A farmer friend advised me once to never own an animal who was smarter than me. When you have dogs and donkeys, that can be a problem.  Same with goats.

When you live with Fate, it’s a problem on a whole other level. I’ve been taking photos of “Posted Art” lately, and Fate, who misses nothing and wants to be involved in everything, has picked up on this. On our morning walks, she runs up to posted signs and sits down and waits for me to catch up.

I think she is spotting them for me, or perhaps she wants to get in the photo. This could be useful in my photography. Fate, who is never still, sits quietly as I frame the photograph and take the shot. She spotted six or seven signs for me, she sees them, runs up to them, sits down and waits. Definitely smarter than me.