It\u2019s not what you think and it wasn\u2019t me! My Mistress wants to clear all the weeds on the patio and until yesterday there were two options. She could get down on her hands and knees and carefully remove each one of them. This would be time consuming, and result in a number of aching muscles. Or she could spray or water them with chemicals to kill them off. Although that would work in theory, she is trying to cut down the use of chemicals and in particular doesn\u2019t want them used round the patio where her organic vegetables are growing. Now there is a third way. She has bought a machine that really should be called a dragon. It breathes fire, lots of fire. It burns the weeks to oblivion and is every man\u2019s dream. No longer need he play with matches and odd bits of household goods left lying around, when man wants to create fire he can simply go outside and blast the weeds. I don\u2019t suppose my Mistress will get a look in when my Master sees what she\u2019s bought. She says if it gets him outside doing the gardening, then even though it is the destructive end of the scale, she will not complain. I, on the other paw, have been told to keep well out of the way. She doesn\u2019t even want Aristotle to see it, for fear that he will decide to try his paw on something more than weeds while she is out!<\/p>\n
It is Fun Day later today and in a quiet way I\u2019m looking forward to it. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019m going for the whole thing but with Shadow excused because of her season there should be enough humans to take care of both me and Ari. The ones who are coming are either girls or puppies so I\u2019m thinking it might not be too bad. It\u2019s only the other male dogs that I struggle to get on with and Ari doesn\u2019t count.<\/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":"