One of the groundsmen is examining the lawn that he's just cut. 'That's looking good ' I say. " Would be better if dogs didn't pee on it " he replies while looking at a trail of lush green circles on the grass. I smile at the thought that Sophie's mischievous presence continues. There are other lawns that also evidence her DNA. I keep this thought to myself.
Down by the harbour a yacht is setting out through the sluice gates.
The yacht owners wife guides her husband through the gates, closes them, then sprints along the quayside to the pier.
In the outer harbour she signals her husband to position the bow of the boat so that she can leap on it. The leap when it happens is a close run thing. For a moment it looks as if she's going to topple into the sea but gravity moves her forward onto the deck. Words are exchanged.
Rain last night and cloud this morning. A seagull has built a nest on the roof of a neighbours conservatory. Mother sits there all day. Father wanders off in search of food for the three tufty headed chicks. They aren't so much growing as exploding in size. This may have something to do with father returning at all hours with a diet of discarded fish suppers or pizza crusts that he's foraged from restaurant dustbins.So starts another warm day in a Scottish summer.
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The words warm day and Scottish summer are not, until recently, ones you'd find in the same sentence!
The verdant grasses on the verges beside the roads on our walks are testimony to how many dogs have watered them in passing. Amber certainly does her fair share!
Nice to see that Sophie's presence lingers.
Leaping on and off yachts is something I gave up long ago - it's testing at the best of times.
Immagine the words if she had gone splash. Lawns are there for our four footed family to enjoy.
Many things to cause one to smile about while reading what you wrote on this day from your town. Great read again. Thank you. 😊
Surely Sophie was not the only dog to 'water the lawns' at the school!
Sophie's mischievous presence will pop up at times when you least expect it and you will smile. She touched a lot of peoples' hearts...and lawns!
Again, thank you for continuing to write.
So calming to read your tales of life's little unimportant things that are actually what is really important.
Gulls exploding in size is quite an alarming thought. They are quite big enough.
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