four years ago about this time r. was coming back from a road trip out west and we met on a saturday on wooded island with the birders when it was too cold to swim and r. asked if we could go on a dog walk sometime and then we did and she said she was reading the blog and following mister and me on her road trip out west and now four years later she's going on another road trip out west and mister's gone and i'm living here and happily staying with the cats.