Tonight I had planned to go to the local race track a few miles up the road and take in some Saturday night short track racin'. Yesterday was a day of a lot of activity and so today ended up being a quieter day and the thought of listening to loud race cars lost it's appeal. For today anyway, one of these days I will make it up there.
This afternoon I watched a movie about a dog. One time I tried to loan my friend Meghan a book I read about a dog and she declined, saying she knows how those types of books always end. Well Meghan, point taken. Dog movies end up being tear jerkers too. The name of the movie is Hachi and if anyone intends to watch it skip to the next paragraph because I'm about to spoil the plot. It's about a guy who finds a puppy at the train station and against his wife's wishes he ends up keeping the dog. The guy takes the train to work each day and each day the dog escapes from their fenced in yard and goes to meet his master at the train station. Finally the guy stops fighting it and just lets the dog walk with him in the morning and come back and wait for him in the evening. To make a long sad story short, the guy ends up dying and the dog continues to wait at the train station for him. For ten years. It's based on a true story from the 1920's in Japan. To this day in that Japanese town there is a statue of Hachi.
As sad as it was to watch, it was also heartwarming. The loyalty was astounding. And it made me take a moment to appreciate my loyal companion. My Jakky is there for me every step of the way. As long as I have food. In lieu of heading out to the races, I took my pooch for a walk on the beach. Because kidding aside, he really has been good company on this journey.
For a change, there were no storm clouds looming in the evening sky so I lugged my camera along to snap a few shots. I had been wanting to take some pictures to compare with the ones I posted from the other side of the inlet.
This is the previously posted picture from across the inlet.
This second picture is taken at the top of the stairs in the middle of the first picture, it's of where I was standing when I took the above.
The third picture was taken across the inlet, note the rocks in the background.
View of the rocks from our side of the inlet.
In other news, I have a part time job on the horizon. That was part of the activity from yesterday. Details will be released once I have officially started working. Hopefully that will be next week sometime.
Until next time....
Keep on truckin'.
Peace & Love,
Hope
P.S. I have to post a shot of my favorite bird to watch at the beach. I call them yellow feet, because, well they have yellow feet. That's very imaginative, I know.
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