R's rue

  One Bonfire Night, perhaps thirty years ago, I hammered a spare tanalised fence post into the ground near our kitchen door. The intended purpose was simply to set off a few Catherine wheels on a couple of nails I knocked into the post. The morning after the fireworks, I thought to myself, "I'll turn that into a temporary bird table". I got a circular shelf from  an old portable barbecue and nailed it to the top of the post. That very day I put birdseed on my primitive new bird table and this feeding habit continued for the next three decades. At first I had thought, "That table might only last three or four years and then I'll have to replace it." The table started to keel over a month ago -just before Christmas and then in a high wind this past weekend its useful life was over. Below ground level, the wood had finally rotted away. In the photo above you can see Phoebe's automobile,  Clint Junior, surveying the tragic scene. Fortunately, when Fr...

 I had a simple and ordinary night tonight. Supper with  Gorgeous Dave and his seven year old daughter  Paella with long discussions of not hiding your prawns under the rice and no pudding until you finish Some showing off in front of the guest  I made some brownie points bringing a girl’s magazine  Nothing too heavy  I sort of played a benign uncle and sat there and listened It was Lovely from Going Gently https://ift.tt/SOryeht

 Fear Drives or deceives Face it Or flee I’ve fled For so  Many years Now I’m  Fueling  The fire To see That fear Can do  Me good If handled appropriately  from R's rue https://ift.tt/SlERL74

  I’m sat in the living room alone. The dogs ( well mainly Mary ) have been reprimanded severely after a surprise attack on the bantam cockerel who was trying to fill up on cat food and bread which I’d put out for him in the snow.  Instinct took over and Mary was up the garden dragging the poor bird which was screaming at the top of its lungs, as the others piled in to help. Luckily I managed to separate bird from bitch amid a cloud of feathers, but the damage may have been done. Chickens , especially lone ones often do badly after an attack.  I left him the remains of the cat food and then made coffee silently in the kitchen.  Dogs know when you are angry at them and hate being ignored. Non of them could look at me when I came into the living room  Best to let them stew for a while.  I’ve been studying the relationships between the Greek Royal family and the other European royals and have found it fascinating. The scenes where  Crown Prince ...