I\u2019m on nursing duties. Mum isn\u2019t well and I\u2019m her carer. She says there is no better care than having me by her side and I\u2019m happy with that arrangement. I\u2019m not so good at doing the jobs that need doing, but I\u2019m first rate at snuggling up to her and checking she\u2019s ok at intervals. I do get breaks from my role and at those points, to give him his due, Aristotle is very good at taking over. He\u2019s off to the vet\u2019s for his scan today though, so he won\u2019t be able to help. Of course that also meant Mum has had to get dressed to take him, even she draws the line at driving to the next village in her pyjamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All the preparations for Dad\u2019s arrival are complete. It\u2019s a shame he will need to quarantine as it would be good if he could help me look after Mum. We don\u2019t know what time tonight he\u2019ll get here, it\u2019s going to depend how bad the queues of people are at Heathrow. I just hope Mum is still awake to let him in. I guess I can bark to wake her if she\u2019s not. At night, when Shadow is deeply asleep there is little chance of her hearing him arrive and Ari has never been the one to sound the alert on things like that. Mum says we\u2019re going to bed early and setting an alarm for when we expect him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There seem to be lots of pairs of birds doing unspeakable things in our garden. Mum says that\u2019s good news, but frankly I think it\u2019s shocking. There they are in broad daylight\u2026 well, you can imagine! At least if things go to plan we\u2019re going to have plenty more birds to feed soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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