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Our new pack Kona, Vega, Rigel + Gertie has begun to calm down.\u00a0 There are fewer tense circling moments, fewer snaps and growls.\u00a0 Life with dogs has its rhythms, just like life with ![\"vegainwater\"](\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/vegainwater-300x225.jpg\" "\\"vegainwater\\"")
humans.\u00a0 Vega, our biggest girl, lays on the window seat, tail thumping, watchful, inviting me to come down and sit beside her, enjoy a moment of relaxation with her.\u00a0 She is a great role model for relaxation.\u00a0 The 4th of July fireworks season has moved into the\u00a0 past, or the future, and Rigel no longer barks at the night sky.<\/p>\n
Our tiered perennial garden and its brick patio have gotten neglected in our push toward the orchard, vegetables and bees.\u00a0 It was my focus for so long and now it grows on its own, almost, with little help from either of us.\u00a0 It looks that way, too.\u00a0 I began this morning a three or four day project to clean it up, weed it, mulch it, arrange and clean up the furniture and potting bench.\u00a0 This involved, today, pulling the lovely green chive like grass that volunteers everywhere, then putting down a heavy blanket of birch leaves, sweeping the bricks and clearing litter off tables and benches, killing weeds growing in the brick crevices and emptying old pots into the compost.<\/p>\n
There’s still plenty to do and I’ll get on with that tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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