I do believe that Miss Lucy is going to be one of those great porch sitting dogs.

The other day I cleaned up and put The Curmudgeon’s mother’s old plastic garden bench on the front porch. (We’d had it in various spots in the yard.)

Yesterday, Lucy spotted the neighbor seated on the porch wall between our porches and began to bark at her. Not a mean bark, she was doing her ‘I want to go see her now’ bark.

So, I leashed her and took her out to say hi to Susan. All tail wags and happiness Lucy got to greet her friend.

Susan’s friend showed up so she went to talk to him and Lucy got tired of waiting for her to return. I showed her the bench and invited her to sit there with me. She had a great time.

“Gee, Mom. Wouldn’t the bench be great with a soft cushion on it? Like the couch?”