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Thank you, rikes for the DW points, it was such a lovely and unexpected surprise ♥

I know I have werewolf trope fans on my flist. I sent this rec to teigh_corvus so figured I'd share here too. Winterhawk, werewolves, a nice bit of angst, good writing and a story I very much enjoyed. Hold On To This Feeling

Yet again it's another beautiful, sunny day. Though a sharp temp drop is forecast for the weekend with snow flurries too, and the hell, weather? Going from 20 today down to 7 within days isn't on. I've got courgettes ready to put in the raised bed but I'm not risking it with that weather on the horizon. Oh well, I'll just have to enjoy the days that it is warm and sunny.

Which is what I've been doing the last couple of days. I've planted a load of flowers, re-potted a lot of tomato plants and just generally tidied up the garden, including getting rid of some of the old, tatty hanging baskets and broken solar lights. Of which I have many as I brought down all the stuff from mam's garden too.

If I go out today it'll be to a background of noise from next door as my neighbour is replacing his fence. It badly needed it and I was chatting to his partner this morning saying how we're getting a section of ours replaced next week and we both agreed it's going to be fantastic to have gates that can be easily used and not propped shut. She has to use a plant pot and I have to use a statue so we'll both be enjoying that new gate high. It's going to cost £200 just for a small section of fence and the gate but it'll be money well spent, and it's not like we're going anywhere to spend money just now.

A point that ties nicely into the fact Milo had to go back to the vets two days ago. I thought he had an ear infection as he'd pull his head back when I touched his right ear. I knew it would mean more money being added to the vets bill but I also knew it was better to catch things early and have a small amount added than wait and maybe have things get worse. As an aside, Murphy has the best insurance we could get for him, no way will I ever have an uninsured pet again. It turns out Milo doesn't have an infection in his ear but Sarah the vet thinks it's some lingering effects from the infection before that's settled behind his eyes, so he's on antibiotics again.

The appointment itself was weird. I had to leave him in his carrier in the foyer of the vets and then stand back and watch until the nurse picked him up. Then we went to the car park opposite and waited as he was seen. Sarah did make me laugh as she mentioned his weight -- he's 6.5 kg now and was 6.7 kg at his last visit and she asked if we'd done that on purpose, and poor Milo, body shamed at the vet. Not that he's fat, he's just a big cat.

Murphy has a new thing where he's discovered the light pull in the bathroom, so when he's upstairs all you can hear is clink, clink, clink, as the pull hits the tiles, then the sound of the light being switched on and off. We also bought him a new bed, so now not only does he fight Milo for the top doughnut, but he also fights for the new bed.

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I finished watching The Gifted and while I don't thank anyone will be watching or want to watch now, will cut for the end episode ( right here )