Megan is still not eating properly from when she was ill last week and we think she’s probably a little homesick. Apparently she’s missing us dogs as much as she’s missing our Mistress, which came as a big surprise to me. Maybe she enjoys jumping on me and thinks that’s normal! Anyway my Mistress is now worrying about her and wondering if she is doing the right thing. She said she will see how she goes. Today my Mistress has taken Shadow off for her eye test. It just tests for cataracts so she doesn’t have to look at the green and red circles and say which one is clearer, which is a relief for her as she says things like that worry her in case she gets the wrong answer. That reminded my Mistress of a highly competitive friend she has who was mortified on day when he came back announcing he’d ‘failed’ his eye test! On that basis, My Mistress should give up as she’s been failing them for almost 30 years.
I am delighted to say that my Mistress has fixed the water feature so we now have the constant sound of running water. She did less well with the water butt and the point at which she squeezed back out of the container smelling of unpleasant stagnant water, swearing and with sealant all over her fingers I guessed she might be giving that one up as a bad job and I was right! She has concluded that there are times when the sensible answer is to buy a new one and when her determination to ‘fix it’ may exceed her ability to achieve the task. The new water butt should arrive today while she’s out and we’ve been made to promise not to touch it until she comes back.
Alfie Dog with a little help from Rosemary J Kind alfie@alfiedog.me.uk
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