In a rough year, a letter carrier rallies and makes Christmas stockings for all 250 dogs on his route
We had a carrier who used to leave Milk Bones for our girl. I think she was a rebel because another carrier told us that this was highly discouraged by the USPS supervisors. (Like getting a mark on her permanent record.) I still remember her name (Dee) and we adored her.
We’ve had two letter carriers who do this. Our current letter carrier did that when Omega Dog was still alive. Every time he would bring a package to the door, he’d had a Milkbone. Even in the late stages of doggie dementia and deafness, Omega Dog knew to watch for the mail truck. Maybe it depends on the uprightness of the supervisor?
I miss the days of really knowing your carrier. We have a different carrier each week and we get some of our neighbor’s mail each day. We have no idea who our “regular” carrier is. It’s very sad, but it’s likely due to a combination of Covid-19 and DeJoy’s insane USPS policies. I worry about the effect this is having on the employees.
Embarrassing confession: My childhood friend and I used to stalk our postal carrier. A pair of seven year olds following an older gentleman for blocks. (Nothing at all wrong with that, right?) He was our hero. 
it does. my wife worked a rural route for 35+ years and while the rural craft has a different contract and different rules from city craft one thing is common to both and that is that it is against the rules to leave treats etc. “on the clock” and even worse to leave treats in boxes without postage. the first is a violation of rules while the second is a violation of law. either one can get a letter of warning or even a letter of notice inserted into one’s file. as with many things in life, what actually happens depends on the supervisor or postmaster.
Check out the teeny footsies.
Samoyed Claus?
I was just looking up bumble bees and stumbled across these cool flowers: bumblebee primrose:
Capybara? Nah, that’s a Guinea Big 
