Wow! I think the most exciting thing we get in our back garden is a hedgehog!

Good to know that Squeaky lives a safe life. Here in the UK, because of lack of any real predators, cats are often free-range. All our previous cats would come and go with the cat-flap, although we always locked them in overnight after our first black cat, Tasha, brought home a weasel or ferret at 23.00 which we ended up catching and releasing in a nearby field just before midnight.

Our latest Kitty Master, our third house panther Binx, voluntarily became a house cat at around 18 months old. We think he'd been bullied by another cat and decided he preferred the safety of indoors. As he has a tendency to bilateral patellar subluxation in his hind legs (he really impressed the vet on a recent MOT visit as to just how much and easily his back knees could pop in and out, in all directions!) I'm actually quite happy about this. If he were to be out and about and make a bad jump (he always lands in a 4-legged 'splat' which probably explains the BPS) and was unable to get back home it could end badly for him. He seems generally quite content wrapping himself in the curtains as he sits on his cat-tree, or lurks under the sofa covers.

Alas, not unexpected, but very sad news. Jack would always post a greetings at the time of the Jewish festival dates, and when that stopped I did rather fear the worst especially when re-reading his last few posts. https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?id=344. I hope he was able to enjoy his last (87th) birthday as much as he could in the circumstances.

Also so sad to hear about his cat Suzi. Perhaps, she is keeping Jack company.

Jack (זכרונו לבּרכה  [zee-chroh-NOH luh-brah-KHAH] - May his memory be a blessing)

The images of Stonehenge brought this to mind. Anne Sudworth is an artist who paints many of the megalithic sites. I follow her on Facebook and it's hard to believe that these are paintings and not photos.

http://www.annesudworth.co.uk/pictures/soltice.htm
http://www.annesudworth.co.uk/pictures/ … nlight.htm

If you like this kind of thing, her site is well worth a visit - http://www.annesudworth.co.uk/artgallery/work.htm

I noticed that, and he usually pops up a post for the Jewish festival days which he hasn't done this year. I also note that in his 18th and 19th December posts he mentioned health issues which didn't sound too good, alas.

I moved to Win 11 late last year. I got rid of a lot of files as I am now retired, but have found one of my old website details tucked away. I still have WebPlus x8.

If I try to open the file from where I have saved it, like you I just get the blank screen.

However, if I then go, within WebPlus to the top left - File > Open > browse to the files, they do come up. I also get the (obvious) warning that a lot of the images I was linked to are no longer available, so would have to find them again, but both the websites I had will still come up this way.

I hope that might be a help?

I suppose that makes me a fun gal?

The beehive nuclei (mini beehives) are our homage to what's going on in Ukraine. They have long been that colour, but when I started taking an interest in Ukrainian affairs, I commented to OH they were in the flag colours but the wrong way around. A little later he came in and asked me if I noticed anything different. He had changed them around for me.

I have become so wrapped up with Ukraine that I am now learning the language, with a combo of Duolingo and a couple of other sources. I started in mid-November and am now on Unit 5. Coincidentally enough, some of the first words to learn were for cat (кіт - kit) and honey (мед - med). If we get a new female cat she will probably be called кішка - kishka, the word for a female cat.

The Cyrillic script is becoming more and more familiar. Very much enjoying the double challenge. I would never have thought that I'd be studying a new language, and its associated alphabet in my early 60s, but I believe it is said that learning a new language is a great way to keep the mind active and alert. Just so very sad that the reason for the interest is down to such terrible circumstances for Ukraine. Once the war is (so very hopefully) over sooner rather than later, I may even be tempted to take a holiday there a little further down the line, and be able to communicate with some ease. Already, when reading Twitter posts, I am deriving a great deal of satisfaction that I am able to recognise some words and phrases, and understand some of the spoken words on video before I hit the 'translate' link.

It is easier to translate the written word as I can take my time over that, and not have to worry if I've got the pronunciation right. I suspect when I speak the words, I may well be mangling the language...

So that is my ongoing challenge into next year.

My late father was a Yorkshireman, and I was born 10 minutes the wrong side of the River Tees.

He would have howled with laughter at this.

View from one of the back windows a little earlier.