Waiting For His Master

Posted by Russ Devan (New Hanover, United States) on 9 April 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

I had stopped by a flying service on Seventh Lake during my trip to the Adirondacks, hoping to hire a bush pilot to fly me over the lakes and mountains so that I could get some aerial images. This particular flying service utilizes floatplanes or seaplanes that take off and land on many of the remote lakes in the Adirondacks. Their clientele usually consists of hunters, fishermen, and tourists wishing to reach a remote lake that would normally take a couple of days of hiking from the nearest road to reach. When I arrived, there were several seaplanes around, the hanger was wide open with a plane undergoing an engine rebuild, the office wide open, but only two dogs were there to greet me. I figured the owner was on a flight somewhere and would be back later. His dogs, both Golden Retreivers, were exceedingly friendly and came over to greet me and get petted. They both ended up sitting down on the ground right at my feet after a few minutes. After a little while, one of the dogs trotted back to the dock to lay in the warm sun and wait for his owner's return. The seaplane would swoop in over Seventh Lake, where he was based, land smoothly on the water, and taxi up to the dock and the dog was there to greet him with a stick in his mouth, hoping to play when he arrived. Unfortunately, all the flights were booked for that weekend, so I never did get to go up for a flight. Perhaps next year.

This image concludes my series on the Adirondacks. I hope that you enjoyed them. To view other images of the Adirondacks, please visit my web site at www.pbase.com/rddevan.

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"The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both."
- Zen Buddhist Text

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