Tiny Planets

Too hot yesterday. Midnight felt the heat very early (as did I), and by around 9 am, he was nowhere to be seen. I searched the garden, I couldn't find him anywhere. I was a bit worried I admit, because I am certain he has never left my garden at all in about 3 weeks, at least. It is his choice. He can easily leap up to get out, just like all the other cats that enter and leave  my garden. But I feel he is safe within my garden.

Anyway, Mr Magpie came in, looks for Midnight on the swing, doesn't see him there, so he is then angrily squawking his head off. Mr Magpie's head bobs up and down, high and low looking for Midnight. He got angrier and angrier. I have no idea why. The cat food diner was easily available to him, albeit only cat biscuits by this time. Mr Magpie searched my garden high and low for Midnight, and was getting more and more furious. Finally Mr Magpie landed on the arm of a plastic garden chair (he had decided to go for the cat biscuits, but he will feed from them even if Midnight is immediately above him on the swing seat) I had been sitting on earlier, but when I pushed it back, it was only balancing on 3 legs. The chair lurched as Mr Magpie landed, and he nearly fell on the path. Absolutely furious he flew off making loud screeching noises. He didn't get any breakfast because he frightened himself. Presumably seeing no obvious cats in a normally cat filled garden, was a more terrifying prospect than one cat looking directly above you, barely a couple of hand widths away?

Midnight reappeared about 3 pm, and was in his usual cool place.

Creative is Speedwell.There are loads of these these tiny blue flowers on my garden path. And the silhouettes, with Mr Magpie screeching...

Like most of you in the U.K. (I expect), it was too hot to sleep last night properly. All the usual strategies to no avail.

Time for a cuppa.