午後散歩 Afternoon Walk

 今日は数日ぶりの雨。朝から降ったり止んだりで、タイガと散歩に出たとたんに降り出すので急いで帰る、の繰り返しでした。午後になって空が明るくなったので城北公園まで行きましたが、着いてほどなくまた降り出しました。家までは遠いので、枝が密集した木の根元で雨宿りです。

Today, we had a break from the recent heat wave, with occasional showers throughout the day.  Every time we went out for a walk, it started raining, so we hurried home.  After repeating it several times, the sky became light in the afternoon, and we ventured out to go to the Johoku Park.  Just as we reached the park, it started raining again.  We took cover under dense branches, since home was too far away to rush back.  In the photos below, it may not look like raining, and, yes, it was a light rain, but we (i.e. the Japanese people) cannot stand getting wet even a little.  

黒っぽい雨雲が早い速度で移動しているので、雨雲と雨雲の間を狙って帰ることにしました。雲の切れ目ができるまで待機。

I saw that pieces of dark clouds with rain were moving fast, so I decided to catch the gap between rain clouds.  Until I found such a gap, we waited under the tree.

家の近くまで来ると、顔見知りになったばかりのポメラニアンの子がやって来ました。尻尾以外は柴カットですが、純ポメです。コマ吉君、１歳半。

After leaving the park and close to home, we saw a Pomeranian that we met for the first time recently.  He has a Shiba Inu hair cut but he is a genuine Pomeranian, named Komakichi, aged 1 1/2 years old.

タイガに近づこうと大興奮。

He was extremely excited trying to get close to Taiga.

12歳のタイガは、ぼーぜんとして待ち受けるだけ。

Taiga, at 12 years old, was laid back and waited to see what Komakichi was about to do.

コマ吉君の積極的なアプローチを持て余している様子です。

Taiga seemed to find his enthusiasm a little overdone.

そこへタイガにとって幸運にも、近所のジャーマンピンシャーのリアちゃんがやって来ました。

Luckily for Taiga, Leah, my neighbour's female German Pinscher arrived.

コマ吉君はもしかして未去勢かも。最近一度会ったばかりなので、飼い主さんに尋ねてはいませんが。

Looking at how Komakichi behaves, he may be an intact male (I have not asked the question to his mom, since we only met once recently).

リアちゃんも困惑気味。

Leah also seemed to find it too much.

なぜか、今度はふたりしてタイガを標的にしました。

Somehow, they both started sniffing at Taiga.