I brought my two corgis out to enjoy the sea breeze and put tiny straw hats on them—one with a little pink decoration, the other with a yellow propeller. They turned out even cuter than I imagined. I leaned in to take a photo with them, and the two little ones were so cooperative, lying on the wooden table with their tongues out and grinning even happier than I was.

There were lots of fishing boats docked behind us, and the blue sky and warm sunshine made me feel completely relaxed sitting here. I gave the one on the left a pet, then cuddled the one on the right, and suddenly realized that the hardest part of taking them out isn’t looking after them—it’s resisting the urge to take photos of them nonstop!