Maddie likes her routine. When I travel, my part of her routine is disrupted, and she lets me know that I have to get back in the groove as soon as I return. That includes our weekend walks, even if it’s foggy with a chance of drizzle. We might be able to skip a crummy day, if we have had normal weekends for weeks on end, but after I’ve been gone for an entire weekend, she goes to where her harness and leash are hanging, and:
“Yo – it’s time for our walk!”
More and more often, we seem to be interrupting the early morning activity of the critters in the neighborhood as they get ready for winter.
Today’s gallery includes some local wildlife, photographed as we walked, both days!
This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. You can follow this link to see the one-liners from the other participants.
Yo, Maddie, you are so cute. Make sure your human gives you lots of walks, pets and treats. You deserve it!
BTW, human, nice post.
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Thanks. The humans know that we’re only here to serve the fur kids.
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I’m liking the pole covered in feathery things :)
It’s funny how some poles seem to attract them while others don’t. There’s one particular intersection I pass where the lines are guaranteed to be covered in birds unlike any other.
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Isn’t it strange? I don’t think there was room for one more bird, but there were at least a dozen other light poles. Safety in numbers?
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I was going to suggest that it may help keep them warm …. except they also do it in the summer on stinky hot days.
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Reminds me of Hitchcock’s “The Birds” Gave me nightmares! (I was a child). I do love fog. A weather hug.
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I do get that feeling when I look up and see them packed in so tight. Maddie and I moved along quickly, just in case.
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Jose is knocking on your door. How does Maddie react to such upheaval? Stay safe!!
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It looks like Jose is going to hang a right. Maddie is affected by the weather. She doesn’t mind being out in normal rain, and she loves the snow, but thunderstorms and times when the air pressure is out of whack, she gets scared, clingy, needs her ThunderShirt.
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Fall is definitely in the air. It’s a rainy, gray day here, and there are some leaves already on the ground. If I lived closer I’d sign up to be a weekend walker when you are out of town. :-) Maddie does love her family and rightfully so because you guys take good care of her.
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Thanks Judy. She gets mad when I travel. She sees my suitcase and she snubs me :(
We try to care for her as best we can. She can be a handful.
I was surprised to see so many leave on the ground as we walked.
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Cute photos, Dan! Yogi said it best: “No one goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”
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That would have been the perfect caption, Lois!
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Nice looking dog with her head resting on your leg.
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We joke that at least I have a purpose in life – thanks.
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Oh-oh… Squirrels and transformers don’t tend to mix well. For his sake, I hope it didn’t turn into a power outage…
Glad Maddie is keeping you in line, Dan. Have a wonderful Wednesday!
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Thanks Teagan. Maddie has us well-trained. The squirrel was down when we came back around – phew, that line feeds my neighborhood.
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Great photos :) They do tell us things, and Walkies! is a big one.
Squirrels take refuge in our apple trees, too, poor dears. Sometimes I have to practically drag Sadie away, because I think she’d hang out under the trees bein happily squawked at all day!
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Thanks. I was switching for him to toss an apple at Maddie’s head.
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Haha, yeah. I just got back from our daily stare! :)
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Walks are important – but couches are so much more important.
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We try to balance the two. I think we need more couch time.
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Nice job, Dan. Neither rain, sleet, snow, or dead of night will keep Maddie from her appointed rounds.
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So true. I’m sure your girls have had you making up for that time away from the beach, John.
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They are. They love their walk. :-D
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We had September in August, so we’re having August in September. Gorgeous fall weather last month; stinky hot and humid this month. Bleh. I like my fall colors and my fall crispness AT THE SAME TIME, THANK YOU.
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That’s a good point. We’ve had some pretty sticky days here in September.
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Reblogged this on KCJones.
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Thank you!
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Love the pictures of the birds on the lights…
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Thanks John. It was crazy to see them all up there.
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Love the pictures and your description of Maddie! She sounds — and looks — very cute!
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Thanks. She has us very well trained.
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Bunya’s and squirrels and birds…oh my! And dear Maddie. What a sweetie.
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Thanks. I wish I had more time. The crow on the goal post was talking to a crow in the distance. It seemed like an interesting conversation.
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And how yhey squawk!
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The crowd on the streetlights is a great shot, and the single raven on the post is spooky. Hope the rain takes a break. :-)
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These guys can give you a creepy feeling sometimes. Especially in the fog. Thanks.
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This is such a heartwarming piece, Dan. Great photos, too.
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Thanks Audrey. Maddie works hard to train us.
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Our coon hound starts pacing expectantly by 9PM for her nightly walk. I like the wildlife photos. I want to yell at the little squirrel, Get DOWN from there before you get electrocuted!
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I did tell him that 🙂
Our animals have us so well trained.
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:)
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