Canceling the Code Red

I woke up this morning to a text message from Gretchen telling me that part of the fence had blown out in the high winds and that Ruby the Dog had escaped. In an upset, she did not run away, but came trotting back to the garage, which meant that a trip around the neighborhood to fetch her wasn't necessary.

So when I got dressed, I went out to look at the section of the fence that had fallen. Except the section of fence that had reportedly fallen hadn't. It was still the kludged repair job that I had done a few months back, but it was still standing. Huh.

I walked around to the other side of the house and discovered that the gate was standing open. Well, that explained how the dog had gotten out. The gate needs to be adjusted, as it's being quite difficult to latch correctly now. Apparently, the lawn service had been in earlier in the week and had pulled it closed without actually latching it. And then the wind blew the gate open.

The gate is now properly latched.

Still need to fix the fence, but it can wait for better weather.

I hope.