I'm inside having a little bit of privacy and as you can tell by the blur that is my tail I am pretty happy about it.
Just because the weather warmed up and the sun is shining and we aren't expecting a blizzard for at least 24 hours, people (and their dogs) act like they own the outdoors.
All the places I have tromped alone with my Person these past few long, gray and icy months are populated by people in shorts and sandals and by dogs with their tongues hanging out. Where have they been all winter when I have been laying claim to the snowy landscape, sniffing the smells of winter creatures and leaving a few of my own?
I don't mind sharing the path with the wild creatures that have arrived. They have more right than I to the natural world since I am a tame little red dog and have a house to go home to every day. But I wish all the daytrippers would stay out of my favorite private places by the river! It's so noisy down there a loon can't hear itself call. "Young people" as my Person refers to them, are everywhere, standing in groups and talking loudly, playing ball, lounging on my grass, running on my running grounds.
I just had to get away from it all so here I am. Soon enough the skies will darken and storms will come and it will be too chilly for most people and then the world will be quiet again. Just right for the wild animals and a not so wild me.
1 comment:
Hi, Finn:These people are day-trippers, also probably nine-to-five lifers, don't worry your cute red forehead about them. You are right that you'll soon have your own world back. You and your person. We notice the same thing over here, no one around on the really stiff days, then suddenly there's a bursting forth of humankind. Where have they been? In basements, is what we think.
But the truly hardy among us, and we know who we are, do own the world, day in and day out.
Keep your cool, Finn!
Veecee
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