Surprise

 There was a fine covering of snow when we woke this morning. It hadn't settled on the grass, but the pavements and roads we cold enough for it to settle. The Gorse Fox saw some of the workmen wading into work through drifts of nearly 5 millimetres. Such dedication.

Urban-Cub dropped Ellie round to us before heading off to do a morning's training, then going on into "her" new store. We took Ellie round to Dizzy Ducklings. Though it was colder than yesterday, it didn't feel as cold as the wind had dropped. Despite the cold, she refused to wear her gloves, and only condescended to zip-up her coat after threats were issued.

The morning was essentially consumed with reading the paper and catching up on admin. The Gorse Fox was pleased to be informed of a Tax Code change which, for a change, worked in his favour (even if it was catching up on changes from last summer).

Soon after lunch, a truck turned up with Ellie's new wardrobe (flat-packed). It's construction took most of the afternoon. While this was being assembled, Cousteau-Cub and the Coventry Hobbit knocked and met up with the Silver Vixen to walk round and surprise Ellie when she was collected from Dizzy Ducklings. They had the dog, Bruno, with them. Ellie was very excited.

The Gorse Fox stayed put and continued with the assembly of the wardrobe. It went pretty smoothly really. The Gorse Fox took a couple of missteps, but in both cases managed to retrieve the situation before it caused problems. (Why oh why don't the manufactures provide clearer pictures, labelled pouches of the various screws and fittings, and drawer sliders that identify left and right, front and back?). With the wardrobe built, the last problem that needed attention was the floating shelf. This was in the way and prevent siting the wardrobe where we wanted. Floating shelf was taken down. Tomorrow the Gorse Fox will re-site it.

Ellie's staying with us overnight tonight as Urban-Cub has an early start in the morning.

(The Gorse Fox's dad, and his twin, would have been 95 today).