Really Bean?

Do you really think you should be sitting there?

She ran into the study ahead of me and leapt straight onto the armchair before giving me a chance to sit there myself. She did have the decency to look a bit shamefaced, but that soon morphed into a satisfied sigh as she curled up in a comfortable ball.

Lucky for her my destination was the computer, some writing and more family photographs. And once the potbelly was pumping Bean relocated herself to the bed in front of it, to maximise the benefit of the heat.

We are supposed to be having 100kph gales today, but so far (lunchtime) there is no sign of much more than a breath of wind. I don't mind...