Although I am not on the road this year, I still will post Welcomes to people I meet who make the hurdle for a Shout Out on my blog. Today's welcome, goes out to John and Jerry from Phoenix. John, visiting from Phoenix, had been watching Annie for some time from across the great room at Call Your Mother's Bagel, and finally could not resist meeting her. So, he joined my friend Mike and me for a lively chat about lots of things, but only after he got in some quality time with Annie, who welcomed him with anxious paws, grateful for the numerous belly-rubs. John then insisted that his husband Jerry meet Annie, and he did. The lively chat continued.
One of the things I miss about not being on the road is meeting new, interesting people from all over on the way. My hope was that these daily morning outings would make up for that, and today's chance encounter proved me right. So, my thanks goes out to John and Jerry for making Annie's day, and bringing some sunlight into my day.
As an important aside, since I have not been posting this year, I have not reported much about Annie, my sweet, brindle, female pit bull. I thought she would have step curve to climb after my six magnificent German shepherds. But she surpassed my expectations. She is turning out to be everything I might have hoped for and more. But the thing I enjoy most about her is the draw she gets, and the joy she brings to strangers. As today showed, not a day goes by that someone does not approach me with that giveaway look of "Can I meet your dog?" I have never said no, and Annie does not disappoint them.
Ed and Annie
