A couple of nights ago Willow woke me up at 1.50 am, so I dutifully dragged myself to the back door and let her out for a pee. That wasn't what she wanted though so it took her 10 minutes of wandering around the back yard before she would come back into the house. Since I didn't have shoes on and was disinclined to chase her round the house or call her loudly at that time of the morning I had a few minutes to wait.
The evening was calm and clear. I could easily hear the neighbours chatting in their garage. There appears to be a couple of young girls in residence. Perhaps their daughter is back from some study or other.
After a while of trying to get Willow tempted back inside I gave up .. that was when I heard the Morepork.. faintly but definitely ru-ru-ing somewhere close by.
It was such a peaceful sound. I could have stood there listening all night.
