Fascinations of Nature

Along the verge of the road leading into the park are a series of large rocks, placed there, I am sure, by a resident to prevent cars from parking on the grass. The children love, love, love, to step on these rocks.

They are allowed, of course, with one caveat: Under no circumstances are they to touch the rocks with their hands, for Windsor Park is an off-leash dog park, and approximately 385,300,032 dogs pee on these rocks each and every day. Sometimes more than once.

So, the children know these are "pee rocks", and they are very good about stepping up using only their feet. Not too often, however, do we actually see any pee on these rocks. But when we do, it is an Event.

This rock? Had pee on it!!! We saw it going into the park, we saw it coming out of the park. The fact that it had not evaporated away two hours later made me doubt it was pee we were seeing, but I let it go. Dries was having way too much fun playing tour guide to this Urinary Wonder of Nature.

"Pee! Look, Adda, look, Noe-wah! Dere is pee on the rock!"

"You not touch that rock! Dere is pee Dere! See the pee on dat rock? No hands onna rock!"