Morning Routine

Barley, a dog, snoozes in the living room while her grand dogmother reads a newspaper.

When visiting my parents, Barley immediately settles into a different routine than she maintains at home. Food first, obviously, and then a walk, but her next port of call is to hang out with my mom, whose own morning ritual follows a similar clockwork reliability. Like so many other dogs, the main thing Barley really wants most of the time is to hang out with loved ones (in direct sunlight where possible).