The sun comes out... and so do the puppies!

Sunday was a very, very rainy day in San Francisco. The water came down in sheets, buckets and every proverbial and metaphorical rain-like descriptive term you can think of.



It was wet, yo. And I was stuck indoors with a puppy who believes water is some kind of scalding acid that will dissolve the skin from his bones and basically kill him dead.



So when the sun came out in the late afternoon, I had his leash on and was out the door before the first bird gave a tentative little cheep from the trees in the yard.



We live right across from the park, so when we first got there, we were alone, but before too long, that changed.



[caption id="attachment_14169" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="It seems all the dogs in San Francisco were just waiting for the rain to stop, including this land shark Golden Retriever about to ambush an innocent little Scottish Deerhound puppy in the distance."][/caption]



[caption id="attachment_14170" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Then one of Rawley's very very best friends showed up, Buster the Vizsla. He's just a puppy himself, and his owners and I were delighted at the thought that maybe they could wear each other out."][/caption]



[caption id="attachment_14171" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Then a new friend came, Mags the 6 month old Shepherd!"][/caption]



[caption id="attachment_14172" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="It turns out that not just puppies have to get out when the rain stops, but little boys, too. Rawley's two-legged cousin Ronan showed up next!"][/caption]



[caption id="attachment_14173" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Along, of course, with my brother McKenzie, Ronan's papa. That's just how Ronan rolls. Fortunately, Rawley loves him some Uncle McKenzie."][/caption]



[caption id="attachment_14174" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Rawley went back to playing, under Ronan's careful supervision."][/caption]



[caption id="attachment_14176" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="That's a good puppy!"][/caption]



This meteorological reflection on the magic of puppies and children was brought to you by a deliriously puppy-smitten Christie. One day, soon, she'll return to her hard-bitten journalistic ways.



Maybe.



Photos: All from the iPhone of Christie Keith, taken at San Francisco's Sigmund Stern Grove.

Comments

[cheryl]

yesterday's Draw the Dog was for you and Rawley!

http://drawthedog.com/?p=1112

[Susan]

An "aw" moment for the day - thanks!

[Verde]

Never enough puppy picts and stories.

Keep them coming.