That Goldfinch only went and told his friends about coming into the office. Yesterday we had a robin come in saying he didn\u2019t want to be left out. He was a bit nervous about asking to have a fly round but was happy to hop onto my Mistress\u2019s hand so she could show him where the window was at the end. We seem to be building up a whole collection of visitors this year. I don\u2019t know what is different. In three years we only ever had a couple of pigeons come in and now we\u2019ve had a swallow a goldfinch and a robin in just a few weeks. I suppose with the warm weather the door may have been open more, but I don\u2019t think it had been open much more than normal.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m proud to say that yesterday I was told I had become a better swimmer than Aristotle. He was none too pleased, but it\u2019s mainly because he\u2019s lazy and doesn\u2019t use his back legs in the pool, whereas I do. I\u2019ve even mastered cornering and that was something we never thought would happen.<\/p>\n
Shadow managed to dodge the storms for her walk with Cinderella. They had a lovely time. Cinderella is a real water baby so was playing in the stream. Apparently Shadow was really funny and really protective of her daughter. Most of the time you would not know that Shadow cared. She\u2019s not a demonstrative mother and doesn\u2019t feel any need to tell her children she loves them. However, when a man stoked Cinderella Shadow saw it as her duty to bark at him to warn him off and when a boy Labrador wanted to play with Cinders, Shadow actually went and rounder her up and stood between her and the boy so he couldn\u2019t get near her. You hear about these parents that don\u2019t think anyone is good enough for their daughter but it\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve seen it in practice.<\/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":"