My dog can see the wind

So Mote it Be
New Moon (Descending)
Monday 18 December 2017
1.59pm
Tonight is the last New Moon of the year. I have two major bindings to do as well as needing to strengthen my boundary wards. The Duke and I are about to re-enter an arena that fills us with sorrow and dread and we can't go there unprotected.  The son is off to D&D this evening, which will spare him the horror of my naked weirdness, so preparations will commence in the late afternoon.

On the up side - I've just started seven weeks annual leave. I have a list of things a mile long  that I want to achieve, including finishing the first draft of my PhD, getting my first novel up onto Amazon, improving my archery, getting fit and doing as much mermaiding as I possibly can.

The weather has not allowed for an auspicious start to the latter; an unseasonable winter style front has been hammering the coast for the last 24 hours. Given it's only 6 days until Christmas in Western Australia, this is truly weird.

Cleo and Lily
Cleo, my Basenji, refuses to walk normally on blustery days. When the wind gusts and swirls, as it did this morning, she insists on standing in the middle of the road, preferably at the center of a crossroads, to stare intently at the horizon.  No amount of coaxing will get her to move; I have to pick her up and carry her to the footpath.  I often wonder what she can see in those air currents that I can't.


I harvested tomatoes, eggplant, chili's and paprika today. The rats have been eating the tomatoes, they are very bad this year.

I am hoping to discourage the neighbours from baiting however, as the poisoned rats are killing the Boo-book Owls.

Today's round-up
Hits:
Writing: Started a Blog
Fitness: Walked the Dogs for an hour
Health:  Went to the Dentist for a checkup
Witch Work: TBA
Misses:
Archery: No practice
Mermaiding: No practice
Drawing: No Drawing

Today's Playlist: Siren Songs










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