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May 08, 2004
Yardwork and dogs.
We had a lot of mowing to do, so I armed myself with some benadryl and started up the lawn tractor for the first time this season. It started right up - which really impressed me, as it stays outside under the deck all winter.
I realized as I was mowing that a lot of pruning was needed - lots of trees and bushes have sprouted low hanging branches that I could not mow under. So I got out my handy dandy lopper and lopped away.
There is a corner in our yard that is kind of wild - ancient redbud trees, honeysuckle, climbing roses and lots of vinca on the ground. I cleared out all the dead wood, and cut back the honeysuckle and found a huge hole under the fence.
I had missed that one on my earlier check of the perimeter before I let Houdini outside. By the time I found his escape hatch, Animal Control had already called to let John know that Houdini was in jail until Monday.
This is his third strike in a month. The little shit.
What really makes me crazy is that we had a 6 foot high privacy fence built around our backyard at a very high cost to keep Shadow from walking over the old chainlink fence. Now, we have added a rodent dog to our family, and like a rodent, he burrows under it to escape. I don't want to put him on a chain inside a perfectly good fence, but unless we build a cement trench all around the perimeter, I don't know how we are going to keep him home.
Posted by Beth at May 8, 2004 02:55 PM