It was a bit cooler today than the furnace of yesterday, which was a relief. It was still more than warm enough - maybe about 23 C - to sit outside in the garden with a cool drink after we went to the gym in the morning.
The aggressive blackbird that creates such a racket when the cats are in the garden was very noisy today. Floof is very intimidated by it and hides under a bush when it’s around. I felt very indignant on her behalf so I got the hose out and lay in wait under one of the trees to give it a scoosh of water. Not to hurt it of course, just to give it a message that we are not prepared to be harangued by it all the time. It was too wily for me though, and circled around the bushes and trees keeping well out of my way. Suddenly Floof broke cover in order to chase a squirrel across the grass and up the pear tree. She nearly caught it too - they were both running at full tilt - but once it got into the higher branches she knew that she had lost the race so she stopped with her arms (front legs I suppose) and legs wrapped around the trunk of the tree, looking for all the world like a koala bear. This was too much for the blackbird who swooped around in full voice to menace her. I fired off the hose at it but I don’t think it noticed or cared; it probably just thought that it was a shower of rain.
We had a delicious curry at Rasoi with Heather and Ewan this evening. The food was excellent and as ever the conversation was fun - the four of us can and do chat about anything and everything.
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