20/4/24

These humans got all dressed up last night and went out. Jeepers, His Lordship scrubs up well, and the Mistress is very proud of him despite his moaning. Her friend suggested he looked younger and that she was to look out because the young ones would be after him!

 We had the feeling they could be a while. Both cars were still in the driveway, so we worked that out. Did they walk? Nobody outside could tell us. They were gone for quite some time, which was just what we needed. Still, it was daylight, so we headed outdoors. Peeking out the gate was attractive until Mr. Policeman decided we were to go no further. He is such a meanie. We tried bribing him, but this failed dramatically. He was not having a bar of our pleading.

If he thinks he has us right where he wants us, he has to think again. Our determination to explore our options was unwavering. The Mistress sold the ladder and a heap of stuff we could climb on. This was hardly fair. We tried climbing the Hydrangea, but some branches didn't like this at all. It wasn't very tall as it had been pruned recently. Botherations. What a dilemma to have. We knew we would jump over the fence if we could get high enough. 

Soon, we ran out of ideas for what to climb on and had to abort our plans, leaving Mr. Policeman delighted and with a massive smirk on his face. If I were a little thinner, then maybe I would crawl under the gate and start running. We will work on this in the coming days. Our disappointment was palpable.

The humans rolled in the door, eventually catching us out yet again. We had all the ping pong balls in all directions when we heard the garage door open. What could we do in a hurry? Trixie said just to go to our places and apologize. The Mistress wasn't in the mood to pick up balls as her back had been playing up this afternoon. She struggled away, and soon, the floor was back to normal. Anyway, we had loads of fun, and worth the telling-off we got.  

His Lordship wandered out this morning later than usual and got ready for his golf day. Then he went away and left the Mistress to sleep in.