Outside of that we had Tim's brother, wife and our 2 nieces to stay for 5 days, and shared some tears for our missing Sky, who normally joins in the fun with such vigour.
I took Casey and Sophie with me to check on the bowl we've been leaving in Copse No.3. None of it has gone. I also left an old trainer of mine on the basis that if we ever left him on his own (rare because he hated it) he'd hoard any of my shoes that he could find into his basket with him, for comfort, therefore might find it and at least move it - ideally to show us where he's sleeping.
Did we scare him off last Wednesday? Even if we did he'll surely come back, as we know we have these periods of quiet then there he is again at the bottom of the Green Lane.
We so wish we knew for definite it isn't a local dog. Then we think - it's a small village, everyone knows about Sky, someone would say "that'll be so-and-so's dog".
Tomorrow we'll hopefully hear from Michelle, one of the dog wardens, who's had a camera in the back upstairs window of Beryl's house, overlooking Copse No.3.
On the bananas front - we caught Mr Rat red handed on camera. The mice were co-conspirators, but Mr Rat can shift a bowlful! We've taken the camera down from Pete & Bren's, but they now assist us in keeping watch with the binoculars when we go to do bowl duty each evening - just in case of another Houdini Hedge moment.
Talking of bananas, if you've read Jacob's blog today (see posts below for link) you will see how losing a dog takes its toll. I recognise the full gamut of their emotions. Like Jon & Shelley we go over old ground, in case there was a clue we overlooked at the time. Like them, we have strange dreams about our little boy, and feel Jekyll and Hyde when we crave a bit of quiet time and normality, then hate it when it happens because we feel we're not making any progress.I offered Shelley I'd buy a chaise longue, to double up as a psychiatrist's chair. You'll see we'd both welcome any recommendations for a good shrink.......
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