RTL, that bus driver was unbelievably rude. I agree that a written complaint is in order.
Caroline, sorry you are feeling low. I admire your energy; this will likely pass and you will be back on track.
Ruskie, my dog will go after any wildlife 😁, including birds if nothing else is around. He has no hope of catching anything, of course, but I found him nuzzling a baby robin on the back lawn last year, which either was a fledgling or had fallen out of the nest. It made its way to our front lawn and later died, but Darcy had not attacked it, just nosed it. He also got into a wrestling match with a groundhog last summer, very lucky it didn’t bite in panic. When I take him out at 6:30, Leashed, I keep a keen eye out for raccoons and skunks, both dangerous in their own way. Possums are rare here, but around, don’t know if they haunt the suburbs. Chipmunks are far too fast for him, and often he doesn’t see them before they have escaped. Squirrels are a constant annoyance and am sure they taunt him. He likes to bark and chase Canada Geese if they fly over, and bark at them from the front window.
We still have rabies here, so a real concern with creatures, particularly raccoons.
Mowsehouse, I was online when an announcement popped up re Prince Philip’s death, but it would have certainly been immediately covered on TV here, in fact it was on the News channels for most of the day. Royal family still respected, rarely any talk of cutting the ties. Sets us apart from the big noise to the south that can tend to overwhelm everything if we let it. I think they would like a royal family, look at the White House and all the pomp. Our PM and his family are living in what is a fairly modest house. The house he lived in as a child and should be in now, is in very bad condition, which is a shame, and I think it is undergoing renovations.
