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Nothing dared, nothing snacked

  Quem não arrisca, não petisca Since the last uploading I have started online Portuguese lessons with the university language school in Oxford.  Very enjoyable, very organised and the homework is encouraging me to do some studying.  I thought that this Portuguese proverb was rather amusing as it had losing out on a snack as the existential consequence of not being brave and daring. I have lots of photos to share, but not today.  My favourites are of Ichiro sleeping on the floor on top of a towel, teddy for a pillow and an old silk curtain as his blanket.  I joke that he wraps himself up when it's chilly (as it now sometimes is) but, in fact, it's Harry's inexhaustible doting.  I'm not convinced Ichiro gets cold as he has a lovely fur coat on all the time but Harry says he shivers when lying on the floor and somehow manages to get a towel under him without getting him up.  "Ichiro is cold!  Put a towel under him!"   How?!   "How do you t...