Just checking

 The Gorse Fox had the usual cousins' call this morning. It wasn't quite as chaotic as last week and was made fun by setting a theme for the call. Jokes. Each of the cousins on the call had to tell a joke that they particularly like. A vote was held and the best of the jokes was celebrated. The Gorse Fox will not repeat the winning joke here as it was a little close to the knuckle. The joke that the Gorse Fox told was:

I tried giving blood today. Never again! Too many stupid questions. "Who's blood is it? Where did you get it? Why is it in those buckets?"

With the call over, the Gorse Fox donned a hat and mounted the step ladder to pull down all the remaining glass. He was hoping to do it neatly and in a controlled fashion. That didn't work. Three or four minutes later the whole floor was again covered in shards of glass and it took the next forty-five minutes to clear it up.

We had planned a trip to John Lewis. Traffic was kind and the car park relatively empty (quite surprisingly). We needed to get some new covers for our bed and a new pillow. (The Gorse Fox has terrible trouble with pillows and wakes up with a stiff neck and headache if he doesn't get the pillow just right). With suitable selections made, they were locked in the car and the Gorse Fox and Silver Vixen went back into the store to look at the iMac. Would it have a sufficient screen size to satisfy the Gorse Fox as a replacement for Condor? The answer was a definite "yes". Now he has made up his mind, he just needs to wait so that the order for the 16GB version can be delivered on our return from holiday. (At the moment the expected delivery date coincides with our trip to Exmouth).

We are just getting ready. We are off to Giggling Squid with the Sonning Crew this evening. This is a celebration of Tinkerbell's birthday (which was last month). We are really looking forward to it - and for Tinkerbell, it will be her first outing for 18 months.