{"id":214,"date":"2010-01-01T04:00:39","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.changespell.com\/wordplay\/?p=214"},"modified":"2009-12-29T22:28:19","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T05:28:19","slug":"fence-me-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.changespell.com\/wordplay\/index.php\/2010\/01\/01\/fence-me-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Fence Me In!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Friday Post
\nHappy New Year!
\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

No, seriously…do it. Fence me in! And do it right!<\/p>\n

Last Thursday, I had a Christmas gift I’ve been looking forward to for a very long time: I took a walk with the dogs around the new pasture fenceline on the new property.<\/p>\n

\"cholla<\/div>\n

Oh, it’s only about half the property–the back half is deeply cut by an untamed arroyo of the sort that forms a little highway for coyotes and possibly the occasional bear. (So I hear. I’m hoping we’re just out of normal range, but all the same, I’m keeping birdfeeders away from the house. Apparently bears think they are way cool…)<\/p>\n

So we didn’t include the arroyo in the fenced area. \u00a0That leaves a modest pasture of perhaps just under two acres, but it is so delightful! \u00a0All rugged and wooded with juniper and pinon, with a deep swale (a pre-arroyo?) between the house and the arroyo. \u00a0Lots of \u00a0variation, lots of cover, \u00a0a flat area of juniper nursey soon to be lightly cleared for agility and a flat area for riding on. \u00a0And best of all, it’s fenced.<\/em><\/p>\n

Even the dogs know what that means–and they knew instantly, when I took them for their first walk on the land last Friday. \u00a0It means running in wild circles without being stopped, because their boundaries are a given. \u00a0It means the safety to romp and range away from me while I walk, and the freedom to come back, check in with me by meeting my eyes, and spurting away again. \u00a0It means exploring together while making their own choices, yet still being with me…us, the pack, walking our territory. \u00a0Together.<\/p>\n

Once there’s a horse involved, things will really<\/em> get fun.<\/p>\n

So yes, by all means–fence us in!<\/p>\n

Besides. \u00a0I had a\u00a0lot<\/em> of gates put in.<\/p>\n

I’m going out there again this weekend to do it all over again for the new year. \u00a0I hope you’re having a good one!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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