And so I find myself in my primary Great Wood today though sittin' spot numero uno is a wee bit wet for the rains have inundated the land. So now I find myself at sittin' spot numero dos, which does not have the picturesque view of the primary sittin' spot though it will do for the time being...

I have often wondered why it is that some dogs find me appealing. Just 15 or so minutes before I reached the sittin' spot I came upon a gentleman and his dog Lucky. The gentleman and I gabbed about photography for a couple of minutes. Lucky checked me out, sniffed me up and down, allowed me to scratch her behind her ears. Then whence time to head off in opposite directions, Lucky decided she wanted to play, and gave the gentleman an extremely difficult time when he tried to walk. This happens at least once per walk where a puppy decides that I am the human it wishes to play with at that particular time...

It has been almost 30 years since I last had a canine critter, and it may be some time before I get another, but one day things will be right in the world and I shall have a puppy as a companion...

Now time to walk and document my time...