One rainy afternoon this week, Gail took me into the city centre to meet a prickly resident.
Prickly in appearance and prickly by nature, it turned out.
I tried to engage him in conversation, but he was reluctant to remove his earphone or lift his eyes from his computer screen.
I asked politely if he had a blog, but no response.
I tried small talk. "Rather wet today isn't it?" But to no avail.
Eventually he snapped at me. "Look just go away. Can't you see I don't like dogs? Oh if only my artist had painted me higher up a wall so you guys couldn't target me with your horrid smelly pee..."
I felt he was exaggerating the problem and pointed out that surely not many dogs go for their daily walks on Union Street.
"You'd be surprised", he countered in a surly tone, and went back to studying his laptop.
When we got home, Gail looked up the artist. He signs himself Edward von Lõngus but this is apparently a pseudonym and, Banksy style, his real identity is a bit of a mystery. We do know he is Estonian.
Happy Nature Friday to blog hop hosts the LLB Gang, and to all the other lovely 'hoppers'!
