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SUN BATH

Franklin is hard to figure out sometimes.

He is not normally a sun dog.

He doesn't like to walk when the sun is very strong. Just the early morning and after sundown (which is early for us as we are up against the mountain).

But in the last several months he has been making an exception.

He goes for a sun bath. Ten minutes lying in the direct sun and then inside for a body rub on the rug or living room furniture. A lot of grunting and heavy breathing.

I suppose that is like us.

We still go into the hot tub even though it is summer. We sometimes lie in the sun even though we mostly seek the shade.

As he ages, Franklin develops new tricks. Forget the old dog/new tricks paradigm. He is a bundle of newly minted quirks.

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