Cold, Dark and Wet

I had the woodstove going Sunday and every night last week until Friday because it has been dark, cold (40's) and rainy. The heater was going non-stop in the greenhouse as the clouds were so dark that there was no warming from the sun. Friday, it warmed up to 60, but was still dark and rainy. Saturday morning broke out beautiful; 60 by 10, and sunny. We got our usual Saturday morning running around done, then started on yard work. Well, that lasted a whole hour and 45 minutes before the darkness returned along with the rain. I did have time to cut back the cotoneaster and barberry, pull the weeds and mulch that one tiny garden. WS finished mowing in the rain while I hurried out back to pull the clothes off the line (only the second time I've tried to line dry this year).

Getting up this morning, it looks like more of the same - dark, cool and wet.

Because of the weather, there have been no doings to write about so I'll have to tell you a short tale from a week ago Friday - the last time I rode to work.

I was headed down Rt 77, somewhere between Weare and New Boston, going a respectable 55 MPH. There was no one in front of me and no one behind me on the straight away I was on. An SUV came into sight from around a curve, headed toward me at 50-60 MPH.

Suddenly, a shape darted into the road from a driveway to my right, jumped at the SUV - almost like it was running up the side of the vehicle, bounced off  and did a backflip in the air then ran back to the side of the road. When I had seen the shape run across the road, I let off the throttle. Then, as I was nearing, I slowed futher, not sure if the dog was going to attack me too, or just what was going to happen. The dog circled around my lane once, then ran back up its driveway.

It didn't appear that the dog was hurt. He wasn't run over and never hit the pavement with anything but his paws. If you have ever seen videos where dogs chase the laser beams in a room, and try to run up a wall, then flip and land on their feet, that is exactly what the dog appeared to do with the SUV - just from a flat out run.

Probably one of the weirdest things I have ever seen. It would have been handy to have a cop cam to capture the scene.

Comments

[Cop Car]

Amazing, Bogie! That dog is a candidate for circus life.

[Ruth]

one heck of a lucky dog!