Glorious autumn day so time for another walk with Dougall. His Hooman has covid so additional reason to take him out today. We are happy to find each other again and after initial enthusiasm where a bystander comments – “oh looks like he is taking YOU for a walk” to which there is only a rolling of the eyes and an affirmative reply, we settle into a better rhythm and walk a route we haven’t visited in a while.
There are a few standouts today. The house covered in flowers is the best, then the lovely fret work on the neighbour’s door, the golden penda flowers shining in the light and the sausage tree with its fruit gathered at the base, and spot your missing chair photo, just in case we forget the floods were just here.
Dougall is a young adult in dog years and the gap is closing between us. Walking with him is a chance to breathe the clean air, regroup thoughts and anxieties and set a closer connection to all that is around. His panting and salivating a sure sign that he is having fun, lest we forget that sometimes you have to make an effort to live your life to the full. We do, us two.
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