This morning when I went out into the garden with the dogs there had been a light, powdery snow overnight which had masked the bird and dog footprints from yesterday. A whole new, fresh white sketchpad and before the canine three had added their signatures to the days sketchpad the various birds had been leaving their marks.
The two miniature dachshunds have discernibly different paw prints. Little golden, fluffy Jilly has neat, petite paws where as sleek, black and tan Millie has a longer claw length, so I can easily tell the difference between the two of them even when their paw marks are close together. Jilly is long haired and doesn't mind snow, but Millie, having short, smooth hair is more vulnerable to close to the belly cold.
Ffin has very different size prints,
<<< those at the back being slightly smaller and neater than his fore paws which even as a tiny pup were rather large and more like those of a German Shepherd than a collie. He just loves the snow and could stay out for hours in it. This evening he was happily tracking where the Muntjac deer had been wandering over a frozen ploughed field.
Seen from the above, these blackbirds prints in snow seem like a form of Chinese writing.
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