Curses

Monday:

The new Harry Potter book (... and the Cursed Child) (I always say that as cur-SED, the old fashioned way, not one syllable) came out here yesterday, I hobbled out this morning to buy it and they are sold out already! And don't know when they are getting more stock. Curses. Did the shop not realise it would be a best-seller? Did I not foresee other people would want to read it too? Mistakes were made.

My weight this morning was 82.9 kg. New week, new month, new start. I ate very well today.

When we first moved here lots of birds visited, expecting to be fed (also a water dragon). After a little while I refused to feed the magpies, and the kookaburras stopped visiting, but Sam the butcher bird continued to visit several times a week and I fed him if I had anything suitable (i.e. meat). Today I put some roast beef out for him and before he could grab it three kookaburras swooped down and scared him off!

They are at least four times his size and weight. One of them looked younger than the other two, perhaps a baby from last spring? I put out a lot more food and it was all eaten by one bird, the greedy thing. The other two sat and watched. Sam did a daring flyby and grabbed one piece.

I attach a picture I came across of a cat that for some reason I think looks just like my brother. Sorry no human picture of him for comparison. But if he was turned into a cat, this would be what he looks like.