To Busy Bees this evening for my machine quilting class. Very cold there tonight so glad to come home and get into my pyjamas. Good class - we are learning to do more cutting with our rotary cutters, and new ways with sewing triangles so I can make blocks called "flying geese".

Update on Booty: she is doing very well. All behaviours completely normal, including eating, sleeping, walking, hopping on and off beds and sofas, looking cute and demanding cuddles, weeing, pooing, sniffing, chewing, wearing coat, drinking from pond etc etc….. Arnica ointment applied and smells very medicinal.

I took her back to the scene of the crime again today – same again, no problems at all on the boardwalk. We did have a hairy moment at one point – Booty stopped for a poo (and will NOT move once she has started) so Andy and I stood round waiting. At that point, a very large swan complete with troop of almost equally large cygnets hopped out of the lake and started hissing at Andy, being nearest. Andy immediately and very sensibly backed smartly away and was saying to me “Come on, let’s get out of here!” while meanwhile Madam was about her business. After what seemed an eternity could finally do the world’s fastest scoop and make a hasty exit, pursued by hissing and flapping killer swanzilla…..

I am beginning to wonder what else could happen in such a small and superficially harmless urban park.