Bear has a walk

I have managed to get bear out both days this weekend despite his determined opposition.  Yesterday my brother came to visit and brought his dog.  It was a lot of fun.  The lovely woofer had a good sniff round and begged shamelessly.  I shut him out of the kitchen where a small piece of lamb was cooking in the slow cooker.  The poor dog was tormented by the smell and kept queuing at the door, just in case.  So we had to take him out for a walk.  Bear was so good, and so was the dog, it was between showers, the sun was bright and I managed to half convince bear that there was buried treasure along the way.

Today we went to feed the birds.  It is only three bus stops but it takes over an hour to walk each way.  The birds don't hang out in our part of the beck, they hang out in the tiny 'reservoir' upstream which takes the overflow from rainwater drains from the area and channels it into the brook.  There is a bird feeding platform there and we got rid of a lot of stale bread.  Bear had a lot of fun.  There were swans, mallards, some ducks I didn't recognise, Canada geese, coots and seagulls.  Bear was a bit uninterested in different types of birds.  They had feathers, they ate bread, what more did I want.  He could recognise the swans, though, so that was something.

DF is on holiday at the moment.  He left at 4am this morning, leaving his alarm on snooze.  Thank goodness it didn't wake bear because he would have wanted to still come downstairs.  And thank goodness he left the house before I had to get up at daft o'clock to turn his dratted alarm clock off otherwise he may not have made it to the airport.

Bear has been complaining about ear ache and is now coughing.  There is a nasty cold there but bear is making the most of it in a campaign to stay off school to play Plants versus Zombies.  I am keeping an eye on it and will try and get him to the doctor just in case.