hellebore ...

... felled the warrior Alexander the Great, so they say (a little something to keep in my back pocket). The deer won't touch them. Perfect.

There seemed to be a haunting in The Kipper tonight.

Cat suddenly started to scurry about at a rate of knots. I barely saw her streaking past, but the fur on the air gave her away. She actually shifted carpets! I tried to calm her with a deep, slow voice, but that spooked Fred and set him off too! It was madness and I'm not sure which of them nearly knocked me over just as a bit of fur went up my nose and I SNEEZED like The Incredible Hulk and Cat sprang out from behind the piano, bobbing across the floor on her hind legs, arms splayed, teeth bared, making a shocking noise ...!!

Fred collapsed laughing.

I took a measure of gin.



Seems all quiet now.