Dogs were very much on the edge of my life growing up as we only had one briefly when I was very young and he went off the rails unfortunately so the only dogs I interacted with were those of my relatives one of which had a definite thing for Dashounds and Labradors or the Alsatian one of my teachers in the third and fourth form had and to which I took for long walks.
I mainly encounter dogs today when I go for short walks or are otherwise engaged in more scout like activity when they're being taken out by their owners, a number of which I have got friendly with in recent years.
In the last few days however I haven't been able to get about as much as I'd like due to the very severe rainfall we've been having something in the region of over two months worth in as many days and indeed as I managed to nip out for a half hour earlier on as I'm typing this, it's pouring down.
One hopes this will clear away so we can have more of a real summer this year as much as last year it was very hot and dry.
This week on That Uniformed School Boy I thought I'd post something around some of things I do as a adult school boy during the course of a day.
There is little getting way from the fact I do get tired so to avoid running out of 'spoons' I do need to take naps during the day apart from having an early fixed bedtime to keep to recuperate as just trying to keep up with everyone else takes a lot out me.
One thing I try to do is to get out in the open air for some gentle exercise in the from of brisk walk through the countryside where I can relax, switch off and watch the birds and other animals I encounter as well as appreciate the trees.
That's a shadow self portrait, holding the camera while in my shorts and long grey socks as I seldom wear longs and most people here see me more as a adult-child 'boy' .
Although I have difficulty in using my hands, when I am able I love to colour having several colouring books using good quality German pencils in my own style, blending different colours together to create the ones I 'see' in my head.
I find it very relaxing which helps with my anxiety and traumas of the past as well as getting me in a very child-like headspace.
These are two ships I've had since my early teens and I like to get them down from the shelf where they're displayed top play in imaginary sea battles on the carpet bared knee, pushing them along on their wheels.
Imaginary play like this is something I love doing.
