Another Power Walk with Yoshi

I never know when the mood for a Power Walk is going to take over my little dog. Today, it did.  Today,  we also saw a fledgling robin practicing flying. But first, a little background; When I am depressed, which is often since I have clinical depression, I like to take Yoshi out early for a quick potty break. He knows my routine and it seems to work for both of us. After we come back in, Yoshi, the cats and I go back to bed until approximately noon. That is my own personal cut-off time for being depressed and unable to get out of bed.  In some ways, I am not a very good depressed person. I can only stay in bed for so long. Yoshi does help with that because he has to go out and, since we live on the 3rd floor of a building, we have to take him for walks.  We can't just let him out in the backyard to putter around at his leisure.  We sat outside for awhile in front. Then, we got busy and went on what I am calling the "Roanoake Route".  He has no concept of cars being dangerous and we live at a busy intersection so, even though he is on a leash, I pick him up and carry him across 4 lanes of a divided street. Then, by the nursing home, I gently place him on the ground and we proceed. I say that because my cats I can drop on the floor or the ground and they land assuredly on their feet.  With Yoshi, I have to consciously think I cannot do that. If I dropped him, he could get a broken leg. It was a good walk on a nice day in late May.  He smells all kinds of things and rolls in others. I get a lot of enjoyment out of watching him reveling in being a dog.  I saw a lot of beautiful roses today. I saw coral-colored roses, white roses and lots of red and older, magenta-toned blooms. The coral-colored ones were up by a beautiful house. I really wanted to go smell them. They looked divine. However, I did not. I didn't want to appear on someone's security camera.