2022 February – Just Because…, Guilty as Charged, Nearly Making Friends, Mum is a Blackbird, Meme, Birthday, Beach & Ditch, Legal Advisor, 3 Different Weekends

Just because….

A little bit of silliness, cos I can.

 

 

 

Guilty as charged

This is a picture of me sitting in the sun waiting patiently to go out for a walk. I’m not guilty of anything apart from being gorgeous and golden.

Mum on the other hand….?

Mum is a bit gloomy today because someone legally competent (and nice) from work is leaving.   I reckon it is entirely possible that she may also be feeling a teensy, weensy bit guilty because of possibly, even if completely indirectly and unintentionally, being part of something called a ‘contributing factor’.

Well, she needs to pull herself together and focus her energies on being a ‘contributing factor’ towards getting some more chicken for the freezer if you ask me.

I’ve had quite a lot of chicken lately which means that supplies must be getting depleted.  I have a nose for this sort of thing.

If I starve then I’m pretty sure that’s negligence and neglect as well as cruelty and abuse to add to the ever-growing list of Mum’s misdemeanours. If the situation gets any more dire, I may need to consider getting offspring #3 involved and evaluate what action I can (unreasonably) take.

 

Nearly making friends

This is a picture of me back in the wild woods.

Quite unbelievably Mum ended up talking to another dog walker.

Obviously it was over the noise of me going barky crazy.  So more of a shouty conversation.    He had a spaniel called Poppy.   He was amazed that Mum had been in charge of me for 5 years and I was still like ‘this’.  Mum said ‘this’ was actually pretty good.  Previously Mum would have had to drag me away from any contact.

True fact.

Eventually, I sort of slightly calmed down and then he went away.  Maybe being calm is a better option?

No.  Nope.

I don’t think so.

That is never going to happen.

Ever.

 

 

Mum is a blackbird

We are doing the RSPB bird count thing again this year.  Mum did a questionnaire on the RSPB site and apparently, if she was a bird, she would be a blackbird – independent and prefers being alone – they’ve politely left out the (territorially) aggressive bit. Haha.

The offspring would apparently be a bluetit, a robin and a sparrow.  Hopeless.  Not a chicken amongst them.

Personally I think Mum would be a grumpy old turkey.  But then Christmas would be a bad time for me I guess, as my food supply would be cut off permanently.

At least it would be once the turkey was eaten.

 

Meme time

Offspring #4 made this. :)

 

Mum’s Birthday

This is a picture of me being nice to Mum because she is now officially older than she was before.

It is the one day a year when I let Mum do what she wants.  At least after she has fed, walked, fed again, entertained and generally looked after me, that is.

In dog years I am supposed to be 55, so I’m still younger than Mum, but next year I will be older.  Which doesn’t really seem fair.  Still, I reckon I will be able to run faster than her for quite a long while yet.  She isn’t very athletic tbh.  Compared to me anyway.

The offspring are though. They might be able to outrun me in a few years.

Maybe.

 

Beach & Ditch

Here are 2 pictures, me in a ditch and Kobe at the beach.  Kobe is in charge of offspring #2 and her fiancé.

I am in a ditch because there are sniffy things that are of interest.  I have just put up a pheasant.  Kobe is on the beach looking for gulls.  Both of us are very good at our jobs.

I expect we will be recognised for our abilities eventually and given a lifetime supply of chicken and a medal.  I’m not too fussed about the medal.

 

 

Legal Advisor

This is a picture of me with my lawyer – we have matching coats.

My lawyer (offspring #3) has arrived to help me sort Mum out.

It’s about time tbh.    It won’t take long.  Mum is definitely guilty as charged.  Offspring #3 will deal with it.  She’s good at that.   Additionally, I am expecting a nice weekend with lots of treats and attention which is only what I deserve of course.

 

OMG – offspring #3 has sorted out a football for me.

I’ve punctured it in under 30 seconds.

A record for me, if I say so myself.

 

Three very different weekends

Offspring #4 and fiancé have Covid. :(

Very unpleasant symptoms but triple vaxxed, so hopefully easing off soon…..

 

Offspring #3 and Mum living the high (tea) life.

So for scones, traditionally, the Cornish method is to split the scone in two, spread the jam and then add a spoonful of clotted cream. This method is commonly used in London and it’s followed in Buckingham Palace.  (Promise we’ll balance it up next time with the Devon method).

 

Offspring #2 honing her skills whilst working overseas for the government.

Who ever said diplomacy is dead?

 

 

Saffron’s Recommendations this month:

Music: omg – John Newman.  That voice.  Just incredible.  An English (Yorkshire) singer, songwriter.  Brought up on Northern Soul and none the worse for it.  

Love Me Again

Come and Get It

Cheating

Losing Sleep

Give me Your Love (Sigala Ft JN and Niles Rodgers)

Blame (Calvin Harris ft JN)

Feel the Love (Rudimental ft JN)

Out of My Head (amazing)

 

 

Reading:   

The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu (translated by Ken Liu) published by Tor

Described as a milestone in Chinese science fiction, Hugo award winner and written as a trilogy.   Set against the backdrop of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals to establish contact with aliens.  A march of the human race into space….

(Suggest read the Authors and Translators postscripts first….) 

 

Films:  Lets go wild and watch a little John Wick.  So, so, so many bullets. And Keanu doing his thing as a retired contract killer on a vengeful rampage.  Well, someone killed his puppy so why wouldn’t he?  In 3 chapters with a 4th on the way.   

If you’re feeling a little tense then this is a good watch – get it all out of your system eh?

 

In the news:

The UK records its fastest economic growth since 1941 with new figures showing a 7.5% rise in GDP during 2021. However, this follows the collapse in GDP of 9.4% during 2020 (so lies, d*** lies and statistics eh?)

Storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin hit the UK causing major disruption and chaos – rare red weather warnings in force

Russia escalates into full scale invasion of Ukraine and thousands of people gather in cities across the UK to show their support for Ukraine

The Bank of England raises the interest rate from 0.25 to 0.5%, in a bid to restrain inflation

The UK is bidding to host football’s Euro 2028 but not the 2030 World Cup