I had a very productive morning
Started with second covid booster and flu shot (winter nears) and can categorically say that the flu shot hurts more than covid.
Straight to the local Senior Citz. rooms for early voting in next weekend's Federal Election. Straight Labor Party vote for both House and Senate. I was really surprised by the number of right wing groups that have sprung up.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation (Racist bogans)
Australian Federation Party (Say Covid is mild)
Liberal Democrats (Don't be fooled they have a 'freedom manifesto' and support small gov)
United Australia party (coal, pollution - Freedom!)
Plus the main parties - Liberals (conservatives) Greens - our greens are actually really good and are a great second or third alternative in preferential (ranked choice) voting.
After this, grabbed my dog and picked up a friends two poodles for a lovely low tide beach walk. This is them just watching, as I do calisthenics trying to get the camera into a rock pool.
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The poodles are brother and sister, aged 10 and belong to a dear friend who can no longer walk them. Gibby, my JRT is two and a half and rarely stands still. Just to get them all in one shot is an accomplishment, standing still is exceptional! This is a shot for the ages.
they be like, "Da fook is that guy doing?" 
My dog has never been one for walks, though I've certainly tried. But he might feel differently if he had such a spectacular beach to walk and run! 
Previously, I've had cocker spaniels and they enjoyed walks and running around. But Jack is a Brussels Griffon - at one point I had 2. They're supposed to be under 10 pounds and my other dog was, and when I tried taking him for a walk (he was 9 when I got him), my neighbor picked on me and said "that's not the sort of dog you're supposed to walk." He had Labs. But Jack is a much larger dog, 20+ pounds, but when I made the effort to walk him, he'd decide to sit down and I'd have to carry him home... 
BTW, all my dogs, except for the cocker I grew up with, were rescue and I've previously adopted older dogs, but Jack was a pet shop rescue, so I've had him since he was 5 months old.
One issue that Jack has is that he's not thrilled with "weather." He's never enjoyed rain and we get a lot of snow here so he has to have a place cleared for him since he's on the small side. When he was a puppy, I tried boots, but they didn't fit and were more trouble than they were worth. Also, Jack just turned 16, so he's gotten somewhat set in his ways...
At 16 a dog is entitled to do whatever he feels like doing.
Normal dog laws dont apply after a certain age. A bit like humans.
As long as he is happy and warm nothing else matters. 
He developed a skin condition during the initial part of the pandemic since he was unable to go to the groomer for his usual haircut, but that's much better now - and he does have issues with his left ear, it tends to get infected. But other than that, he's doing fine, so I consider us lucky. Two of my dogs have lived past 18, so I'm counting on Jack to still be with me for a long time.
My puppy:
Thx for sharing him with us!
She contacted me. He's another Brussels Griffon and you don't see too many of those. I've only seen one other in real life besides my two. And of course he was irresistible - though it had been a long time since I'd had a puppy! - so I adopted him and the rest is history. He was a pet shop dog who couldn't be sold because he had a health problem - it was a hernia which was repaired when he was neutered, and it certainly didn't slow him down, LOL. And of course now I don't know what I'd do without him...
That was really nice of the tech to tell you about him!
And she knew how I feel about my animals.
Ty for sharing!
And thx for sharing about your political climate! Who is favored to win & how long do you have to wait for results?
The two girls, Gibby and the blonde poodle Phoebe are looking off to something on the far left. The pic below what they were looking at. Calm seas but a big swell meant some big waves breaking loudly on the rocks. That's what the girls were looking at. Rebus, the red poodle was looking straight at me. I'm his god. 
It's incredibly beautiful where you live!
Gibby looks so alpha! She was probably watching that wave to keep you safe.
The poodles look very sweet!
Gibbers!
I guess pootin has been working the big farm harder than your country. 
