My humans have returned from the other side of the planet (that's where they said they went - they might have sent those postcards from the next village for all I know). I knew something was afoot when Yam-Aunty started packing a suitcase. Suitcases always give me a bad feeling.
Then my humans turned up - so i ignored them.
Mr B arrived home with a 'dicky tummy' - which apparently means lie in bed and eat chocolate (actually I'm not sure about the eat chocolate bit), but it meant that I was encouraged to do the Dr Tigger thing and ensure that as much as possible of the sunshine coming in the bedroom window was soaked up by me. The bed seemed the ideal place to do it.
The next day, F and Yam-Aunty went somewhere in my van, apparently to visit an outdoor museum. I wasn't invited so I am not going to let F put any photos here. I did get to supervise a morning of lawn mowing, edge trimming, industrial extraction of sticky green weeds, and some repotting of tomato, chili, and tomatillo seedlings.
We are getting wall to wall sunshine.
We haven't had any rain recently so despite all the rain we got over the winter, the place is drying out already. Starlings have fledged and our bird feeders are swamped with big fat grey young starlings complaining to their sleek (smaller) shiny parents that the food service is too slow. They also march all over the lawn 'debugging'.
Our neighbour is providing entertainment as he drags a ladder along his roof and scrapes the moss off the roof tiles. He is younger than my humans - mine paid someone else to do that. He is doing a very good job though. When the moss was damp, birds used to lift lumps of it looking for insects that lived underneath, but now it is dry and crisp, and crumbly like really old used potting mix. F gathered it up and put it on our front garden - the one that is being allowed to be more 'natural'. Natural, my elbow - they are just too lazy to mow the grass and now it is dotted with daisies and buttercups, and a plant with little purple flowers and lots of seeding grass. Next year F is going to be really cross at herself when the whole garden comes up grass....
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Hari OM
ReplyDeleteThat's it, Tigger mate, keep giving them the cold shoulder until at least 87 o'clock (ie about the end of the week, or maybe tomorrow...) Tell, F I'll do the honours with the photos from the Weald etc place so you can keep space for all the news that pertains to specifically to you.
Meanwhile, I have had a rather dizzying 36 hours since I left you... so much to take in, so much to do... Read all about it in fits and starts over at DoWY. Missing you already. Hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx
F didn't actually take many photos so the museum subject is all yours. Was your new donkey nice to drive? I went for a ride on my donkey today but that is another post. Furrings and purrings Mr T
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DeleteOoh I look forward to your donkey post. As for The Grey - it's a dream to drive and even more of a doddle to reverse park because there's 360' views on the dash!!! Now I'm just itching - but must refrain from wandering until it's at least stuffed and lined... h&w Y-a xxx
Glad you made it home safe and sound. It’s a very long flight from the other side of the world.
ReplyDeleteWe leave London tomorrow morning and head north to York!
York is lovely. We hope that you enjoyed London and will get a more gentle time up north.
DeleteWelcome back to F and B . We missed you.
ReplyDeleteOh thank you. despire being on holiiday we actually missed being here (where summer came on with a rush).
DeleteHumphrey also dislikes things being moved about...he retreated to the patio for several days worth of sunbathing when the dratted humans had a new boiler put in last week. Arilx
ReplyDeleteFortunately the sun shone on his patio. Tigger sympathizes.
Deletethat last photo gave me a laugh out loudly moment. Love your face Tigger, perfect caption. I like the wild grass and flowers, prefer that over all the trimmed and neat. I know you are happy your humans are back and the life style is back to normal... now we wait to see what you do in your donkey and what your auntie yam will do with her donkey.... the fun never stops, and we thank you for it.
ReplyDeleteNot sure about lifestyle back to normal (and F doesn't want the kind of normal that it was before they left) so remains to be seen what new normal will look like.
DeleteSo I wonder how F coped with jetlag? Sounds like by ignoring it! Don't talk to them for ages, that'll teach 'em
ReplyDeleteF does about 36 hours worth of sleeping on a 24 hour flight and is more or less ready for anything at the disembarkation end. Having said that she wakes up at 2am on the first morning back, and about an hour later each day until normal service is resumed. We had 2am chat will sitting on the back doormat together contemplating the garden in the dark. xxx Mr T
DeleteDr Tigger looks a kind and wise physician.
ReplyDeleteVery kind but no one respects my wisdom Dave. xxx Mr T
DeleteGlad the Family have made it home safe and sound. Mittens is like you Tigger, she always sulks a bit when I've been away!
ReplyDeleteOh, go on with you, Tigger - you know you're delighted to see F and Mr B back, but I understand you mustn't let them know as they'll be overwhelmed and anyway you don't want to hurt Aunty-Yam's feelings. It's hard being a cat, even one as wise as you x
ReplyDeleteNice to see what one of the hoomans look like, Im sure Tiger was pleased to have them home.
ReplyDeleteHome is where the heart is Tigger - and you kept it beating by hosting Yam-aunty who did her part in keeping you safe (and warm). Be nice to F and Mr B….they are the ones who have the key to your food safe (and your heart).
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