Clarity

I am very sad to report that we made the decision to let our Mini-Mog go peacefully on Monday afternoon at about 2pm, when our very kind and competent vet advised us that he was suffering from a very nasty unbounded cancerous growth that was identified during exploratory surgery.

He had been mildly off-colour for a while, but rapidly went downhill over a week. He was severely anaemic, and although was strong enough to withstand the surgery, would not have been able to recover from what was ailing him, or to have any reasonably quality of life as it took its inevitable course.

We were lucky enough to have 13 or so years with this accident-prone and exquisitely lovable little scoundrel, and his loss has left a large and silent hole in our hearts.

I am glad that we were strong enough to make the hardest decision for him, and am so glad that he will not need to suffer any longer.

Sleep easy, my little hon, and know that we love you.

We recently took a trip to Littlehampton on a cold October afternoon and evening to see if we could get some pictures of a good autumn sunset over the sea. We had a fair amount of waiting around to do, so walked around the shorefront and the pier.



It was colder than it looks here, and can you believe that people were still on the beach building sandcastles! I am just so impressed with my fellow countrymen when I see that kind of thing. Anyway, we walked along the walkway into the town proper, watching the clouds and light changing, and wondering if there was going to be a sunset for us to photograph. As we went, we heard a lot of squawking and seagull excitement, and expected to see someone feeding seagulls, but guess what we saw!!!!



There was a couple feeding swans - a lot of swans!! There must have been at least 30 - I've never seen so many swans together in the same place - it was amazing. There were some youngsters hanging around with the group too. I wonder if swans gather there before wintering somewhere else? I feel some research coming on.