{"id":5797,"date":"2017-08-30T22:42:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T02:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/triciatierneyblog.com\/?p=5797"},"modified":"2017-08-30T22:44:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T02:44:06","slug":"slow-walking-the-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/triciatierneyblog.com\/?p=5797","title":{"rendered":"Slow Walking the Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love the thrum of a summer night – cicadas and crickets and mystery making the darkness vibrate. As a child I was terrified of the summer night racket, sure that whatever made those noises must be huge and awful. Now I am enchanted by their crazy chorus – different at night from day when under the scorching sun the cicadas seem to speed up their crazy chant with the heat.<\/p>\n

Have you seen the leaves are beginning to fall? The other day, a yellow leaf from the Tulip tree rocked slowly through the air, floating, floating down – a quiet reminder on a still-hot day that summer is almost over. And the moon tonight was lovely – waxing and bright with a few stars I don’t know shining not far from it’s light.<\/p>\n

These are just a fraction of the rewards I’ve found in my recent walks when not gazing at the new love in our lives: Rufus.<\/p>\n

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This little man is actually full grown – adopted 2 weeks ago from WASA Westport<\/a>. Last we heard, his two brothers are still available. I’d almost forgotten the joys of a dog. And Molly – well, she’s smitten with Rufus and he, with her.<\/p>\n

So I’m slow walking the neighborhood again and it’s very sweet indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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