POST # 669
On October 30th, I enjoyed a sunny ride across to Vancouver Island, en route to my current location, here in Nanoose Bay. Pam picked me up at the ferry terminal and we headed back to her place. I was last here, almost exactly one year ago to take care of Doug the dog. You can't really tell from the photo, but he was truly happy to see me. His mind appears to be elsewhere. Perhaps he was thinking about the fact that Pam would be leaving the next day, and he wasn't too happy about that.
The next day was Halloween, so I asked Doug if he would be kind enough to show me his scary Halloween look, and he was happy to oblige.
I guess that his look worked, because we never even had one visitor the entire evening. I think that it wasn't his look that caused the lack of visitors, but the fact that it was a very rainy night, which didn't make it very inviting to go out trick or treating on the local streets. We enjoyed a quiet evening at home, as the rain poured down.
There are two times each day, when I have Doug's full attention, and those two times are breakfast and dinner. As soon as I grab his food bowl, he's right there next to me, waiting and drooling for his meal. Moments after I put his bowl down, the food has disappeared.
It must be time for our afternoon walk, so I'll get Doug ready, and off we'll go. Thankfully the weather today has cooperated, so I won't have to take an umbrella along with me.
grateful for every breath,
Paul
The Thoughtful Wanderer
