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[Heedless Horseman]

Not really what anyone would want to read... so Don't! 
Woke up 2am... having HAD to 'Crash'. Going through... S**t pong.  Soft 'Plats'on Pile rugs... several places... plus 'Sick' in  kitchen and at back of cage. Poor BIG  Dog must have been worrying!
Cleaned up and took him out to get rid of some more. Gave Kaolin.
REALLY wanted to lie down on Frosty Road and wait for a Bus. BUT... not the 'Thing'.

PLEASE, Chaps, enjoy life... in whatever form... you only have One.
There is SO much Joy and Wonder... but, sometimes, just 'S***!. 
(Have known several who have 'Gone Down'. 'Silly B*****s... They have Gone.)
Being a bit +ve... but S**t in the ear[y hours is hard to take! LOL! Cleaned up now.     

Have tried to Delete, but cannot!

[DecemDave]

      Hope you both recover soon.

[Heedless Horseman]

Just to update for anyone interested. Dog has been out again twice but no further 'developments'!
I notice that 'out the back and across the stream'... Snowdrops and Bluebells are pushing up shoots!     

[Ithoriel]

Oh! HH, not good. But glad to hear things seemed to have passed (in both senses!).

Thanks for the reminder of why I don't have pets.

Mention of bluebells reminds me of the "bluebell wood" behind my grandparents house in Maidstone ... probably a housing estate these days.

To quote Joni Mitchell:

"Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot"

[Heedless Horseman]

In younger days, we had  loads of Bluebells... before Trees grew. Not 'Natives'... crossbreeds dug up long before Me. Farm of my early years had masses!  Ma dug up many for new house and they did well... but tree cover and 'Dry' years... dwindling. Planted 300+ 'Native'bulbs some years ago... but not a D*** one came up! Always Glad to see new shoots! ,

[Orcs]

Thanks for the reminder of why I don't have pets.

Yep good reminder, I find its best to enjoy other peoples animals. 


I hope the dog is ok now. 

[sultanbev]

4th January sigthing: a raptor, possibly a sparrowhawk, flew nonchalantly through the woods at the bottom of my allotment, only to be mobbed by a corvid. On returning home saw the same raptor sat on my house roof!

[Heedless Horseman]

Can't explain how 'Good' it is to give a Hug to your GSD or a cuddle a Purry Furry. BUT... they make 70% of daily 'work'... and sometimes more! Think these Two will be the last. Sad. Wonderful that they are Best Friends !

[Steve J]

We had a Sparrowhawk again in the garden yesterday, all rather fluffed up against the cold breeze. A few days before at dusk on a walk we say a beautiful Kestrel begin mobbed from tree to tree by Crows.

In the garden, tulips, daffodils, snowdrops, hyacinths and crocuses popping up all over the place. Also a late flowering clematis already in bud, which is way too early really for the time of year.

[Heedless Horseman]

Just to explain Dog and Cat 'thing'. Dog is VERY Big, Hairy German Shepherd and doesn't like anyone/thing not of His Pack.
MY FAULT...should have been 'socialised'... but I was working.
Cat had lived with Family... but They moved... and Cat did not want to!
Lived 'feral' in bushes for a year.
Cat and Dog, amazingly... took 'A Sniff' and made Friends.
Cat's Family Found him and reclaimed Twice... but Cat Chose His Residence!
Dog and Cat now Best Friends... with occasional 'spat'... mainly Cat'!
Pets!

[sultanbev]

5th January sighting: another raptor, possibly a sparrowhawk again, flew through our community garden chased by crows. Two days in a row?

[Steve J]

They will often re-visit a garden for a few days, even several times a day, then move on to other areas, as their prey gets wise to their visits and so move elsewhere.

[FierceKitty]

They will often re-visit a garden for a few days, even several times a day, then move on to other areas, as their prey gets wise to their visits and so move elsewhere.

A tell-tale sign is seeing Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen scouting the perimetre. A wise predator moves on for a season or two.

[Raider4]

A tell-tale sign is seeing Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen scouting the perimetre. A wise predator moves on for a season or two.

If they're hunting predators, then surely it should be Arnie or Danny Glover (or - $DEITY help me - Adrian Brody!) you should be keeping an eye out for?

[FierceKitty]

Ein Raubtier, Dummkopf!    Oder lieber ein Raubvogel.