The Numskulls

At the beginning of last month we went to stay with my cousins in Essex.

Life on the Ocean … Waive

Two clues in yesterday’s Times Crossword. “London district where no one returns around cocktail time (9); No gin served up? One whisky short? He may be devastated! (5,6)” I like the way the compiler is thinking.

Levelling Up

  The peregrine falcon chick has been ringed and is a falcon; if male she would be a tiercel. This morning she jumped up on the balcony wall for the first time.

In the Wars

Beagles are supposed to be a healthy breed but Bertie is bucking the trend.

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Something Fishy

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you. (I Thessalonians iv:11)

A Dog’s Dinner

Bertie is off-colour. He had a sore paw and then caught kennel cough in the vets’ waiting room.

A War Trilogy

I am re-reading these three Brother Cadfael short stories out of nostalgia and because this slim volume fits into the pocket of my top coat.

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