Cherished rescue mutt Ellie B doesn’t spend quite so much time hanging out on her favorite side alcove futon during the yeah-it’s-really-winter cold.
But her paw prints prove she goes in and out that door to make her way to the needed beyond.
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You must be a member of the paw patrol, Mark! Lol! 😅🌈
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I keep an eye out on Ellie’s tracks, yup, Patricia!
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I had to go out with ours in the snow to make sure they didn’t slip and fall, but seeing Ellie B’s footprints reminds me of this Philip Larkin poem:
Morning at last: there in the snow
Your small blunt footprints come and go.
Night has left no more to show,
Not the candle, the half-drunk wine,
Or touching joy; only this sign
Of your life walking into mine.
But when they vanish with the rain
What morning woke to will remain
Whether as happiness or pain.
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Thanks so much for this touching vibe, Chris. Perfect.
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Smart puppy – get in and get out – or actually get out and then get in!! Tell her Spring will be here eventually, and she will be able to watch the clouds in the Sprig sky go by on her side alcove futon!!
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She loves to ponder her world out there for sure, SD! Have a great Saturday in Cali.
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Sometimes we only have time and need to do our business and be done. Whatever that ‘business’ may be. 🙂
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Open the door, let her out. Sit back down in my chair. Hear her bark. Go back to the door to let her back in. That’s the cold days here, MBC.
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Sounds like an exercise plan MBM 😉
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Steps for Ellie B, you betcha, MBC.
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she is smart and if I had an outdoor futon, I would not be spending much time on it either right now )
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I’m glad she is smart, Beth, saves me the trouble of having to think for her.
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Did you sit at the high table on those stools to drink your gift of the Christmas beers? brrrrrr
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That little table sure is nice during summer rain, ladysighs.
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