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[JanW]

Good afternoon - warm in the bay and very blustery - have rain forecasted for the next week but will see what happens
Popeye doves are beautiful we used to have them on the orchard and white fan tailed pigeons - until we bought an Abyssinian cat - I blamed the foxie next door for the wholesale slaughter we woke up to one morning - the cat didn’t bother with sparrows so didn’t think of him until my husband brought home from the egg farm some old chooks who had become too old for them to bother with anymore - two chooks were killed - not eaten - so instead of leaving the rest free ranging in the orchard he penned them and set up a camera - the culprit was my huge big gentle Abyssinian cat who would only eat his food out of the microwave after it had been warmed slightly - he used to stretch up and ping the microwave to signal it was time to be fed - as you can imagine my old boys dream of chooks spending their retirement free ranging in our orchard was over.He then moved onto sheep - the SPCA contacted him could he house a string of shepherding dogs that had been abandoned- tied to a hedge - he decided after he had them for a while in the orchard shed that he should get some sheep so they would keep fit - one by one they were all rehomed except a very old beardie - until one day an old boy in a well travelled ute turned up - after my old boy gave him the once over he went to drop the tailgate on the ute and lift the old dog up - no way the old boy wanted him in the cab -last we saw was the old boy driving out with the old dog licking his bald head - never a dull day - the orchard was huge - we could write a book on the sideline activities he managed to find time for
I see the kids put my old boys fishing gear in the shed I would rather somebody be using it - quite a few things I put in the pile to go and they decided differently - but it’s out of my way so they can do whatever when the times come
Clouding over now might get the washing in just in case