Unexpected Encounter

On my walk this morning, as I rounded the corner, I saw a neighbor who lives on the street that parallels mine to the west, out walking his Alaskan husky, whose name is Husky.

All summer we would happen, from time to time, to be walking at dawn's first light, and we could usually  chat for a second or two, though Husky would always be eager to get on with his exercise. I longed for a picture of the beautiful dog, but there was never time to ask for one, with Husky straining at the leash, longing to continue with his morning constitutional.

Today, just at sunrise, he paused to mark a bush, and I captured two shots of him. Only his flank in the first--but in the second, a slightly out of focus portrait.  

It was the best I could do. By the time the view screen had faded, 
he and his master 
were half a block away.

I walked on in the opposite direction and began the project I had in mind for my walk. I plan to photograph the old houses along the residential streets that are my usual route for my own morning exercise. Some of them have very beautiful architecture and lovely landscaped front yards.

Along with Husky, my picture for today is a stone-faced cottage.