Shiba Inu Halfpipe #WeeklyShortShortNote

During the morning commute, there is an old man and a Shiba Inu who sit and watch the cars go by. The old man sits perched on a concrete block, and the Shiba Inu sits right in front of him.

It's snowing today, so surely they wouldn't be out...
Wait? Are that old man and the Shiba Inu taking a walk on a snowboard?

As I stared with wide eyes, my husband, who was driving, spoke up.
"Huh? Don't you know that old man? He was a snowboard halfpipe athlete at the Milano Cortina Olympics!"
The Milano Cortina Olympics? I looked it up immediately, and it seems to be the 2026 games.
"The Milano Cortina Olympics? I was five years old then, right? There's no way I'd remember that!"

"Hahaha! But I never expected him to have the dog snowboarding too! That's a medalist for you!"
There, I saw an old man and a Shiba Inu with expressions completely different from their usual ones.

I set the protagonist to be around 35 to 40 years old.
It's a story set 30 to 35 years from now (laughs).

The old man and the Shiba Inu are based on real models.
There really is an old man and a Shiba Inu who watch the cars go by during the morning commute.
The old man sits with his knees pulled up, and the Shiba Inu sits in front of him. It's their walking routine. On days when my mother and I see that scene in the morning, it warms our hearts.