Grabby - what a great post! You should take up writing. I agree with Rarebird that you “light up the atmosphere of hope”. You definitely have 5 stars from me. I too am sitting on the edge of my seat waiting to see what will happen and hope those wolves won't get too snarly while we wait. I particularly liked this line of yours (very clever and I wholeheartedly agree):

In the meantime, I'm kinda glad that our stock's been penned up safe and sound in the coral while lots of others have starved to death or been Mad(e)off with!

But Spring is now here and the time is looking good to get out of the corral and take a big run.

Regards,
Goldie