Learning Joy from Dogs without Collars

I sat outside under an evergreen tree to eat my lunch of toasted hemp bread with garlicky hummus.  This bread is a tapestry of seeds.  You can just tell that it’s good for you.  The sun and the sounds of our cascading terraced water feature are so tranquil and restorative, and the dogs are playing with each other and running around hunting imaginary chipmunks under the rock borders of the flower beds.  I learn so much from them about being in the present moment.  Trying to be more like them.