Keeping Up The Fight........

 Saturday Hubby came in from the shed and showed me this picture. He said "There are a lot of things inside the humane mouse trap, the door is still open and I didn't put them there. I think a mouse is playing games."

Quite a few months ago Hubby had caught two about a week apart and released them into some woodland a reasonable distance away. After this long silence and a good clear up of the shed and most importantly reboxing securely the stored bird feeder supplies we thought we were clear. Now a cheeky lodger was setting up home and building a nest inside the trap hahaha. Of course Hubby cleared the trap and reset it, caught the mouse and set it free where others might be to make friends with. 

Hmmmm was it a third or was it in fact just the one that keeps managing the long walk back home? 

When we get the early morning sunshine our front door's patterned glass sends designs up the walls or across the carpet and ceiling. One morning the refraction sent a beam from the hall and through the lounge and right into the mouth of this ceramic fish. It glowed so brightly! 

I was thrilled to get a good photo as I've never seen it do that before even though it has sat there since E made it for me about 14 years ago! 

Hubby's sister-in-law phoned, they don't chat often so they had a little catchup. Her main reason to call was to let us know that she had been diagnosed with dementia. She said she gets lots of local support which is good to know. 

Gosh it's September! Well that's officially the end of summer and it's now autumn! 

It was sunny and still warm when friendL and friendS came here for afternoon tea/coffee and they brought cheese scones and cakes. Hubby helped me carry the garden table and chairs to a sunny spot, he pinched a cake then left us girls to it. Too many health issues between us and our families. All still here though! 

I've been a background support for FriendJ who has been fighting cancers for the last four years and this week her oncology consultant has told her they can't do anymore and are stopping the chemo. She is planning on making memories while also looking for alternative treatments including trials. FriendM and I are hoping to meet with her soon for a lunch. 

Hubby is still in debate with the company that needs to put the car charger in. They quoted for doing the groundwork and it was a silly amount which Hubby has asked them to justify. 

Daughter came over with O and D and the dog. Lovely to see them all. R is on holiday with a friend in Slovenia and when I asked for a photo she sent one of them in front of a waterfall saying "this is where we are right now". R never takes many photos and rarely replies to messages that quick so I felt very honoured. 

Some weeks we have to count our blessings a bit more and acknowledge our supporters.

Thank you for dropping in.

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