pearl

today was my official last day of work at the honey farm. we did a hodge podge of chores like filling a truck bed with 3000 lbs. of wax, burning cardboard, raking fiberglass...all along our favorite sheep dog 'pearl' hung out at the shop. she is from the neighbors farm and is consistently running away to our place. her real name is cassie as it turns out but i made up pearl which suits her better. she is a gorgeous white sheep dog (lab looking breed) that is tall and slender and squeaks to beg for attention and pats. when she's really happy her tail wags in a complete circle. i share a similar zeal for freedom and fresh air. if i was a sheep dog, i would probably run away too. i can't seriously imagine lounging around all day with all those daggy sheep. i can relate to pearl's need to escape the mundane and bleak. aside from the fact that she's neglecting the sheep, she really knows how to carpe diem.