Happily Ever After

Life in The Rural Retreat with a beautiful wife, three cats, garden wildlife, a camera, a computer – and increasing amounts about running

Earlier posts can be found on Adventures of a Lone Bass Player, where this blog began life. Recent entries can be found here.

Introducing Ms Cooper

by admin - 22:37 on 01 March 2010

She's red and white with chrome trim and Matchgirl thinks Christmas is here again – today Ms Cooper joined The Rural Retreat household.

We made our final journey in Ms Puma first thing this morning, after which the former apple of Matchgirl's eye was abandoned with barely a qualm at the rear of Calterdon, the Mini dealer in Inverness.

Less than an hour later – after a wait for her personal salesman, several reams of paperwork, instruction on all the bells and whistles to be found in her gleaming dream machine, including the fancy push-button engine-start, and presentation of a complementary basket of flowers – she drove off the forecourt. The heavy clunk we heard was the depreciation that fell off the back of the brand new, 10-reg car.

Surprisingly, the rest of the day wasn't spent behind the wheel, for apart from a brief shopping detour we returned straight home. I suspect that a more thorough Mini adventure will take place at the weekend, weather permitting.

In the meantime, Matchgirl will read her manual from cover to cover to familiarise herself with vital information that includes bluetooth settings for her phone and how to connect her iPod. She's easily amused.

So am I, which is why more bird snappery took place today. Nothing of great exoticism was seen but a couple of photos survived quality control. Here's one of them.

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