If you put me on a diet then of course I\u2019m going to eat anything I find lying around. No, I don\u2019t care that it was stale crusts waiting to go out for the birds. No, I have no scruples as to whether the birds will go hungry. From observation there are berries and things they can have that I can\u2019t reach. The bread on the other paw is accessible and therefore mine.I don\u2019t know what Shadow\u2019s excuse was. She stole the carrots off the work surface that were waiting for tea and she\u2019s not even on a diet. I do admire her agility, but she was in serious trouble. Ari was in trouble as well as he has taken up gardening. He has begun pruning the fruit trees. It has been carefully explained to him that that is a specialist job for which he has not yet received training. He has only started on the pear tree so we are hoping that there is little real harm done. He says he\u2019s contemplating a career in horticulture unless they let him be a stud dog. I can\u2019t see him being allowed to be a stud dog. Life would be way too complicated if he were. Mind you I can\u2019t see him being allowed to practice on the garden. He might be given a small patch of his own to tend at the back, but the front garden is my Mistress\u2019s pride and joy and she won\u2019t want Ari making random alterations to that. I know she has some bulbs that need planting so he could be given the task of digging some legitimate holes. In my experience they aren\u2019t nearly so much fun to dig.<\/p>\n
Did I tell you we moved the thing that measures the wind speed to a better position in the garden? It\u2019s now on top of the summer house. Today is the first day it has been windy since it was moved. Last time I looked we were getting gusts of 20mph. I shall keep checking throughout the day. It\u2019s amazing what you can find to occupy a dull day.<\/p>\n
Alfie Dog with a little help from Rosemary J Kind alfie@alfiedog.me.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book is available at Amazon UK –https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"