In one picture, Thompson wears a ruff around his neck, a colonial reference.
Ruffs were starched and robes were pressed as choristers at Salisbury Cathedral rehearsed for a special carol service.
Her fingers were running through the ruff of fur around the cat's neck.
These actions cause the eye, beak and face to literally vanish in a shaggy white ruff.
How do we know that there may not be economy from the centre which will ruff right through the education authorities?
The ruff and reeve are beautiful birds which once nested in this country, and may do so again.
It is easy to mistake for some of the sandpipers, the ruff, reeve or for a greenshank and a number of other shore birds.
The same applies to the ruff and reeve.