Retirement with No Problem

Moored Great Haywood, Staffs & Worcs Canal

Most amazing.. the Canadian geese land in the wide here at Tixall.. (correct spelling this time Tony  ) in the late afternoon.. quite normal towards dusk.. but then about 11pm they all take off in the pitch black and off they go.  This had happened two nights in a row.  How on earth they can see at night like that I don’t know.

Talking of strange animal behavior, my girls Lucy and Meg have dried food constantly at their disposal.  They are far from greedy dogs, and it suits them to have small meals throughout the day.  Lucy is unreal.. if Meg’s bowl is empty she will sit right by it and squinney and whine, staring at one or other of us to get our attention to that fact.  Once Meg’s bowl is refilled, she then goes to her own and starts eating that!  It does make me laugh when she sits there bolt upright staring at Vic in the chair, especially when East Enders is on.. nothing catches his attention normally at that time!

Great Haywood Junction on the Trent & Mersey Canal..

We had popped up from Tixall Wide to meet Mr Tesco for some needed supplies and took the opportunity to put on water, visit the butcher and the Farm Shop for a cauliflower.. Yes a cauliflower.  Well Mr Tesco had brought me one you see, but I had to pay a premium price for it.. £1.45 or I could have gone for a bigger one at a massive £1.80. 

Well when I got it I couldn’t find it among the foliage!  “No way do I want this thanks, it won’t even do one meal!” “No problem, I’ll get it refunded”.. That was OK, but when I signed his bit of paper to say he was taking it back it said “Brockolli”… Gawd, I had to laugh.. “Hey it was a cauliflower!”.. “Well I can’t spell that” “Ya can’t spell broccoli either!”.. ha, we both rolled up!