A VERY Happy Easter to you all! 
I hope everyone kept a good Lent and were able to enjoy the festivities over Easter.  We were blessed with glorious weather – so much so Jane Wright and Sr Jennifer had to keep on moving the eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt – to stop them melting in the bright sunshine.

I found one of the eggs, and got excited as Sr Jennifer opened it – but unfortunately she didn’t give me any.  Apparently it’s bad for me.  Hurumph!

​As you can see from the photo, I was all dressed for the occasion as the Easter Bunny – with ears.  Sr Jennifer thought I looked a bit like a sheep.  Cheek!  Trudi was just thankful Jan only had one set of bunny ears on her.
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This spring weather has been very welcome.  Richmond Park is full of interesting smells and animals.  I’ve been trying to make friends with the rabbits and deer – but they keep running off when I bound up to say good morning.  

​I'm looking forward to May - 6th May will be my 6th birthday.  I'm expecting presents!

January and February have whizzed by.  I’ve been occupied with overseeing the refurbishments we’ve been doing to some of our rooms.  My good friends Fred, Les, Michael, Alan, Andy and Josh have been very busy getting this done – but they couldn’t have managed without my help.  Muddy footprints are invaluable for showing up leaks in bathrooms and areas of new flooring that need a bit of a sweep!

February has proved a bit of a surprise with some lovely, if rather unseasonable, warm and sunny weather.  Trudi and I have made the most of it with longs walks  - and Sister Jennifer made the most of it by giving me a bath.  I was not amused.

Half term week meant that we had a few younger visitors at the home, here I am having a cuddle with Anna-Lucia, Vijay’s daughter, and Carmen’s granddaughter.
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​March sees the beginning of Lent, with our Pop-up Pancake Sale on Tuesday 5th March.  Trudi and I can’t decide what we’re going to give up for Lent. Sister Jennifer is suggesting biscuits at coffee time, but we hardly get any of those, so I’m not convinced……. 

Not looking forward to today.  Sr Jennifer and Liz are taking me back to the vet, to look at my eye.  I’ll be in need of LOTS of cuddles and treats when I get back.
 
Still, tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday – and that means pancakes – so things aren’t all bad!

Trudi and I are getting very excited.  The Home has been bristling with school choirs, all sorts of activities and parties for the past few weeks.  Not only are we in the run up to Christmas, but we’ve also been celebrating Liz’s 60th Birthday. 

There have been many occasions when we have been essential to the celebrations, particularly in hoovering up the crumbs left from mince pie baking, and Liz’s party on Friday 7th December.  The food provided by our talented staff for the party was excellent and, as we did some quality control tasting, we can confirm this!

Sr Jennifer has been much occupied with buying presents – for all the residents, the staff and our wonderful volunteers.  Not sure who's going to get these glasses...  Trudie, Elia and I are just hoping that we haven’t been forgotten – hint, hint!

Also, knowing how exemplary our behaviour has been the past year (ignoring the odd roll in mud and puddles) we certainly hope that Father Christmas might visit us too.   If he’s checked his list twice – we should be on the NICE list!

Christmas is always fun at the Home, and we will get the opportunity to see many of the friends and relatives of our family here  over the next few weeks. 
 
If we don’t see you in ‘person’ – Trudie, Elia and I wish you all a VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS

Happy Easter!
A very Happy Easter to you all!
 
Trudi and I always go for a short walk around the garden, usually before lunch, this is when I will do my quick inspection of the garden.  First, I will examine the weeds and the flowers. Then I will go over to the pond to make sure that the fish are happy and have no complaints and finally, I will check to see if the fox has snuck into our garden again. When my inspection is complete i will go back inside just in time for lunch!