Lockdown saw us all through Christmas and as the new year heralded 2021 there didn’t seem that a break from the new normal was anywhere on the horizon.
Creative writing group task was to write a Lục Bát
(Vietnamese verse form with a set format)
Needless to say there was only one topic on my mind.
BERTIE …
I sit alone and CRY
Wondering as to WHY he WENT
Maybe it was not MEANT
He was not heaven SENT for ME
I was just here to SEE
Where he needed to BE and WAS
In the right place BECAUSE
Although it is my LOSS he’s NOW
In his right home SOMEHOW
Also loved and MEOWS and purrs
10 days later, we had just about given up of ever finding him when we were alerted to a post about a young black cat rescued from an empty house just across the back gardens from us.
Hopefully, we are starting to see a way forward as a nation and we have re-booked the holiday we were supposed to have last year which had to be cancelled twice. Oban and the Ilse of Barra for a few days with friends in August. Naturally the gang have the most amazing pet-sitter booked to come and stay with them and are going to be totally spoilt.
So, apart from Maiz having her summer haircut there is not much else to say at the moment.