Lughnasa\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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New (Back to School) Moon<\/p>\n
The partisans of summer have begun to moan its passing here in the north country.\u00a0 Those of us who love the fall and the winter have only begun to savor the cooler nights, the lower humidity and the reduction in thunderstorms.\u00a0 The harvest has begun, though much lies ahead.<\/p>\n
Rigel, again.\u00a0 So, I got up early this morning, took my peavy and my swede saw, and trudged, a bit bleary eyed, back to the fence and the fallen down tree.\u00a0 The peavy was no help, as I suspected it might not be, because there was no way to achieve leverage with it.\u00a0 The tree balanced on the fence above the ground.\u00a0 Nothing for it then but to use the swede saw.\u00a0 After some huffing and puffing, the trunk broke in two and fell away from the fence on both sides.\u00a0 I put the electric fence back in place, then walked the entire perimeter to be sure I hadn’t missed anything.\u00a0 All this before my morning tea.<\/p>\n
Got inside, the tea on its way and cereal in the bowl when I noticed a flash out of my eye and saw Vega looking down into the perennial garden.\u00a0 I got up to find Rigel just on the other side of the gate.\u00a0 She had pulled herself over it.\u00a0 Sigh.\u00a0 This time Kate and I decided what we needed to do and since Kate was on her way to pick up meds and money for my trip she went to her favorite store, Home Depot.<\/p>\n
We let Rigel out to eat and I watched her.\u00a0 She started to pull herself over again.\u00a0 I went and said, NO.\u00a0 She moved away from the gate, ate some food, went off in the yard to romp with Vega.\u00a0 Not five minutes later I saw a blur on the deck.\u00a0 She had launched herself over the gate from a full run.\u00a0 Geez.\u00a0 Kate, the front door.\u00a0 I’m going after her.\u00a0 Rigel went into the front yard, ignoring me.\u00a0 Kate came out and called her.\u00a0 Rigel ran, not toward Kate, but toward the front door to the house.<\/p>\n
She is now in her crate as we seal off yet one more escape route.\u00a0 She tests our ingenuity.\u00a0 Regularly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lughnasa\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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New (Back to School) Moon The partisans of summer have begun to moan its passing here in the north country.\u00a0 Those of us who love the fall and the winter have only begun to savor the cooler nights, the lower humidity and the reduction in thunderstorms.\u00a0 The harvest has begun, though much lies ahead. … Continue reading Rigel. Again.<\/span>