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<\/a>The dogs get up very early, thanks to Gertie, usually around 5:00-5:30 am. \u00a0Kate, with her residency experience of sudden waking, working and going back to sleep handles this if only because I sleep through it. \u00a0She gets up, feeds the dogs and comes back to sleep. \u00a0Most mornings all four dogs come inside after their meal and then wait quietly until we get up.<\/p>\nThis morning Vega and Rigel, our two coon hound\/Irish wolfhound dogs, decided, as they occasionally do, to stay outside. \u00a0Vega will bark, sometimes 30 minutes later, to come back inside and Kate will get up and let her in. \u00a0Well, I slept through it this morning, letting her back in.<\/p>\n
When I finally got up, I let Vega and Rigel inside and Vega was so happy she came in, spun Talked to Kate last night and apparently Ruthie, 6 year old granddaughter, really liked her rhinestone studded belt I picked out for her at the Stock Show this January. \u00a0“Are those real diamonds?” she asked. \u00a0She has the hat, the vest and now needs only the boots to be a real Jewish cowgirl.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spring \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 New Beltane Moon Homes have needs. \u00a0This one needs Kate to feel full and she’s gone. \u00a0I’m lucky I have the dogs or I would feel … Continue reading Dogs and Granddaughters<\/span> <\/a>around, jumped up on the window seat (her place), back down and spun around again.<\/p>\n