Yesterday on our walk in the park we were joined by a couple of extra Greyhound friends and Monte the corgi. We had 3 big, black boys there:-) And Beryl and Sally. Lucy is still nursing her cut leg.
The Greyhounds
Fish has met Frankie probably 3 times before and more or less ignored him each time. But yesterday he suddenly 'saw' Frankie for the very first time, with the usual Greyhound reaction, obsession:-) We call Frankie the 'Greyhound Magnet'. And this is a short video clip of Fish, Frankie and Beryl, who had to supervise her brother playing with another dog!
Shortly before I took this video Fatima had rescued Fish from the river. He'd gone in after Frankie, fell in a deep hole, swam to shore but couldn't get up the bank because of all the branches there. I think he was very pleased to be safe and sound again and perhaps his 'near death' experience enabled him to see clearer, who knows? But he had a great time and I'm sure he slept well last night:-)
My kids sure did! (excuse Frankie doing a revelation of his own!)
Guess what Beryl and Frankie are having for tea? Frankie is having raw venison mince mixed up with stuff he doesn't like as much and Beryl is just about finished a bowl of venison casserole mixed up with stuff she doesn't like as much:-) Yes, I had to casserole some for Beryl as no way was she going to eat it raw! And it tastes mighty fine if I do say so myself, lol! Seeing as it's just cooked slowly with a packet oxtail soup it was safe for me to try it.
Yesterday I was SO lucky to be given a huge leg of venison for the kids:-) Frankie was very impressed with my skills as a hunter/gatherer!
This is all mine????
A bit over an hour later this is the result ....
13 kgs of venison:-)
I am going to get a good knife ( the little one makes hard work of it!!) so that if I am lucky enough to be given some more it won't be such a mission:-)
So, what am I doing this afternoon? Well, walk the kids soon and then I'll be slicing and dicing venison and stir frying Beryl's, then freezing it in meal lots. Her majesty will only eat raw beef, nothing else raw. Frankie, being a feral little bloke, is more than happy to eat it au naturale!
