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
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The Elusive Mr Marten
by admin - 22:00 on 28 April 2010
The goldfinches returned this evening, but only to the apple tree where they're too distant to make a decent photograph. I'll be patient. Mr Woodpecker made several flying visits. too
Mr Marten (at the time of writing, which is almost too dark to see The Nutella Tree) has not returned, although his snack is almost certain to be gone by morning. He's a free spirit unshackled by routine.
He may have attempted to come by earlier, but a much more perky Bess spent part of the evening at large in the garden, perched on a stone near the gate where Mr Marten enters her territory. A rustling in the bushes and the return home of a cat with a greatly fluffed tail suggests a close encounter of some description took place.
I appear to have diminished our mustelid visitor, for this morning I measured the length of the tree he'd covered yesterday evening. My estimation now is that from nose to tail he's close to three feet six inches long.
If they had met in the undergrowth, Bess was probably wise not to make a fuss.
Band Update: The legacy of the volcanic ash cloud continues to cast a pall. The Monkey Bones rehearsal planned for next week has been called off because Jim will be absent, back on his oil-rig, his rota upset by revised helicopter schedules. Most inconsiderate.
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