Off Leash

There is a park in Leavenworth where no one seems to care whether the dogs are off leash. So sometimes on Sunday mornings we walk there. It's lab heaven. The Wenatchee River parallels the park, so the girls make many mad dashes into the water, then romp along the banks. And the smells, well it must make a lab nose go into overdrive: deer, bears, fish, otters, humans, other dogs...

When I walk there I imagine this is where Murphy is, lab heaven. A river, the willows and poplars, wide walking paths, lots of sticks, other labs. I wonder if she looks up, waiting for me to walk around the bend, calling her name. Sweet girl.

Murphy's day.