The Roses Buds are Breaking!

I have much on my mind this morning but it started yesterday really. As I predicted, a bill for the car valet turned up in the post yesterday morning which The Owner, also predictably, felt the urge to challenge. There then followed the first return to his old grumpy self that I have witnessed since his return from the hospital.

He opened the brown envelope and then went through a routine that I haven't seen for a while of holding his head in his hands and shouting to anyone close enough to hear, "How Much?!". Also predictably was the speed and ferocity with which he dialed the number of the garage which sells very fast and very noisy cars and demanded to speak with Slippery Salesman. There then followed an argument with many good points, forcefully put and ended with The Owner saying that he would never buy another car from them. I don't like to dispel any false impressions but that kind of implies that he had bought one before doesn't it? Then this morning, having had his breakfast he wanders outside and notices that the rose on the front of the cottage has started to open its buds. He spent the next hour hanging out of the bedroom window admiring "The wonders of nature". Then on the wander down the lane to the office we passed the pond and there....floating around.....looking far too at home....were two ducks! Now you will recall from last time that I am having a pretty dim view of ducks of late after the humiliation I suffered at the hands of a group of them in front of Lady Chocolate Lab so I launched forth, into the pond and brought one of the little varmints back to The Owner. I'll give it quack quack quack! The Owner gave me a bit of a stare which seemed to imply he was less than pleased with me. Well the duck was alright when I let go.......eventually!