Morning/ evening all
Sorry I've been quiet. All is ticking along here much the same as usual. We had another cyclone a couple of weeks ago so that was a bit of excitement, but it hit north of here in the end and had calmed down a bit to a category one by the time it passed over us, so it was just extremely wet and rather windy.
YoungPlum is doing well - her hair is no longer down to her knees, I attacked it with a pair of scissors last Friday. I cut off more than there is left

Anyone looking at her now would still say she had long hair but it's sooooo much shorter. She loves it!
Please keep your fingers crossed for her/us as she has her interview on Tuesday next week for the high school she wants to go to. We don't have a Plan B if she doesn't get accepted, which is a bit of a worry. You have to pay school fees to go to Catholic schools here, and the cost for high school is practically double that for primary - so it's going to be a struggle, but it's a lovely school - very old fashioned.
DestructoPup has been relatively good, although after nearly 3 years of her life she has now decided that she hates geckos which run around on the ceiling of the patio and she is now trying to learn to climb up the trellis to get them. She's demolished a vine, cracked a plant pot and knocked the garden chairs over a few times in her bid to destroy them. Luckily, they know they're safe and just ignore the dopey dog - probably crap on her by way of revenge
Big hugs and stuff to sNowy and ghostylad - you're in my thoughts each day xx
Sorry again for disappearing.