Russell’s Mid-Air Handbrake Turn

 

Russell grabs the prize after his mid-air handbrake turn

The comedy never stops in this garden.This morning one of Felicity’s cubs did a quick smash-and-grab on a small piece of peanut butter butty and legged it across the garden, completely ignoring the dish of cat food sitting there like an open invitation.Then Russell, the absolute legend, spotted it mid-flight.Watching, while standing in the kitchen, I said 'Come and get it, Russell'You could almost hear the screech of tyres in the sky as he slammed on the mid-air handbrake, did a perfect U-turn, and came swooping back down to claim the cat food like it was his God-given right.The cub got a tiny bit and ran.
Russell got the proper prize.And to top it all off, all the peanut butter butties disappeared without trace. I didn’t even see it happen. One minute they were there, the next — gone. The Littlies, magpies and the Cyrils clearly pulled off a lightning raid while I blinked.The garden is now operating at full chaotic capacity. Fox cubs doing smash-and-grabs, crows pulling aerial stunts, and butties vanishing into thin air.I wouldn’t have it any other way.