Today I got to do my favorite thing when I 'm town on a summer Saturday...get up, walk to the Broad Ripple Farmer's market with my lab Charley. I get an iced-tea from the Hubbard & Craven's booth ( too hot for coffee!) and a pastry from Rene's for breakfast. Charely gets a "Woofie" (vanilla dog cookie) from the Three Dog Bakery and a big awesome slurp from the communal doggie watering hole. We talk to a few neighbors, have our breakfast and amble back home...aaaagggghhhh, the life.
I believe the Charley is cooling off on the kitchen tile right now...and eyeing the extra dog cookies on the kitchen counter. He's not dumb...
Yesterday Charley went to work with me. He likes to take occasional jaunts to the mail room, and other's offices, and then snooze at my feet between all the work: HA!
Last week Charley stayed with my parents when I traveled out East. He got to nap with mom and dad, take walks in the orchard, run after thrown sticks, chase birds and eat homemade cornbread (mom says it's his favorite).
Charley lives a pretty good life. He knows how to make the most of every moment and "seize the day"...I think he figures he's owed. I adopted him from CILRA (Central Indiana Lab Rescue Association), and he didn't have a very good start in life. He's making up for lost time.
Talking a walk with Charley is a simple reminder of a few key things:
1. Your past doesn't have to define you
2. There are good things in life to be savored if you just let yourself
3. Why not sniff around til you find the good stuff...it's always worth the wait
4. There's nothing like hanging out with the people you love
5. It's good that humans greet each other with eye contact or a handshake; the butt sniffing just would be too, too embarrassing!
Charley says BYE for the moment...time for a Woofie and a snooze!
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