Scooter's Best Friend

The sun is shining. The birds are singing. Ahhh yes, springtime is peeking it's glorious head over the snow-capped mountains this week in Denver. And with this beautiful 60-degree weather comes the ability to scoot to work again! Amazing how commuting on my scooter lets me start my day with a happy heart.

This isn't Buddy, but this is the look he
has when he first sees me. So cute!

One of the best things about my commute -- and something I dearly missed over the winter -- is a German Shepard I've met along my route. I'll call him "Buddy," because that's what I say to him each morning when we greet each other: "Hi, buddy!" There's a very large house with lots of land in one of the areas I scoot into work where Buddy lives. Every morning he's outside, he'll be laying there in the yard, and when he sees me coming, he leaps up and gallops beside me along the fence, barking his fool head off and wagging his tail. I've watched -- he doesn't do this for cars. Just me. It's like we have our own little private, happy ritual in the mornings. He makes my day.

I love dogs...for all their simplicity and consistency. Dogs have mastered living in the moment. We humans could really learn some lessons.

Happy almost-spring!