The tendency to rain in the night and then give us fine mornings seems to be continuing. Shh! I had better not say it too loudly. If the weather gods hear they will almost certainly change it. We have, however, had our token really rainy day this week: Thursday, when I barely stuck my nose out of the door. It’s surprisingly noisy out and about today as the wind is quite strong in the trees - hence all the leaves on the pavements. I spotted one of the neighbours scooping leaves from his drive into his green composting bin - rather Sisyphean task it seems to me!
Our daughter has gone on a short break to Lisbon with the younger members of the family and her in-laws. I know she packed shorts and T-shirts as well as warmer jumpers. It’s a funny time of year in Portugal. We have been at this time and sometimes had brilliant sunshine and high temperatures and at others damp and chilly weather! This morning, as the family members in the UK commented on the sunshine here, she showed photos of the rain bouncing off the streets of Lisbon. So it goes. Better weather is forecast for them for tomorrow.
Apparently Boris Johnson has flown home from his holiday in the Bahamas. I think it was the Bahamas this time. He seems to have a lot of holidays. Those who would like him to resume the role of Prime Minister have clearly not heard the saying about how those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Ah, well! I have no say in the matter.
Meanwhile here is a pro-EU post on Facebook, on behalf of some dogs apparently:-
“Writing this on behalf of Dickie and Dotty. I hope this is OK, something a little light hearted in these sad times.
We are Dickie and Dotty. We were born in France. Together with our 11 siblings and our mother we spent the first few weeks of our lives living in an old chicken shed. One of our siblings ran away and another sadly died. One day in February 2020 a group of people came and rescued us, we were separated and taken into Foster care. Eventually we were all adopted and got new loving homes even our mum. We were lucky and adopted together. Our new mum and dad love us very much and have given us something very special, something they don't have themselves, (they live in France but we're born in England) You see we have French pet passports, that means we have freedom of movement. Mum and dad say that theirs was taken from them because people were told lies and made Brexit happen. We hope one day soon mum and dad will have the same rights as us.”
I’ve come across a number of people saying their pets have more rights to travel than they do. How times change!
Thinking about animals, some people have been getting excited about the news that a wild bison has been born in the UK, for the first time since the ice age, I think. When she was shipped from Scotland to Kent with a couple of friends, Mother Bison didn’t tell anyone she was pregnant. Bison tend to hide their pregnancies say the experts! Who knew?
The new bison was born on September 9th but the bison rangers (yes, that seems to be a profession!) decided not to announce the birth then as all the papers and news outlets were full of news of the queen’s death and plans for the funeral. So they waited for a while so that their news could have full impact! Once the male bison gets here - his arrival is being delayed because of Brexit related red tape - they hope there will be more happy events of this kind.
What they would like to do eventually, one report I heard told me, is to remove the fences from the park where the bison are now held and allow them to roam free through the English countryside, like deer and foxes and such. Hmmm! Hasn’t that happened with wild boar in some places? Haven’t they become a bit of a nuisance? Bison are quite big to be roaming around unchecked! Just a thought!
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!
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