I went on a photowalk yesterday and met a young couple who had three dogs that were, I believe, Staffordshire Bull Terriers. Two of them were puppies. They were glad to tell me about them and let me photograph them. The two puppies were merely one and a half to three months old. One of the dogs was a young adult.

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One of the puppies and the adult striking a wonderful pose. I like the innocent and curious look on the puppy's face. The adult looks clearly more <i>cynical (sic!) (*).</i>

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<i>Action packed living!</i>

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Let's not forget the kingdom of plants!

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Pretty much all plants are in a dead-looking state like this.

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It was about half past three in the afternoon and already getting dark.

*) The origin of the word cynical is is Greek and it literally means <i>like a dog</i> from the ancient Greek word <i>kynicos</i>. Cynicism originally meant a philosophy that argued for living a virtuous life free of possessions and declining conventional desire for wealth, status, sex etc. as a way of gaining happiness. In the 19th century, the negative aspects of cynicism were emphasized and an understanding of cynicism as disbelief in the sincerity and goodness of human motivations appeared. 

According to <i><a href="https://archive.org/details/historyofcynicis032872mbp/page/n9">A History Of Cynicism: Dudley, Donald R. (1937)</a></i>:

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There are four reasons why the Cynics are so named. First because of the indifference of their way of life, for they make a cult of indifference and, like dogs, eat and make love in public, go barefoot, and sleep in tubs and at crossroads. The second reason is that the dog is a shameless animal, and they make a cult of shamelessness, not as being beneath modesty, but as superior to it. The third reason is that the dog is a good guard, and they guard the tenets of their philosophy. The fourth reason is that the dog is a discriminating animal which can distinguish between its friends and enemies. So do they recognize as friends those who are suited to philosophy, and receive them kindly, while those unfitted they drive away, like dogs, by barking at them.
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