Off and Running

Day 64 - Living by the book.

Today I came upon an Assiniboin hunter posing for a picture with two dogs. Amazingly, one looked like a border collie - the other like a pit bull mix. The dogs had packs on their backs, and he had makeshift leashes on them that looked like they were made of fabric.

All in all, it was a very surprising image!

The leashes in particular, surprised me. He smiled and said, "If I don't do this, they'll go where they want." And I knew he meant in that moment and for the photograph, and that later, when they hunted, the dogs would be unleashed and willing.

I thought about my "inner dogs" and wondered if that's what this was about, but I was unclear and it may have been my intellect speaking.

He then looked at me and winked. "Are you ready to go?" I said, "Yes!" He reached down, unleashed the dogs and we were off and running. That was it! Seems like a propitious start for "ceremony day," don't you think?