Learning about teamwork....

Early evening when we got out Augustus thought to teach me how to do side leg liftswhile Ollie was thinking "Wow, this is weird!"
I was fascinated by the hanging leaf and wondering
why the landscapers were not dusting the trees properly.

After some private time we gathered in the courtyard for daily reading, and as you can tell, we sat as far away from each other as possible. Luckily with kitties distance is not an issue because they have very sharp hearing and I can essentially whisper and they know what I say.

We read from Faith in the Game, Lessons in Football, Work, and Life by Tom Osbourne, former coach of the Nebraska Cornhusker football team. In chapter 9 on Teamwork he opens with a poem by Rudyard Kipling:

Now this is the law of the jungle-

As old and as true as the sky;

And the wolf that keep it may prosper,

But the wolf that shall break it must die,

As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk,

The law runneth forward and back-

And the strength of the pack is the wolf

And the strength of the wolf is the pack.

Independent creatures as they are, precious boys understood the significance of togetherness readily and they sat a bit closer to each other.

In unison, they filled their paws with kisses and blew them in the air to wish you a very happy Friday!

Ciao everyone!

Ollie is sneaking a look to see where the kisses are flying to!