Beltane Emergence Moon
As parents of young children know, any absence from them results in stories of deeds and misdeeds upon a return. Just so with dogs.
In this case our German Shorthair, Gertie, caught a rabbit! She apparently didn’t know 
what to do with it because when Kate found her she was carrying the rabbit around, still alive. She would lay it on the ground, hoping, I imagine, that it would get up and resume the chase. Shorthairs are retrievers and that’s what she did. The rabbit did die and Kate spirited it away.
Gertie also slipped out of the yard, as did our two big girls last week. Unlike dogs of the past however Gertie, like Vega and Rigel, escaped from the fence only to come around to the front door to be let in. Much easier on the humans in residence.
Rigel, who jumps up and down when Kate or I return home after an absence, dug under the vegetable garden gate, got inside and dug up a flower bed. That’s why we have the (very expensive) fences in the first place. A soft garden bed seems irresistible to Vega and 
Rigel. Foiling (mostly) their efforts in garden beds and the beds around our fruit trees has not stopped the digging behavior. Our property has many, many deep holes dug by these two, usually in tandem, with one taking a break while the other digs, then switching places. Why, you might ask, do they do this? I have no idea. They’re seeking something, just what I can’t tell.
(Rigel taking her turn while Vega watches upside down.)
That’s all the deeds and misdeeds of the last three days.
