Except for Mum talking to herself the house seems very quiet. It isn\u2019t that Dad makes a lot of noise, we tend to be the ones who do that, it\u2019s just him not being here. The floor doesn\u2019t creak, so Ari doesn\u2019t bark. Ari doesn\u2019t bark, so Shadow doesn\u2019t bark. I\u2019m going to have to make up for all of them. On the plus side, the weather is good and Mum wants to spend lots of time outside, which suits me and Ari. Shadow\u2019s finding it a little warm, so has stayed inside more. She is having an x-ray on Friday to see if we can get to the bottom of what is going on. Very often when we dogs have xrays we do it under sedation to stop us moving at the wrong time. Mum doesn\u2019t want Shadow to be sedated, so she is hoping she can stay still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we went out first thing yesterday the heron was sitting on the duck house. It had to be one of those times when none of us had a camera handy. Mum said we\u2019d have scared it away and he probably wouldn\u2019t be back for a while. However, when we went out next he was back and sitting by the pond. Do you think it would help him if I put out a sign which said \u2018no fish live here\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of Mum\u2019s presents last Christmas was a hedgehog house. It has been sitting on the dining table for a while now. I can\u2019t think for a minute that she is expecting any hedgehogs to make their way into the dining room, let along climb onto the table. Finally, Mum is trying to find a good location to put it so that it\u2019s ready for next winter. I think she\u2019s planning for it to be in the front garden so we can\u2019t investigate. Harsh \u2013 but probably sensible. We\u2019re not good at leaving things like that alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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