Sunday, September 6

Last Friday was the final appearance of the ice-cream truck for this summer. Juha, the driver, had managed to find one final package of dog ice-cream for Shanti and they did their ususal dance when he arrived.

This afternoon the weather has turned summery again, and we pause from weeding to sit with an ice-cream. I photograph Shanti eating hers.

She has refined a technique that now never varies.

She holds the tub in her front paws to start with, and then alternates between licking and biting. By the time she has finished she will have emptied the tub, and licked it clean, while it remains completely intact.