You aren\u2019t going to believe this. Yesterday our Mistress very carefully glued another strip of the bird deterrent spikes and held it in place on the window ledge to make it stick. She had remembered to check that the window would still close afterwards and all was well. She turned her back and walked to the bathroom and before she had even got as far as washing her hands she could hear the crow tapping. It got worse, not only did he have the audacity not to be deterred but he was sitting on the strip that the glue hadn\u2019t yet dried on and simply eyed my Mistress nonchalantly as though he had every right to be there. She is now looking at less aesthetically acceptable solutions! You have to admit he\u2019s got spirit if nothing else. She did ask in the pub for ideas, but sadly most of the ones that people came up with involved rather extreme solutions involving the demise of the crow and she really doesn\u2019t like any animal being injured. She had enough problems despatching Mickey and Mini from the loft and they were eating her belongings and putting cables at risk.<\/p>\n
As you will have realised Shadow\u2019s season has still not started and our Mistress is getting more and more stressed by it. The timing is now risking being very inconvenient, but of course that has never stopped Shadow before so I\u2019m guessing she\u2019ll pick the optimal moment of inconvenience. I know it\u2019s all my fault that she got into this in the first place, but I can\u2019t help but think she\u2019d find it easier to keep rabbits. She says one of the things that keeps her going is to look round the office at some of the lovely pictures of Shadow\u2019s puppies and just how wonderful they are. Ari says she doesn\u2019t need to look at the pictures but could just look at him!<\/p>\n
Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book as well as our other books are available HERE<\/a><\/p>\n You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"