The window sash and the salvaged (non-treated) deck lumber became a cold frame today. Then a spot was chosen, the grass removed and the construct was set in place. The logs were unloaded from the truck and the leaf mulch was scattered at several sites. Coffee was had while sitting doused in sunshine.

"When Stalking Wolf said that a thing was an omen he did not mean that it predicted the coming of some event. An omen is an experience that interprets all events that follow it and reinterprets everything that went before. Good medicine, bad medicine, and omens change our understanding of our relationship to the world. Nothing is ever exactly the same once you have experienced an omen."---From p.102 of The Tracker(Tom Brown, Jr.). This paragraph came after telling of the wild dog attacks-going from hatred to understanding... both parties.