Tis a joyful morning in the shire. The land is reawakening and the fact that spring is just around the corner has been underlined by a message from Brian the fishing gnome saying he expected to be back sometime in March. He hasn’t firmed up on his dates yet but has a flexible plane ticket so can decide on the spur of the moment. It will all be down to whether he gets to the point of being totes fed up with all the partying and craves for the solitude of the lake. We all like a bit of solitude from time to time.
Last night at 18:35 we had a feline visitor to the lake. Might have been a panther but it could equally have been a cat. It was dark and hard to tell. It was certainly out on a wander, up to no good I daresay.
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The joyful morning has continued into a joyful afternoon and because tomorrow the forecast is for a less joyful rain all day I decided to get a few outside jobs done, to whit splitting some logs. I’ve worked out a method. I use a hand axe and bash it in with a lump hammer. Sometimes takes a few whacks but I now have a trug full of very fine oak logs ready for the weekend. We are having some folks round for Sunday lunch. With it being Dydd Gwyl Dewi a leg of lamb is on the menu together with leeks and any other dishes of a Welsh nature I can whistle up. Don’t think you can get Welsh lamb round ere but I’ll see what Fosters have to say.
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Fox update. As I was carrying logs back to the house the fox came in from next door. 15:04. We looked at each other for a second or three and then he continued his amble. He stayed in the garden for 10 or twenty seconds before going through the hedge to next door. A moment later he was back and went through a different part of the hedge. I stood there watching. Gosh.