I took some time to chop up the wood and stack it to dry, and I knew that when I stop going to Scotland, as I had decided that I would do soon, I would not be cold at least, the heap looking imposing indeed!
The kids's animals were much of a burden, as the pig, Kevin Bacon, had now took some lessons from Mobi, the second Houdini, to whom no chain or lock or fence was strong enough to keep him in, and said pig was reeking havock in our gardens, as he would usually wait till darkness fell, and the lights in the houses  put out to make his moves, and we would get up in the morning to find all the veggie beds dug up, and Kevin warming himself outside in the early morning sun, his tummy bulging from overeating on our young vegetables. I got so cross that I wanted to slaughter the vile thing, who scared the blue devils out of me when he sized me up with those pink eyes of him.
Mobi was not far behind on my list of undesirable animals, as he ruined a beautiful white duvet cover that I really treasured, as Trienkie gave it to me one Xmas, and I knew that it was of good quality. I left the bottom bedroom open to air, as I was getting guests for the weekend, and had made the bed as nice as I could, using this duvet cover. It looked so pretty and fresh, and I felt at one with the world as I went on with my other preparations to make the weekend enjoyable for my friends, who would be arriving later that afternoon.
It was raining a bit when my guests arrived, and I quickly took them down to their room to stow their luggage, but nearly had a kingsize fit when my eyes fell on the bed!
Mobi was lying stretched out fully, snoring away like mad on my lovely duvet, and this duvet was now one bally muddy mess! I gave a scream like someone being tortured, as indeed I was, mentally, and my guests gasped, and Mobi opened his eyes drowsily, looked at me in puzzled astonishment, I suppose wondering why I was behaving like a lunatic.
I was stark raving mad, and went for the dog with intent to kill with my bare hands, but he was now fully awake, and realized that something big was troubling me, and this had something to do with him, so he was off the bed like lightning and shot out of the door, me in hot persuit! My pretty duvet cover was never the same again, as the reddish clay soil that we have stained something terrible, and I would have scrubbed this duvet to shreds if I wanted all the stains out, none of the proven stain removers doing much to lighten paw prints and a squahed body shape.
Had a small incident with a huge mama pig who wanted to come into my place, and she was snorting and grunting and showing long yellow teeth when I tried to show her on her way.The baby was absolutely adorable, and I just can not think that this little cuty would one day look like her ugly mother. When kevin Bacon heard this to-do, he started putting on such a show of rage and maybe longing, that I thought he would just flatten his sty's fence. Shame, although I think him very ugly, I still had it in me to think that he maight be lonely, and felt sorry for him!