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| Moonshadow Sunflower |
Canada is still on fire, and we wonder aloud if Canada was always on fire. I don't remember Canada being on fire during my childhood, but news was much more localized and delivered through trusted commentators like Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather. We know there were burning woodlands because Smokey Bear appeared on TV to announce "only you can prevent forest fires."
My dogs and I had been at the park for an hour and were about to leave when another dog shows up. It's someone they like to play with and have known since they first were introduced to the park five years ago. This person and their dog usually comes later in the morning but has a doc appointment, so we stay for another 40 minutes. The dogs race about sporadically but it's hot already. So there's a lot of time spent laying in the dirt, on the fake grass, under the benches, on the picnic table.
Finally, we leave when another dog arrives who doesn't get along with my boys. We are sad to leave when yet another playmate dog arrives, but we'll see them another time. I think my dogs have more friends (and enemies) than I do. But it's good that they have a social life: dogs, like people, are social creatures. And they are much happier when they get to interact with at least one other canine from another household.
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| Tasty Lunch |
It's a very small but tidy place with only a few tables. But the food was fresh and bright and very tasty, and reasonably priced considering our economic times. This time the recommendation from another dog park friend panned out. Whew.
I text my kid that I'm going to be late and we can meet inside the supermarket. Cuz supermarkets are a reliable refuge from the summer heat every time. This gives me a little leeway to at least shower and change without skimping on all the essential creams and lotions I need to apply. I hate being high maintenance, but if I'm remiss, my skin complains until it's remedied. And as we age, skin just gets drier and more sensitive. Oh well...
At least the sunflowers are doing well. I like this variety that has one giant stalk and one big primary flower, with smaller flowers budding off side branches, each later bloom smaller than the previous flower. The bees visit them every day which is great since there are few other flowers: a smattering of white clovers, some jewel weeds, two stray rose-of-sharons on a sprout inexplicably growing right under the big "red" maple in the front yard. Except that this maple is very green during the height of the summer, but will revert to a vibrant red in the autumn months.
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