Dog-Cat

Today we went for 'breakfast' (late) into the forest. We'd thought that it would be nice to go where Tild and I went last week. So we packed up and set off, but realised that Jack was following us, some way behind.

He's a bit like Molly the cat used to be in London, where he used to follow Daile to the shops. Jack is very like a more feisty version of Molly.

When we got to the gates of the forest walk, we thought that he'd stop, but he kept on coming. He was on high alert though... jumpy at first, as there's obviously a fair bit of wildlife in there that could eat him... or at least give him a run for his money. There are Possums, (fierce) and snakes of all kinds. (Some are lethal). Kangas are glimpsed from time to time, and of course the Goannas.

He's following behind in this shot....







We went a pretty long way in, until we decided that we'd just stop and have our breakfast where we were, rather than go to the site that we were aiming for. We were thinking that if Jack did get scared and disappear that far in, chances are he'd get lost or eaten! So we made a stop and had bacon and eggs. YUM!



The light was gorgeous...



...and then we set off back, with Jack fully replete on Daile's milk that was for her coffee.







We have a blanket policy of killing all spiders in the house regardless of where they are or what they look like. Yesterday Phoebe spotted one in the spare room, but then said it was a fly. I didn't bother to look. It wasn't until they'd been playing alongside it for ten mins that Matilda suddenly realised that it wasn't a fly...it was a Redback!



...this was the first time that I've ignored the declaration of a spider... and the first Redback that we've found in this house. Aint that the way!