A dog frolics in the wet leaves

One last flash of color
London, ON
November 2021
This photo originally shared on Instagram

The snow has just started to fall, and for now is barely sticking to the blades of grass.

None of this matters to the dog, who tears into the soaked lawn like a kid who’s just gotten out of school for the summer. Calli knows nothing about weather warnings or climate change, or the fact that winter is moving in before autumn has had a chance to fully move out.

All that matters to her is this moment, a happy one amid so many others in the charmed life of a wiggling schnu*.

So while she frolics in a soaked pile of leaves just out of frame, I find a single patch of remaining red and try to remember what it’s like to be out here, now.

Because before long, all this will look entirely different. And we’ll be well on our way to making new memories based on whatever happens to be going on in the mind of a schnu.

* Calli is a Miniature Schnauzer, and I’ve taken to calling her either “a schnu” or simply, “schnu” as a bit of a nickname. She seems to like it, so it sticks.

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