Positive thoughts

Thanks to Helen and Pete who alerted us to the Cornwall dog found safely in Eastern Scotland after 6 months story, and to Yvonne, who emailed with a story of a London dog lost for 2 years, both now very happily reunited with their owners thanks to their microchips. That's cheered us up. So today we placed another advert in the Veterinary Times (national weekly journal, read by vets and their nurses) which will appear next Tuesday.
My parents are over from the USA at the moment and house-hunting. They looked at a property 5 miles from here yesterday and mentioned their daughter losing a dog in conversation, to which the lady immediately replied "you don't mean Sky, do you?". Really reassuring to know that awareness is still out there. I went for an out-patient's appointment last week in Leicester, 10 miles away, and the receptionist who I barely recognised, said "no news on your dog?". I guess that's why we've now got it in our heads that he must be out of area. Probably esconced on someone's sofa, munching bananas, like Lord of the Manor.
Our hens are laying more eggs than we can keep up with. Eggs for breakfast, lunch and dinner at the moment! They look so happy, pecking and exploring the new outside world. We have to keep the poor little things in when it's sunny, so they don't burn where they've lost so many feathers in their battery cages. The ducks aren't too phased - just being a bit snobby at the moment.
We have annual leave at the moment and are staying home (for once). It's odd pottering around without Sky - still. Tim accidentally clicked on a photo on the computer last night, of the last one we took of him at the end of November. Hmmm........ I slept on a very wet pillow last night.
Never mind - maybe next Tuesday's advert will bring some news. You never know. Fingers crossed, gang!