ingrid lounging around the tennis court in Perry Heights, Dallas.

Blissfully unskilled

We have no idea how to play tennis and haven’t bothered to look up the basics. However, we are getting great exercise by lobbing the ball across the court and attempting to beat Ingrid to it.

The dogs are a bit of a distraction on the court since Ingrid thinks that we are playing a really unfair game of fetch. We haven’t barreled over her yet, but she has mugged us a few time for the tennis ball.

Ingrid eyeing the ball during our attempt at a tennis game.

Ingrid the labradoodle eyes a tennis ball.

I love that we have tennis courts in the neighborhood, but I wish the courts weren’t right next to the highway. One strong wack can send a ball over the highway barrier and into traffic. (That may have happened once.) We didn’t hear any crashing noises or see any smoke, so I assume everything is okay.

Just don’t start calling me Mr. Agassi yet.