(That was the title of the previous post... the one that's now in Hindi I believe. I guess I at least learned something about a new language through this endeavor.)
The best part of the adventure happened on the way back. I'd already discovered this morning, on my ride from work, that Zilker is back open. Hooray!! I had seen a group of kids, a high school sports team I think, jogging barefoot in the perfectly cut grass. It's amazing that that huge, beautiful expanse of green was fenced in until yesterday. Thank goodness it's open; I really missed the park this summer.
So, to celebrate, I took a zigzag path through the field. Who needs pavement or straight lines, anyway? I even braved a cloud of zipping dragonflies. You know, the kind that always forms over freshly cut grass? Why do they do that? Of course, this was also the puppy's favorite part of the walk. When you walk through soft grass, she darts back and forth in front of you, leaping every few steps to try and catch her leash in her mouth. When she was really little, we couldn't even get her to stay on her feet next to grass. She would see it, or smell it maybe, and throw her body, kamikaze style, against the pull of her leash until she made it face first into the grass. If we tried to pull her to her feet and keep walking then she would let her body be dragged through it on her stomach, arms and legs splayed out like superman.
I had planned on doing some dog training in the next couple weeks. Specifically, I'd like her to actually come to me when I call her instead of just glancing slyly and taking off to great someone else. Now we can use Zilker for the training.
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