Yesterday was almost perfect. The sun shone and we spent much of the day outside in the garden. Oh how we barked. We got a little bit told off for that, but these things happen. Ari helped Mum to plant the parsnip seeds. They were both happy to have them in before the end of the month. This year they are neatly labelled so Mum remembers which variety she has put where. I tried to help with some bulb planting but Mum said I must not touch them as they can be bad for dogs. It was ok, I\u2019d found a whole pile of sticks to run off with so I was happy. Shadow was utterly worn out by the end of the day and after tea was fast asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why almost perfect? The one thing missing was Dad. He\u2019d gone to see our paternal granddad, so wasn\u2019t here to join us. Apparently if he\u2019d been here he\u2019d have been watching the rugby, so it didn\u2019t really make a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We even helped Mum catch up on some of the cleaning. I felt a bit bad when she moved my bed and could see just how much fur I\u2019d shed recently. I was quite pleased I\u2019d left it in a neat pile, but I should have cleaned it up myself really. Shadow tends to leave hers all over the house, so I\u2019m not that bad. Having said that, since Shadow has been on a teaspoon of kelp every evening her coat has been much better. Alfie had to have kelp all the time for his coat when he was old too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mum has researched the tree that came down and made a decision. The poor tree is not really suitable for where it was planted and it falling over is probably a blessing. Now we just need to remove it altogether and plant something more suitable. For a start it doesn\u2019t like frosts and with the best will in the world there\u2019s not a lot we can do to stop those. It\u2019s a native of Australia so it\u2019s a long way from home. I did ask if we could add some of the safe Australian wildlife to the garden, but apparently we can\u2019t do that either. Mum would love a quokka and I\u2019d like a koala, sadly we\u2019ll need to make do with foxes, deer and rabbits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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