Good morning LB and Chive . I hope that you are feeling a bit perkier this morning LB .Chive are you going to have a busy day .Or are you indoors planning where it’s nice and warm ? LB I have got out of bed , that’s enough exercise for today😊.
Morning all. Let’s just say, Oscar Wilde was a very wise man.....
Had a rubbish night’s sleep Sunday night. Consequently, last night I came to bed and died for 8 hours. Nothing like a long, deep, restorative sleep. Doesn’t happen very often, but a treat when it does. Little things🙂
Runners - sorry to hear about the car. They always go wrong at a most inconvenient time. Is it fixed now?
Had a bit of a rude awakening today. OH looked out of the window at about 7.45am and pronounced that a muntjac was munching his way round the garden. I was still struggling from the depths of deep sleep and my first foggy thoughts were to try to work out if it was April Fool’s day or some such. Put clogs and dressing gown and went out to chase him out of the garden - which is easier said than done. Neighbours must think I’ve lost the plot.
It’s a bit chilly out there for just a dressing gown so I’ve come back to bed for tea and a warm up. Busy all weekend, yesterday was office then dealing with paperwork. Think today might be a bit of a day off. Last bit of ‘seasonal’ shopping online (for me - nobody else!), a trip to the library to collect a book I reserved and then post overseas cards.
First - more tea 🙂
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
That's the spirit T'Bird! Luckily the roe deer who live in the fields at the bottom of my garden cannot get INTO my garden. I just have to put up with big pigeons and pheasants who bumble about looking for the gleanings from the bird feeders. I've hear Mr P cronking in the field and so far he hasn't made an appearance. I think he sends his wives in first to suss out the safety of the territory.
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
I’m not sure where the muntjac got in. He could have squeezed through the 5 bar gate at the front and wandered round the back from where there’s not an obvious exit, but I also need to check if there’s a hole in the defences behind the compost bins. The hedge is very thin there.
Might need to erect some temporary barricades to stop him making the garden one of his regular food stops.
As I walked round to the back after opening the gates he was running back and forth not knowing how to escape. Then a dog walker came down the footpath (which runs beside the garden) talking to his dog.
That really freaked him out and, feeling cornered, he leapt over the back hedge and ran across the paddocks out back. It was rather a nice thing to see - very graceful. I’ve always known that the 4’ hedge along the back wouldn’t keep muntjac out if they were running from predators - but it does deter them. Maybe he was already in the garden when we shut the gate last night and couldn’t work out how to get out.
Noticed last winter that bulb leaves had been nibbled off and have found cloven footprints before. So I know they occasionally get in - but not actually seen one at work before.
Apparently they taste very good. 🤭
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Ouch!😟 Best wishes to you too Pansy . Fingers crossed (if you can!) that it's just a bit of a sprain and nothing worse. Have you got a bag of peas on it as well?
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Heavens above PF, we'll have to do as they say around here 'put you in a bag and shake you'. On second thoughts that might not be such a good idea. You've been shaken up enough as it is. Joyce has made a great suggestion - x-ray department next stop. You could have a colles or scaphoid fracture. I had one of the latter when I fell on my hand during a squash match - I lost!
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
Poor you Pansy, it must be painful, may be you could soak it and then rebundle. LB how lovely to have roe-deer so close. Topbird the muntjac seems to have expanded his larder. I hope you have defences soon it will stop injuries for the muntjac and save your garden. Any pictures? Just having a cup of tea. Chive I have some jobs to do too.
Posts
LB I have got out of bed , that’s enough exercise for today😊.
Let’s just say, Oscar Wilde was a very wise man.....
Had a rubbish night’s sleep Sunday night. Consequently, last night I came to bed and died for 8 hours. Nothing like a long, deep, restorative sleep. Doesn’t happen very often, but a treat when it does. Little things🙂
Runners - sorry to hear about the car. They always go wrong at a most inconvenient time. Is it fixed now?
Had a bit of a rude awakening today. OH looked out of the window at about 7.45am and pronounced that a muntjac was munching his way round the garden. I was still struggling from the depths of deep sleep and my first foggy thoughts were to try to work out if it was April Fool’s day or some such. Put clogs and dressing gown and went out to chase him out of the garden - which is easier said than done. Neighbours must think I’ve lost the plot.
It’s a bit chilly out there for just a dressing gown so I’ve come back to bed for tea and a warm up. Busy all weekend, yesterday was office then dealing with paperwork. Think today might be a bit of a day off. Last bit of ‘seasonal’ shopping online (for me - nobody else!), a trip to the library to collect a book I reserved and then post overseas cards.
First - more tea 🙂
Might need to erect some temporary barricades to stop him making the garden one of his regular food stops.
As I walked round to the back after opening the gates he was running back and forth not knowing how to escape. Then a dog walker came down the footpath (which runs beside the garden) talking to his dog.
That really freaked him out and, feeling cornered, he leapt over the back hedge and ran across the paddocks out back. It was rather a nice thing to see - very graceful. I’ve always known that the 4’ hedge along the back wouldn’t keep muntjac out if they were running from predators - but it does deter them. Maybe he was already in the garden when we shut the gate last night and couldn’t work out how to get out.
Noticed last winter that bulb leaves had been nibbled off and have found cloven footprints before. So I know they occasionally get in - but not actually seen one at work before.
Apparently they taste very good. 🤭
T'bird, your OH woke you up and you went out to chase the deer.......what was Oh doing??????
LB, love the cartoon.
Runners, hope the car is running smoothly again.
Pansy, you could have done without any more drama in your life. It might be wise to have an x-ray.