During Carley’s last boat swim of the summer, Susan realized that she’d done such an efficient job of cleaning out the boat to prepare for hauling and winter storage that there were no longer any throw toys for our crestfallen Labrador retriever.
Uh-oh. Nary a tennis ball or frisbee.
Crisis?
Hardly!
Master of improvisation, Susan dug out the emergency buoy (still in its package) and hurled it out into the water. Repurposing 101! Immediately Carley was off, dog paddling toward the bright target.
Again and again she retrieved the emergency buoy, not for a moment questioning the appropriateness of the retrieval decoy. A perfect last boat swim after all.
What do you think?