For those of you in other parts of the world today is our national day \u2013 St George\u2019s Day. For those of you in England who didn\u2019t know that, shame on you. Of course you can be forgiven in some ways as do we have a national holiday? No. Are there parties and celebrations? No. It is just like any other day and without the excuse of the Irish St Patrick\u2019s Day when at the very least people do have a pint or two in celebration.<\/p>\n
We think there are wrens nesting in our next box. My Mistress has seen them going in and out, but that was a few days ago and she hasn\u2019t seen any activity for a few days. I said maybe it was just one wren being shown round by an estate agent wren, but my Mistress didn\u2019t look convinced. I\u2019d sit outside and watch properly but it\u2019s been a bit cold for that. At least they aren\u2019t like the blackbird that has offered his services as a handyman. More to the point it\u2019s a her and it would be a handybird. Anyway, for whatever reason she has been clearing out the gutter above the back door. It\u2019s immensely helpful but a little offputting if you are standing underneath when a bundle of rotting leaves is thrown down. The paving outside the back door is a mess with all she has thrown down. I just don\u2019t understand why she is doing it. I would have guessed nest building but she doesn\u2019t seem to be carrying any away, just throwing it out of the gutter and onto the floor.<\/p>\n
Megan wasn\u2019t very well again yesterday. She had a bug last week which we thought she had got over, but yesterday she was feeling lethargic and down and not eating, which is really not like her. My Mistress said if she was still like it later today she will take her back to the vet.<\/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 You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"