Different views

Dave has almost completed the partition wall in the new unit. I made him stop for the evening as he was starting to look tired and ache-y. Pretty Practicals' new home looks even better than I imagined it would.

At lunchtime today we stood outside and watched a grey squirrel digging little holes in the ground outside the unit. I couldn't work out if it was digging up acorns and nuts burried earlier in the year or if it was hiding them for later in the season, but I was fascinated by its busy coming and goings.
I told a friend about it this afternoon and her comment was 'yuk, they are vermin, they're rats with bushy tails'.

Well, her reaction really got me thinking about how differently people view the same things.

We create the environment that we occupy in the style that we like, but others may think it is ghastly. Does this matter? In my opinion, not at all. So here's to different views, different tastes and cute little squirrels with fluffy tails!

Ooh, my son has just telephoned with good news, he has been told today that he is about to get a pay rise and is hoping that by December he will be able to start his PhD. Alec is a physicist or something (for years now I haven't understood a word he has told me about his degree or subsequent employment) and he loves his work, so I am really pleased for him that he is doing so well.

I need to go and put even more sticky labels on things.
Chat soon, Liz