Things are quite a bit better in the Bertie department. The cyst on his kidney is benign and he seems to have SLE but his organs have not been affected. His treatment (steroids) started yesterday afternoon.
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.
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.