For many of you in England over the winter I do my morning weather reports with you in mind. This morning was the most frosty morning so far with everything white including the tree branches. Down below in the valley the fog was thick and you will not see a hand in front of you in Varen. There again, Varen will not be so frosty, or have the blue sky and sun yet. It looks as if we are in for a super day as long as one is wrapped up warm.
The donkeys were well behaved this morning having sorted out who gets the first bucket and then the next, interestingly the boys are always first in line. Lucy the sweetheart is always last and has to then rush and eat the contents of her bucket before Fillou finishes his and comes to steal hers. If he does push in she backs off, not wanting any trouble.
The hens Penny and Peck wait without fighting to be let out and I can see Penny is more relaxed with feathers growing back after the demon hen Scratch has gone.
The two barn cats Nipolena and her baby, greet me every morning to be fed and then after what must have been a hard night playing, go up in the top of the barn to sleep. They have a couple of old duvets up there that I wash periodically and sprinkle with a special flea powder insecticide. I may see them tonight when I feed them again but they will not appear through the day.
Bonny the golden gets her morning feed and then goes out to play and guard whilst Twister goes back to bed.
Our house cats Max and Freddie who have been in all night go out for a morning stroll and toilet duty then come back to snooze and steal cuddles when and where they can.
Not a bad life for animals at Mas del Sol.
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