ina/puusty
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cd playing Ballbreaker..might just as well have been blaring..as HBs paws veered from the hike I was going to take with she and Kesa..long-about 4 PM yesterday. Already that afternoon..Kesa had startled a huge red hen..who..quite unexpectedly..ended up..hanging verrry heavily outside a portion o' puppers choppers..looking MOREthan..a lil concerned. Visable leg akimbo, one eye trained pissily on moi..while I am terminating-emotionally, on..how to remove this feather-pillow ( they eat well when freerange here) or just explain to the renter, that Lousie had gone to ..her reward..a tad early. Quite a tad..early!..when Kesas chops release the hen..and she runs off..flopping the legs in best comedic style..to hide in the lemon mint patch..and groom a bit..before reentering the fenced chicken yards. So then..I was not expecting HB..to go anywhere..except..with us. Since the rental house..2 houses east..has provided a number of unhelpful situations..over the years..she has become very aware of all that comes, and goes..over there. She raises her head..takes a looong look..and then..inspite of my calling/Admonishing/yelling and screaming in BEST ..street theatre fashion..proceeds to march..not run..MARCH..solidily across quarter block of orchard flailed ground, to..the renters back lawn..pausing NOT at all! Thence..up slope..towards the sitting/reading/morning coffee area..still no hitch, no slowing down..and past the tiny swinging cup holder, and..Around the front of the house..a large, orange cat..firmly being 'trailed'. HB had decided..after those cats had gone feral, and had kittens and had taken-out several chicks, and pullets..that this was WAR!! I had to grab her ear, turn her around..and talking loudly to her..that no..we were aware that it was the cat who killed chickens..but it was not going to be hers and we were going on our aformentioned hike..poste haste. If those people..never understood the problem before..they have now..an ..indepth understanding..and the visual of my yelling..and HBs methodical progress..as she was obviously showing me the whereabouts..and ..how to take care of THAT problem! I noticed the nephews car (those of the hidden rifles and guns from last Summers escapade) in the parking lot..the rental..this morning. His car has not been..'in area' for months now. At 9 something..last night..I heard 3 shots..then silence. I am guessing they have..in ..their way..taken care of the 'problem'. For 10 dollars apiece..they could have taken them to the cattery in the county facility. Life..and death in the farmlands..is not always pretty. ina n HB n Kesa