Day 114: Pink Fleurs

“Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral.”
― Charles Darwin

Buddy likes to bring things, so when I got home instead of his usual offerings of toilet rolls, bits of wood from the fire basket, envelopes or whatever else he can find…. he bought me a flower! Naturally, I decided that it would be a great opportunity for today’s photos and naturally at that exact moment, he dropped the flower and refused to go outside again.

After much coaxing though, and a few bribes, he gave in and today’s photos were taken!

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Day 104: Warmth

“I’m trying to remember how you tell the time by looking at the sun.”

“I should leave it for a while, it’s too bright to see the numbers at the moment.”
― Terry Pratchett

Once again, we have been incredibly lucky with the weather and so headed to the meadow for a comparison to how it was a few weeks ago when everywhere was flooded. It was still spongy in places, but the difference was amazing. The new lakes and rivers that had formed have mostly disappeared.

We decided to try and teach Buddy a bit more swimming, the weather was warm enough for it and he seemed more grown up and brave compared to last year. Not only did he swim, but he also followed William out across the lakes on random bits of precariously balanced tree trunks.

He needed a little coaxing to do so though! But once there, he managed even to turn himself around and walk back again! Towards the end though, it was safer for him to jump off into the lake which was also a new experience and one he didn’t seem to mind (too much!)

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