More Things in May
1. Developed an excellent technique for getting medication into Theo's giant floppy ears. For some reason, it's fine if I put the medicine on my finger and then my finger into his ears. Ears are now sorted.
Started him on a regime of special treats (that are apparently made of solid gold judging by the price) that are supposed to boost him against further ear things.
2. Took the RIB out to Skokholm, met some puffins, guillemots & razorbills. Took many fuzzy photos of 'a wave unexpectedly in front of a puffin' with the giant old almost-disposable camera bought cheaply on Ebay in the hope that if I drop it in the sea, it will not be too much of a disappointment to lose it. It has a megazoom, though the results are a bit grainy.
A veritable puffin! Swimming in 54 meters of seawater.
Guillimots and Razorbills. We stopped for a bit and just watched them. A lot of the time it's just their heads poking out.
3. I've been out in the kayak a little way too.
Though I only pottered a little way just down the estuary, because...
4. my car clutch died unexpectedly. Thankfully the car was on the drive at the time so it was an annoyance rather than a real problem, though the cost of replacing the clutch was winceworthy.
I was driving back yesterday from the garage, and listening to the sound of the car moving. Trying to convince myself that the odd clonking noise is probably just from the car settling again from having been taken to pieces. The garage promise me they have tested it, and it did seem less clonky today.
5. It's been warm and dry for weeks! So far, I had enough water in the water butts for watering in May, but had to resort to the hose at the end of the month. My sedum lawn definitely prefers the hose, it's happier and greener already, and bees have started suddenly to take more interest in it now. It does have very little soil under it.