recent discovery

Discovery: Mollie is a joyful morning walker. I am NOT a joyful AM walker. But we did it. What's funny is we circled the neighborhood once, and as we approached my driveway to come home, Mollie mystically sped up! I went along with the game, and after we passed the driveway and rounded the turn to circle the neighborhood, she mystically slowed back down to normal walking speed.
Yes, Mollie is a joyful morning walker. But at least I'm an entertained follower. And for the effort, on the 2nd time around the circle, I was serenaded by an eastern towhee, male. Go to the site and read about them and have a listen to their call. Towhees don't like the exposure of feeders, and mine are kind of out in the open, so it's nice to have some shrubby forested areas in my walk where I can see them. I don't think he was all that happy to see me, but our approach did inspire him to fly to a higher branch and address us with a morning towhee song.
Not bad.

-Laura