Hurrah! The wayward budgie has returned. It has only taken three hours of standing in the rain following him from tree to tree, but finally the children caught him! (and probably a cold or two while they were there). Hopefully he has seen the errors of his ways, but I fear he may never really learn his lesson. We will always have to be on the lookout for an open doorway of opportunity.

After our hot showers we are going to have a celebration feast with sultana cake and milo by the fire, and settle down to read our book......which was my original plan for this cold, rainy, miserable day.

And Ive promised myself that the next pet we get will be a CAT.