Short walk - Paddy and the dawdler...

Paddy and I walked on our own today - just as the sky was brightening. I think the birdsongs are most varied at this time of morning.

Paddy loves it when it is "just us" as I dawdle and our other companions keep a faster pace. There is more sniffing and tracking of interesting smells with the dawdler. We were early and had the time.

Friends were all about in the park so we walked to the first meadow, but saw no deer. The grass and wildflowers are so high that we could see where the deer had passed through the meadow earlier - greenery pressed down near some tracks and, according to Padimus, strong scent of bambilus.

The only game according to my girl? Felis catus. One older neighbor feeds the neighborhood and we spied 4 lounging around, waiting for breakfast. At Mohawk dog's house (yes, the boys greeted us on our way home) there are easily 3 house cats...they watch us walking by from window perches. I am made guilty - Hobbes has no similar perch. He tries to make his own, but often loses his grip (back of the armchair) or his balance (sliding across the kitchen table on the tablecloth - table surfing?).
More tonight...