Lately, my cats have spent quite some time sitting in the window and watching the horses trot past. This might seem an odd thing to see in a suburban area, but it's becoming quite a common sight in my neighbourhood.

You see, the local police have taken to riding horseback through the streets and parks. Apparently it helps form a better relationship with the community. Or something like that. I'm not sure my cats ever had a bad relationship with the police, but they definitely seem to paying more attention to what the police are doing. Perhaps they're selling black market weapons or drugs while I'm at the office. I'll have to have a talk to them about it later.

The one thing I've been really wondering about was if the officers have to carry about a giant pooper-scooper to clean up after the horses. While I'm not sure what they'd do with it after picking it up, I expected that they would have similar rules to dog owners. This morning I discovered that they obviously do not, and that it would have required a really, really big pooper-scooper. Oh well; at least the lawn is getting fertilised.