Sig,
Hi!!
RE: What did "Killer" think of the snow?
Killer, with all the snow and 30 plus zero nights did his job as best he could...He loves staying out on the patio lounge chair until we head up for the night...All winter long he protected the gardens from the voracious critters that managed to avoid my gun during the Fall...All but one that is...But, then the desperate month of February and early March pushed them into the gardens at hours no watch dog would be left outside...Unless we're talking about those "Three Dog Night" dogs of the north...
3:45 AM one subzero February night he awakens me...So, downstairs we hurry and I let him out onto the stone patio...No, he doesn't turn his usual right...He lunges through the cracked door and sprints with head up,eyes fixed, towards the hill where the stone pathway is line with azaelas...Crash bang boom...Thrashing all the way back into the woods...Down the hill they run...Crunching through the crusted snow...Cooper has em on the run...But, the damage is done...Yep, he heard them from inside the house...Yet, it's too late...the mob has destroyed an entire years worth of work...The beauty of their color is again gone...The irony of it all...These same azaelas were earlier eaten (years back) and placed under protection into the nursery and then reintroduced two years ago...Yes, the whitetails also have to survive...And, when offered a buffet table...They go for the shrimp...
Best, Kemble |
