High point of the slow, painful walk this afternoon: a Fedi follower saw us in the wild!
I was catching my breath and giving my lower back a breather sitting on my favorite fire hydrant (it's perfectly shaped for putting my pelvis at the right tilt) when a woman slowly approached and said, Is this Benson?
How random!
Benson got a few scritches, and I met someone from the fediverse! Huzzah!
Then we walked slowly home, and I had to manage getting Benson and several packages upstairs while he happily chewed on his leash.
If I get down on the floor, I'll never get up again.