November 19th (Wed.)
It occurred to me the the kids at school drink little cartons of milk each day and these would be just right and in no short supply to make up the protective sheaths for the plants against the ‘cutworms’. The idea of making up cardboard condoms for the 350 onions I’ve just planted doesnt’t fill me with delight however.

The neighbour, came around while I was in the shower and my wife offloaded a hefty weight of something cold, and soft wrapped in newspaper as I stood wrapped just in a towel.

‘They went to Hokkaido, it’s a gift’.she continued.
I opened it up gingerly, ‘They went to Hokkaido and they get us a chunk of deer ?!’ I exclaimed as the contents were revealed ‘Yes, …It’s Ezo-shika ‘(Ezo deer is a unique sub species to Hokkaido).
I couldn’t stop laughing.
Don’t get me wrong it was a great gift, and I was very happy to receive it. It’s just it struck me that most people go on holiday to get away from their day to day hum drum life. Our hunting neighbours surrounded here by bleating and barking wild deer every night, go on holiday only to return with more of the same. Tickled me .