14 February 2025 (Friday) - Oh Deer

I was up far too early again this morning. As I scoffed toast I watched more “Poldark” in which Master Drake was up for a portion, but Mistress Morwenna wasn’t having any of it, and Ross would seem to have fallen foul of the Georgian MI5.
I then had a quick look round the Internet as I do most mornings. It was still there. Our new MP was posting all sorts of nonsense to his Facebook page. His predecessor had a way of posting all sorts of local news to his Facebook page in such a way that he seemed to be somehow taking the credit for everyone else’s efforts, and our new chap seems to be following in the same vein.
There wasn’t much else going on, so I got ready for work.
 
I set off for work listening to the pundits on the radio as I do. Apparently the Russians took a pot shot at the nuclear power station in Chernobyl yesterday- the one that went bang all those years ago and is still pretty dangerous. The Ukrainian leader claims that this shows that the Russians have no interest in negotiating a cease fire, and was being rather vocal on the matter. I can't help but think that he should watch his lip. Several so-called experts were wheeled on who talked about Ukraine and Gaza and seemed to feel that President Trump doesn't think that the USA should be forever sorting out the world's problems any more.  He's probably got a point - how much does the USA spent on other people's problems? Probably far more than they want to. There was then quite a bit of doom and gloom expressed about what might happen on a global scale if the USA takes an isolationist stance. The Russians and Chinese would have pretty much a free hand to invade where they please. Not that the Russians can really afford it.
 
I got to work. I wasn't supposed to be working today, but I'd been asked to pop in and help for the morning. I was happy to do so. I didn't have much planned for today other than a dog walk, and that could be put back a few hours. I did a morning’s worth of work and came home at mid-day and we went for our walk then.
Morgan was funny. I’ve decided he’s not a “morning” dog. Every morning when it is walk time he won’t get out of his basket and will run upstairs to avoid going out, even though he clearly loves it when we get to the woods. But if offered a walk later in the day he’s dead keen.
 
We went to the woods and walked a little further than usual. Bailey saw a squirrel at extreme distance and nearly caught it. Morgan nearly had a dead mouse. All three totally missed the herd of deer crossing the path fifty yards in front of us, and didn’t even notice when they stopped and (really did) pose for the camera.
Amazingly the dogs got back to the car reasonably clean, and didn’t need a bath once we got home.
 
Once home I phoned Kent County Council’s Highways department about the barriers blocking off the parking bay outside the house. They said that there was nothing planned up our road and that they would get someone to look into what was going on, and gave me a reference number – 860893.
 
“er indoors TM went off out with Steve and Sarah to see some comedian or other. I boiled myself up a pizza (which was nowhere near as difficult as I thought it might be) and settled on the sofa with the dogs and had a Poldark-a-thon. I’ve seen all of that show now – it took just over a month to binge-watch all five seasons. I wonder what I shall watch next.

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