by Arthur Witten | Aug 22, 2017 | Thriller
For two days last week, Thriller and her dad had three workmen here replacing the air conditioning system, or most of it. After nearly 28-years of faithful service, the unit had valiantly held on and breathed its last cooling exhalation as the hot Aussie summer ended....
by Arthur Witten | Aug 16, 2017 | Thriller
Thriller seemed in little hurry to attend her number ones and number twos this morning, so we patrolled the boundary fence in the back paddock, only going clockwise today – usually Thriller patrols anticlockwise. All was well until approaching a ten-foot deep gully...
by Arthur Witten | Aug 11, 2017 | Thriller
Yes, a “MAGNUM MONSTER”!!!! Last night, nearing the bewitching hour of midnight, Thriller rose from her red bed and made for the great blackness outside which that hour brings. Lights turned on in the breezeway and a lead prudently attached to Thriller (finding an...
by Arthur Witten | Aug 6, 2017 | Thriller
Over many years, successive generations of rabbits here have had nothing to fear from the procession of Newfoundlands who have owned me. Once Liquorice an Keaton passed through adolescence all those years ago, rabbits could, and would, cheerfully graze to within a few...
by Arthur Witten | Aug 2, 2017 | Thriller
Before being taken for an amble in the front paddock this evening by my venerable oldie, the Lady Thriller, I popped a “Fantail” into my mouth. Fantails are a yummy chocolate covered hard caramel much favored by the aforesaid Thriller’s recently acquired dad. As we...
