gorilla in the snow

today after chemo i decided to move the blood around a bit, so gorilla and i went for a walk in the snow. it was an exciting one - one of the neighborhood dogs, a great dane, had escaped the electric fence and was rambling around the other side of the neighborhood when we were walking the roads there. he never got close enough to start a fight (gorilla hates other dogs) but he did stay within eyesight for about five minutes, which resulted in gorilla crying and whimpering like a little baby. her fur on her back stood on end and i was pretty sure if the great dane - named hercules, even - came any closer, i would mostly likely be the one most injured in the interaction. there were a few other dogs out in the snow, behind the limiting lines of their electric fences, and we said hello to each of them with a bark and and jump into the air. i cannot say gorilla is the best leash-trained (or trained at all) dog, but it is always nice to have a friend to walk with.

we also inspected some discarded holiday decorations:


pretended to be camera shy:


and watched the snow come down: