Of shoes - - and ships - - and sealing-wax - -

I always loved Lewis Carroll's books as a child, and thought this was quite a good description of trivial talk.
So, some more trivial talk.
Had two lovely walks with the dogs today. First with Bryn on his own - he was racing around the hillside, chasing and retrieving a ball on a rope, when suddenly we were joined by a very fast, very spunky little terrier cross called Millie, and the pair of them flew around together having a great time until we came to a parting of the ways. What an amazing agility dog that little one would make!!!
I took Bryn back home and brought Amber and Corker out, and lo and behold, we met Millie and her owner again. Now Amber isn't usually too sure about strange dogs, especially strange female dogs, and Corker is always a bit 'in your face' but again a huge game developed, with Millie teasing the Cattle Dogs and getting them to play fast dodging games. It was lovely to see Amber and Corker playing with someone else's dog. Later in the walk Poppy, a lovely black lab, came to join us. Poppy is a regular companion with her owner, so again a game developed, and we were then joined by a big red and white border collie (descended from the fabulous Mr Chips of Mary Ray and looking so like his great-great-grandfather) Now, Corker isn't too keen on red and white collies, nor large, entire males, and this was both, so I held my breath.... but needn't have worried because yet again it was 'game on'.
And the sun shone..... and it was mild.......and the birds were singing.......and all was well with the world.

(Just for the curious, here is the verse from 'The Walrus and the Carpenter' that gives this bit of trivia its title:
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings.")