Our Favourite Park

The last couple of days we have had wonderful weather, and taking advantage of it we have been having some lovely picnics with the pets at one of our favourite parks close home. This park has actually a pretty gruesome history. Till a couple of years ago, it was just a huge chunk of land where the vegetation had gone wild. It was almost like a jungle, and over the years a couple of dead bodies were discovered, all of them murder victims. When the last dead body was discovered the State Government decided to clean up the space, do a bit of landscaping and covert it into a real work of art. Of course as things go, work here takes time up but it is a fantastic place now.

Though landscaping work is still in progress, but it is a huge place so I guess it is expected however it shall be over by this winter. Our favourite spots when we are with Gucci are normally places where there are a lot of trees, flowers. Gucci has to say ‘Hello’ to every tree that comes her way; she truly is like a little dogmatix who loves trees. Flowers, Ducks, Butterflies, Deer, Rabbits nothing can distract her. All she loves in the park are trees and squirrels, she is happy as long as trees are there and scents are there for her to explore.

She can walk a good 2 hours non-stop if you just let her, and she is excited as if she is in paradise. I love her happiness, her sparkling eyes; happy smile when she is there you can see she feels the magic of the place, the beauty of the nature and her love for trees. We love walking her, it is a huge park and she can go non-stop in its exploration. Strangely even I don’t feel tired when I walk with her, I can’t imagine walking this length of time without a break, but when I’m with her the miles never show.

With Bambi it is a different tale, she is quite a monster once she is out, quite territorial, and she doesn’t like the strays that wander around, her predatory instinct surface if she spots a bird on the ground and she doesn’t like people invading her space. So it a part nightmare, and part fun; she loves to play fetch in the park but we have to be on guard every second and keep a look out for any strays or people approaching us, so normally with Bambi we settle in a pretty secluded area, so the odds of people coming there are less, and she can have a good time, instead of barking her head off feeling territorial. We generally end up settling where the landscaping work is still in progress.

Taking both of them together has been bit of an ordeal with Gucci wanting to wander, explore and Bambi wanting to play but refusing to have Gucci out of sight. So generally Gucci ends up feeling like a chained bird, we took them out twice together but then decided to take just one of them and have a great time rather than taking both of them and Gucci, always being short changed. Though she is a sweetheart and doesn’t complain but you know she hasn’t had a great time when her eyes don’t sparkle with joy and merriment. One of her favourite spots in near the garden boundary extending to the Lotus temple, she loves a spot of rocks and flowers there.

We love taking them out, picnicking at one particular spot, the view is great there.

On one side it is just green, another side it is a riot of colours with all the flowers in full bloom announcing their spring glory and another side it is the tall buildings of the real world. It is a delightful place to picnic and Gucci is underfoot roaming in the grass and just having a great time checking out the place, this is one spot where doesn’t care if you are feasting on chicken, she won’t even beg for it, after all how can a mere chicken compete to the zillion scents that call out to her?!

For all of us this park, is a favourite, for it means feeling relaxed, unwinding after a long day and just having a good time, enjoying nature, the long walk, the uphill climb and the steep descent, the contrasting feel of the place in total harmony with compelling unique beauty.