Baggy loves her children.

Baggy spent the day with all her children today. The girls are spending much more time inside with Furry Mama now that the temperature has dropped and as it's now toastie with the new heating - they prefer to be warm. Hinge cat seems to be back to her old self. In fact Clever Bird thinks that she might even be better than her old self, as she seems much more playful and even more purry than usual (although that's difficult).  But now Bracket kat seems to have a problem. Her left ear is clearly hurting her a lot. Freda Fretter is worried that she might have been fighting, but Furry Mama can't get close enough to it to see. So last night and this morning she plastered Sudocrem on the bit of ear that seems to be hurting - it seems to be doing the trick. Clever Bird suspects that the weird pointy thing on Bracket's chest is a tic, but again Furry Mama can't get close enough. Psychic Ploppo wishes they'd talk to her and tell her what's up! Clever Bird is keeping a "feel" on it - at least it will be dead.

Furry Mama then took Minty Mutt for a nice walk. The autumn colours are stunning. But he is suffering now it's cold. Freda Fretter is really worried that he's losing muscle on his hips and his little back legs give out every now and again. Even though he's on daily anti-inflammatory painkiller he's clearly struggling. So Clever Bird stopped him from throwing himself in the stream and making himself even stiffer. He's spent most of the rest of the day with his painful hips on the new warm heater, Bless him.

Then Furry Mama realised that he was out of food, so Baggy took her over to the local pet superstore to stock up. Clever Bird decided to send her in Billy Bob Jalopy as he hadn't been driven for over three weeks. He might be nearly forty, but he started instantly. But parking him! Well actually parking him was okay, it's the reversing him out that isn't. He has no "power" anything! The steering requires one to be a world's strongest person contestant to turn him from a stand still, and then he has the turning circle of an oil tanker. The clutch builds Baggy's thigh muscles up and the gear stick is a flimsy, flip-floppy number that you're never quite sure is in gear. But Baggy managed and Hormonal Hannah is in love with Billy Bob! She decided to drive him a bit further and take Grotty Groom to see her Boys.

Because of everything that's been going on she hasn't seen them for a week, since her last lesson in fact. She should have had a lesson today but it had to be cancelled and Hormonal Hannah was going to use that as an excuse for Grotty not to go, but Clever Bird had other ideas. Baggy enjoyed the drive on this gorgeous autumn day. The Boys were in. Hormonal Hannah had made Grotty forget that they had the farrier today.

Grotty spent a couple of hours cuddling and grooming both Boys once they had their shoes sorted. Hannah felt more relaxed just from being with them. Baggy loves all her children and is very grateful that they share her life with her.........