PLATE XXXIX Holiday Expectations

Plate XXXIX Holiday Expectations

Almost everyone had expected something more.

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PLATE XXXVIII Pandemonium at the Forum

PLATE XXXVIII Pandemonium at the Forum

Hugh was glad he had decided to tour Italy by bicycle when it looked like things might get out of hand.

PLATE XXXVII Resistance on the Road to Krim

PLATE XXXVII Resistance on the Road to Krim

The parrot and the pachyderm were united for once, much to Voroshnikoff’s dismay.

PLATE XXXVI Caught in the Act

PLATE XXXVI Caught in the Act

Midnight on the beach, not half a mile from the Seven Sisters, and our young gull was spotted by the Exciseman. He would pretend innocence but the case of sole was damning evidence.

PLATE XXXV Professional Circumpsection

PLATE XXXV Professional Circumspection

He considered the matter from every possible angle but remained hard to pin down. It was his job to provide an anonymous decision. After all, it was not his signature on the document.

PLATE XXXIV Standoff in West Virginia

PLATE XXXIV Standoff in West Virginia

Maud was determined to sit her ground…

PLATE XXXIII Recognition

PLATE XXXIII Recognition

It was a tense moment as the Ixpoh came face-to-face with something unnervingly familiar. His mother had never told him anything about this.  Could it be a distant relation?

PLATE XXXII The Admonition

PLATE XXXII A Severe Admonition

Having slicked his hair down and removed his glasses, Hugh was mortified to find himself admonished. It was just as he had feared: far from a sensual delight, the whole tango affair was fraught with embarrassment. He should never have come.

PLATE XXXI Cruelty to Animals

PLATE XXXI Cruelty to Animals

Retribution for Derek’s cruelty was swift, but Rover waited in vain for his wagger to start wagging again.

PLATE XXX Area Feeding

PLATE XXX Area Feeding

Hugh’s grandfather spent a long time watching the animals that came to feed on what was put out for them down in the area courtyard. He had never figured out why the blue tango cat always seemed to take precedence.