Sumac

 

The telephone company continued to bury cable on down the hill to a little triangle of land where three roads come together.  They left their machinery in that triangle over the weekend.  Out of the way of anyone and in place for the next week's work.   Someone got in and cut out a major part of one of the machines.  The area is wide open but there are only two houses in easy sight of the area and both of them are set well back from the roadway.  I figure after 2 a.m. (when the bars close) and before 4 a.m. (when people are getting on the road to get to their jobs) would be the optimum time to steal something there.  I've heard of cabins in the hills being broke into and we've had a rash of catalytic converters being cut off cars but this latest theft was a little close to home.  I locked the doors on Mjolnir and Sleipnir tonight and told Whip she should stay alert.  She wagged her whole body and said I could rely on her.  (As I write this I can hear her snoring in the foyer.)