An update

In the spring, my intuition kept hinting that I should get a dog. Dogs are a lot of work if cared for properly so this was not a quick decision to make.

I brought home a rescued dog in August. He is about eight years old. Older dogs are great in that they want to sleep all the time. Puppies need and want attention all the time. Walking an older dog sometimes requires waking him. This is a wonderful thing. I have been walking him morning, noon and night with the help of my beloved. It is nice to be outside in the beautiful weather.

Walking a male dog means waiting for him to sniff and pee. I have been noticing a number of birds and insects. Some seem to call my attention. I also noticed squirrels collecting nuts in mid August which I think is early for them. I read once that animals collecting nuts can be a barometer for how bad the upcoming winter might be.

Animals can come to us as signs and messengers. In the past few weeks, I have repeatedly seen Blue Jays, and had a crow cawing at me from a roof top at 7am on a Sunday. The crow was cawing and cawing to the point that he was getting rude. Crows are usually helpful to me so I didn’t think twice about him but I might need to read about him. Crow usually means magic and transformation coming or in progress.

Two nights in a row, I heard Canadian geese flying overhead but could not find them in the sky. I heard the same thing this morning. Why can’t I find the geese? I am wondering if I need to read about them. Usually they are a message about writing, which I had been postponing, but I think that there is more to it.