I don’t know how he did it, the little shit, but he did. So
now he’s grounded, pending the arrival of a collar with BELLS.
I took the car into
town to have the power steering belt fitted, and wandered about while I was
waiting. Had some hot choc, did a bit of writing, got rained on, watched some
birds, took some nice pics of the inlet under a very gloomy sky - you know, the
sort of stuff you do when you’re waiting for your car to be fixed.
Basil, the little sod, had somehow caught what I think was a
brush wattlebird (far too big to get through the palace’s ceiling mesh, I’d
have thought) and had been having a right old game with it. I can only imagine
its terror. There were feathers near the gate in the cat palace - is it possible he grabbed it and somehow dragged it in? I can't figure it out.
It was minus some tail feathers, not to mention quite a few other feathers, but it was full of fight when I
finally managed to catch it and calm it down a little before liberating it.
Birds 1, Basil nil, Betty cross. And Basil grounded. Grrrrr. Back to supervised walks on the lead until his bells arrive.
In the meantime, Georgie (pictured below) is keeping watch and hopefully discouraging the feathered beasties from getting too close. Georgie is made by a local lady who sells them at the hardware shop. Oaklands in Pambula also has them.
