We Know Our Place

Tuesday is an easy day at the grocery store so we have started going after breakfast instead of in the early morning hours of senior shopping. We were home and unloaded about 10:30. Dean finished bringing in the bags and said he was headed for the office for a Zoom meeting. I quickly finished putting the last of the groceries away and called to Oso to come with me to the back deck. We both went right to our respective places: I to the rocking chair, Oso to a spot in the shade in front of me where he can look out over the woods and survey his territory. And here we will sit for most of the day. I will read, have a scheduled phone call, rock, send emails, rock, and enjoy. Oso will keep watch for bears, squirrels, chipmunks, birds and the neighborhood kids running through the forest. If necessary, he will jump and run and even bark to let them know this is his territory and they are not welcome. All but the kids will run from him. The humans will call him by name and say nice things to him and he will quit barking and wag his tail. He stays on the deck though. He knows his place. I do too - and it's a very nice place to be.