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.
The Chicken Hunter
by admin - 22:33 on 12 January 2011
There was snow overnight, but not enough to obscure the fact that egg, chicken thigh and Nutella had all gone.
"Splendid," I thought. "Master Marten likes roast chicken," and continued to think so until Matchgirl pointed to the well-picked chicken bone on the living room floor and the contented cat on the sofa.
That would explain the early-morning yowls we usually associate with a successful mouse hunt.
Master Marten must have spurned the meaty thigh (although chicken scraps had been taken from on top of the gate) for the only paw prints to be found in the snow belonged to our fearless moggy. This was a bit of a surprise in itself, for Bess, who makes such a fuss about leaving The Rural Retreat when the garden is white, clearly had no problem exploring when Matchgirl wasn't there to sympathise and dig a path for her.
Birdwatcher Bess enjoys her favourite indoor hobby (after sleeping and eating)
More chicken will be put out tonight, but in a place that our cat fears to tread. To start with, that's on top of the gate; Bess has never mastered the art of gate-climbing.
Master Marten must have paid an early call, for when I returned from this evening's summit meeting with the other authors of The Bumper Book of Black Isle Snappery his egg had been devoured. However, he's sure to be back for seconds.
Book-lovers desperate for their copy of the magnum opus will not have to wait much longer, I'm pleased to report. Two proof copies of the Bumper Book's Dingwall version were scrutinised closely and declared good apart from heavy-handed use of the red ink pot. This will be rectified on Friday when Brian carries out our final requests for editorial fine-tuning.
After that, the printing will begin. That's the plan, anyway...
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