I admit - it has been about three months since I wrote the last blog but quite frankly not much has happened. This will be of no surprise to everyone else who has been in lockdown.
But now I have something to report! The huge space left by our lovely Noa has been partly filled by Scout. Scout is six years and has a heart problem. She is very gentle and quiet and for any of you that might be thinking why's she gone and got another wolfhound when she got knocked over by the last one she must be mad
you can stop thinking that. Scout is unlikely to knock me over - she is very calm and gentle - and we are so lucky to have her as she was given to us by the very people we had our first wolfhound - Jai - from because they felt sorry for me and they are kind. Just to boast of Scout's achievements she's had nine puppies and won top IW bitch at Crufts 2019. Jai once won Best on Sofa and top bitch at the village dog show and I thought I might get a t shirt made with Top Bitch on it but wasn't sure how that would go down on the farm.(There's competition).
Meanwhile in lockdown Pocket has taken up gambling - he likes the cards best - he says he's invented a game called Baccaratcat. I wondered if he might take up bridge with Rocket.
I have kept going to the wildlife hospital where this beautiful owl was (I am a key worker and haven't yet been stopped by the police)
And of course we had all that SNOW which was exciting
Rocket is jealous of all the pills Scout has to take so I pretend his little biscuits are special pills. What are they for do you think Rocket ? I ask and he tells me he might have a touch of gout. I told him he certainly suffered from wind but he denies that. I said it was very effective with his social distancing.
Inessential things
What do cats remember of days?
They remember the ways in from the cold.
The warmest spot, the place of food.
They remember the places of pain, their enemies
the irritation of birds, the warm fumes of the soil
the usefulness of dust.
They remember the creak of a bed, the sound
of their owner's footsteps
the taste of fish, the loveliness of cream.
Cats remember what is essential of days.
Letting all other memories go as of no worth
they sleep sounder than we
whose hearts break remembering so many
inessential things.
