River

One day last week Daisy wanted to be with me at all times.  That time I canceled my weed spraying as Daisy followed me out into the pasture, even dodging the horses that were there.  So we did something else.

This afternoon Daisy insisted on following me everywhere.  This time I continued out to the middle pasture to spray weeds.   Daisy followed meowing almost constantly.

I have a pattern where I spray the weeds and walk back and forth.  The distance, while not long, was just long enough that Daisy would follow me end to end.  She avoided the spray and the sprayed weeds.  Finally halfway though spraying she finally decided to sit at one end and watch.   When I finished one pattern and started another then she would move closer.  She also got distracted a few times by something in the grass, maybe a mouse.  She also stopped meowing at me.

I told her if she behaved I would reward her with a surprise.

When I finished spraying weeds I walked - and Daisy followed - to the river.  When I got new yearling cattle each year I enjoyed watching the cattle the very first time they saw the river.  They would stop suddenly and their eyes got big when they first saw the river.

Since she is smaller and the grass taller Daisy didn't see the river until we got to the river bank.  I got a similar reaction. I wish I had my camera along.  Daisy didn't know what to make of the river.  I had picked a spot with a gravel bar that led out from the river bank.  However Daisy remained on the river bank and would not follow me onto the gravel bar.  She laid down and watched the river.  She would look upstream, then mid stream then downstream.  Over and over.  She watched leaves and stuff float by.  She watched the birds that flew about.  To get a better/different look she moved around a few times among the wood debris along the bank the water had left when it receded.  She couldn't figure out what the river was. The smell was even different from the smells she knew.   She never approached the water even when I called for her. I was surprised knowing how much she loves water that is not in her water dish.

Eventually we left and made the long walk home.  She has much to dream about tonight.