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The company of a dog

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“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” Roger Caras

Today involved the company of dogs. It was sunny and they were happy, spreading the fun of the day in every direction.

That’s how it is with dogs. They do not care about the latest political disappointments, or know anything about international tensions. They have no desire to own the latest in fashion, or to visit the most exotic of destinations, and they have absolutely no interest in debating the pros and cons of artificial intelligence. All they want, or all these dogs wanted, was the company of their humans, and somewhere warm and dry to be, with the promise of food to look forward to at appointed times.

We were able to provide all these, and so they in return took us out for walks and presented us with endless balls to throw. Probably a few more balls than we actually needed to be honest, but the dogs were generous and did insist.

Now the day is ended, we are slumped exhausted in our chairs, and the dogs, at last, have a chance to play with the balls themselves.

Copyright Georgie Knaggs & The Phraser 2023

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A day on a beach just north of Naples, Italy – with a dog in mind

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A look back (first published 14 April 2015): it turned out that Django loved the beach on winter walks when dogs were welcome. Then it was often just us, occasional strays, the fishermen and the horses in training for the trotting races.

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In winter the ‘Litorale Domitio’ near Naples is quiet. Perfect for dogs?

In late February we began to hunt for walks for our labrador due to join us in the spring after he’d spent eight months frolicking with family in the leafy parks of Copenhagen.

We fretted for his well-being in the streetwise south.

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Naples, Italy: on its way to the New Year

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Image from a t-shirt design by 'Officina Flegrea'

Image from a t-shirt design by ‘Officina Flegrea’ – off.flegrea@gmail.com

In the summer of 2014 we arrived in our new home on the outskirts of Naples.  We left this autumn.  Two years in total, two years in which we were privileged to see places many Neapolitans themselves never get the chance to visit.  Some of the sights we saw were outside the city but many were squeezed into its narrow streets.

This post, mainly of photographs, is a glance at the context, at some of the neighbourhoods and corners, that frame a few of those places that were in Naples itself.

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