I don\u2019t know about you but time spent outside in the cold leaves me working up an appetite. It\u2019s all very well Mum going out gardening at this time of year, but does she increase my food ration when I\u2019m there helping? She does not. Ok, she says if I\u2019d stop eating apples then she might reconsider, but it\u2019s one of those chicken and egg situations. She says stop eating the apples. I say increase my food and I could stop eating so many apples. (The important word there is \u2018could\u2019, I\u2019m not promising \u2013 but maybe she\u2019s realised that.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just because the weather app on Mum\u2019s phone said it was going to be dry yesterday she thought it was a good day to get some more of the grass cut and apples cleared. Humans are weird. Which is more reliable \u2013 an app on the phone, or the fact that there was blowy wet stuff coming out of the sky? This faith in technology can be misguided. Shadow downed tools and came inside and I must admit it even crossed my mind, but Mum carried on as though nothing untoward was happening. Then she wonders why she\u2019s ill!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re waving goodbye to Dad again today. He\u2019s promised that this will be the last time he has to go for very long. Shadow is distraught. She hates him not being around. With her being completely deaf now she can\u2019t even talk to him on the phone when he\u2019s away. I think both she and Dad are a bit emotional at having to be parted again. At her age even the thought of four weeks can seem like quite a long time. Mum has promised to take care of her, but it\u2019s still not the same as having Dad here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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