Grin and bear it

We had a lot of snow overnight. Which as well as encouraging the making of psycho snowmen made it easier for the whippet to spot the mice running around foraging. She caught her first ever mouse this morning (so much for being a sight hound, I've seen rabbits waving at her) and after dispatching it she started digging a shallow grave under the kids trampoline to hide it for later.

Her expression when she turned round to pick it up and discover that the rodent had made a run for it will live in the memory for a long time. Straight out of a cartoon.

Later there was an afternoon in the Tyneside Tavern with someone I have known for many years and we put the world to rights. So, if it's all gone belly up again tomorrow, its not my fault!