what a tangled web he weaves

i think a new photo expose i may start will be entitled "places my dog gets himself caught." because of proton's incident with the cows last week, i have not been so willing to let him gallivant around the neighborhood. so, the poor guy gets tied up to the post or deck or whatever permanent fixture is nearest. i've hooked him to an incredibly long rope to give him the illusion of freedom, but what it does is get wrapped around trees, chairs, bushes, clotheslines, my feet, the lawnmower, anything. at first he would freak out when he got caught, but now he sort of resigns himself to the situation he's gotten himself into.... like today when things got really quiet and i went outside and he was sitting in the middle of a very large shrub. incredibly tangled. and then later in the day when he wriggled under the deck and somehow got tangled around a post. and then just stood there looking at me from the dark, dank, deck dirt. i finally lured him close to me so i could get the leash off, but he remained just slightly out of reach... until i grabbed his face hair and pulled him closer. didn't go very well, but i did get the leash off and it only took him another 5 minutes to get tangled on something else. still better than getting hooved.

the blueberries are almost here! i can almost feel the steam from my canning pot.