After Boxing Day

 Tom brought William and Effie and we crowded into my house - pity Helen was sitting by the front door and when it was opened she got clunked on the head.

Rain again intermittently. Drawing competition with three entries, Tree, free and optical illusion, Heidi won after three judges gave their opinions. The rest said we were biased.

Then the annual photo op with their grandmother,

The only reason for two pics is so that we can include Otis' face.
With Tom and Lisa and Helen now all having dogs - it can become a bit much though luckily Miffy prefers to be out of it and sneaks up to my bed.
On Friday morning we saw - well Oti spotted and we all saw a kingfisher on the little tree on the island. Lovely as the only other birds seem to be jackdaws. No nesting going on yet in the box. Someone did tell me that bird flue has killed a lot of wild birds.
Starting to book my trip to Holland and then on to Hamburg - luckily have already got a set for the concert in the Elbphilharmonie as now sold out. Sheila will hopefully meet me there for a short trip.
There is no let up in either Ukraine or Gaza indeed both seem to have intensified. shocking. Tyrants both Netanyahu and Putin and Im afraid some of their Western allies are complicit with Israel.






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