I hate to ask but where is spring? Has anyone seen it? It\nseemed to be here a few weeks ago and now it\u2019s disappeared. At least we\u2019ve not\ngot more snow in this country, even if it is cold. Our Master, on the other\npaw, has been a little surprised to get snow in May. Having said that, it\u2019s our\nMistress who is most upset about it. Her favourite apple tree came up with lots\nof buds and then we had a really bad frost and it just all stopped. I mean\ncompletely stopped \u2013 there is not a single leaf on it. She\u2019s been out to talk\nto it every day. I\u2019m there when she does and it\u2019s really quite pitiful. She\u2019s\nbeen begging it not to give up and to hang on in there until there are better\ntimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma is almost as upset, but that\u2019s because she ate all the\nfallen apples last year and she\u2019s worried there will be less for her to get\nthis year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It turns out that there are benefits of Wilma\u2019s diet for me.\nOur Mistress thinks it would be mean for Wilma to be around her when she\u2019s\nhaving her own meals as Wilma can\u2019t possibly be given any of our Mistress\u2019s\nfood. Enter Aristotle. I am more than happy to sit patiently while our Mistress\neats, on the proviso she will save me just a tiny scrap. Wilma\u2019s loss in this\ninstance is my gain. I can only hope that her diet lasts a very long time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma has taken to having evening walks for a change. They\nboth seem to quite enjoy it and in our village no one else seems to be out\nthen. It\u2019s not that they mind seeing other people, but it does mean our\nMistress talks to Wilma more as she\u2019s less worried about being overheard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have a great Sunday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aristotle<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"