We were on a camping trip last week and I noticed that many people had not one dog but two. So there were a lot of dogs around and when people were walking their dogs past a campsite with dogs, they all started barking. Very noisy at times. There were also a few cats on leashes, which were quiet, probably because they were focused on the large chipmunk population. So being out in the fresh air, away from all the city stuff, my mind wondered off onto strange thoughts.

I was thinking about the “Planet of the Apes”. You probably know that in the movie, all the pet dogs and cats were wiped out, so people acquired monkeys and chimps for pets. These apes, being very intelligent, probably more intelligent than the owners, learned how to speak English. ( I think this only happened in the the States). Eventually the apes took over, until Charlton Heston came along many centuries later and cleared things up. But they never explained what happened to the cats and dogs.

Well
 here’s the prequel


There were aliens from a planet in the Proxima Centauri system which is 4.24 light years away from earth. These aliens, who didn’t look at all like us, and we don’t know how many legs they had, or even if they had legs. Like Star Trek, they were exploring worlds “Where No Alien has Gone Before”, but their technology was far superior then warp tech. They had knowledge of wormhole technology; a wormhole being a fold in space-time. So instead of spending thousands of years in a spaceship to get here, it only took a few weeks, as they could simply jump through a wormhole. Weeks because they had to use their impulse engines to get to the wormhole. The jump through took only minutes, but gave them extreme headaches and anger issues.

So they got to earth and noticed 4-legged creatures leading around 2-legged ones. And the 2-legged ones were picking up all the shit. The aliens got really pissed off at the 4-legged ones because they had legs. Envy issues on top of anger makes for a nasty outcome. So they set up a satellite around earth which sent out brain wave signals tuned to the dogs, which eventually killed them all. For some unexplainable reason, the cats were affected also, and so they too died.

This is just the main plot. Of course there were many side stories on the spaceship
 the aliens had relationships, including sexual and platonic. Each had its own characteristics and dynamics.

So aside from this story, I also thought about my weekly photo challenge, which was “Daily Ritual” and the recent death of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was also on my mind. Here’s what I wrote for that; and see if you can pick out the photo that goes with it.

Nostalgia kick lately
Beach Boys in my head
Remembering the
Lights Out basement parties
Dance “Grinding” to “Surfer Girl”
With my Grade nine sweethearts

No daily rituals
Only lusty desires and impure thoughts
But now?
My daily ritual is coffee
And when I’m camping
Making coffee outdoors is
A wonderful thing

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Chilling at the 1000 Island campsite

No smoking, no vaping and no cycling

The Upper Canaada Village

The Upper Canaada Village

The Upper Canaada Village

The Upper Canaada Village

The Upper Canaada Village

The Upper Canaada Village

The Upper Canaada Village

Daily Ritual