Welcome to my garden. I am sitting on my bench at my table with Slinky by my side. How many mornings have started like this over the last few months? Poor Slinky has recently had an operation to remove most of her left ear as it developed a bad infection that wouldn't go away. Her ear still works but it has no outer part any more. They also shaved half of her head which gave her a slightly sinister appearance. It doesn't seem to have bothered her over much which is good. Tomorrow they will take the last of the stitches out. They are dissolvable but where they are is quite dry so they haven't gone away. It won't take long and that should be the last visit to the vets for a while. She doesn't mind the vets but she hates travelling in her box of doom. It stresses her every time and I wish it could be avoided. I have made a start on painting the pigeon proof bird house. It is still pigeon proof and, also seems to be magpie proof now that the young ones have grown up enough that they