Rufus and traffic

I was sitting waiting for my bus. In the sun. Getting hot. And noticed at the end of the block that Stan?(I know that's not his name but will have to do), crossing the busy street by my house, with newspaper in hand, walking rufus. Except he was crossing against the green. Not something you normally see. And traffic was stopping. Something you quite often see. And still astounds me (I'm a NYrker). It was an interesting sight - Stan in shorts and tee with black socks and sneakers. Rufus (who I know is really molly, but I didn't find that out until months after watching him/her, so the name I gave has stuck - unfortunately the misassigned gender trips me up). Rufus completely sheared strolling behind. (S)he's a sheep dog - so come June gets a massive pruning. And than they were gone and I was back to waiting for the bus. In the sun.