Whenever I am out wandering, I like to meet babies, little kids, and animals. It just makes my day better. Here are a few animals I met on my last trip to the Bay Area.
I met this cute dog who was deaf, while I was strolling around in San Francisco…
On the other side of the bay, I met this cool old guy who had a dog that was so tall, his head came up to my belly button. He told me it was some sort of Turkish breed, but I can’t remember the type of dog it was. But he was very nice, and liked to be scratched behind the ears… The dog, not the cool old guy…
I went to a party with my mom and my brother Sid at the house where my friend Chris grew up. The new owner has an old dog that is just a little wary of strangers…
Until I found the spot where he liked to be scratched. Then we became buddies…
Hey, I told you, babies and dogs love me.
Not all animals like to be scratched. As I was locking up my mother’s house one night, preparing to go to bed, I spotted these guys just outside the back door…
Two of them were having a little late night snack of cat food. Raccoons and deer and wild turkeys wander around near my mom’s house all the time. But raccoons are not as friendly as they might seem to be. And when I poked my head out to take these pictures, they didn’t run away. They just looked at me as if to say, “The night is our time.”…
As soon as I put my camera down, the raccoons wandered away, and I saw a grey fox come in to take his turn at the cat food. He left before I could get a picture, but it was sort of exciting. I have never seen a fox in the wild before, if I can call my mom’s backyard the wild.
Pouring My Art Out 
You went to a party with your parents? Loser!
The deaf dog was my favorite. There’s a zoo near me with a bunch of animals with physical and I guess emotional ailments. They have tumor deer and ones with three legs. I think the elephant was also manic depressive. Animals rule.
And aren’t you supposed to photoshop yourself as a monkey? I believe a conversation with your daughter determined you were supposed to.
I forgot all about that. But I do like monkeys…
Hop to it!
Or should I say “throw feces to it” ?
Because you see, that’s what a monkey would do…
I wish I could get away with that.
Does word feces count?
It was a meet some new neighbors party. That is the kind of thing grownup people do. But I must admit the idea of a zoo filled with mutant animals suffering from emotional problems does seem inviting.
When I was out that way in the 70’s a friend of mine had 2 raccoons, a mink, and a lot of green plants growing in her yard. Soon as I walked into her place the raccoons would wrap themselves around my leg. I HATED THAT! I didn’t visit much.
Maybe that old guy would have liked to be scratched behind the ear. Did ya ask?
Animals and babies. Can’t go wrong with that.
If you ask anyone in the bay area if they would like to be scratched, you might be surprised at the reponse.
very cool
but a fox seems unlikely
It was a little grey fox. I didn’t even know they had those in California. Not much bigger than a cat.