Pink paint that is....quite honestly I don't know why it needs redoing just now - when it was last done only a few years ago- or was it about 17 years or so now? Hmm who would have thought the paint wouldn't last out the full two decades eh? Anyway, it has been good fun … Continue reading Out with the old and in with the new?
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and here we go again - a new awning for the swinging seat :). It's that time of year which seems like a rite of passage or is it one of the rites of spring? Anyway, it is time to get the trusty sewing machine out and make a magical new awning for the astonishing … Continue reading Aha the swinging seat…
well, that has been a highly busy few days for sure - COR what a lot of rearrangements of furniture we have done and what marvellous new set ups there are.... goodo.... We are engaged in what has become major building works in the back garden. It was billed as 'putting up a shed' to … Continue reading the temporary office…
So for a while now the old girl, Teasle, who is thirteen, has needed a hand to get onto the bed. Well, you could say 'tsh tsh dogs on beds? really? outrageous...' etc. but I have always favoured the dog on bed scenario so that's that. Back to the story then.... Teasle has found it … Continue reading Sheer genius…
They said it would snow today... but I didn't believe 'them'. We are having groundworks done for the new shed which has to go up so that we can have an office in the garden and the rooms in the house can be rearranged so that Pops has a place as a base when she … Continue reading WOWEE … it’s snowing
So, I was a bit busy with a virus around Christmas time so didn't do any notes - and here they are.. We had a lovely Christmas - Simon did superbly in getting all the decorations done in the house and outside. We had gorgeous lights and baubles on the Christmas tree outside which we … Continue reading Honestly, that was AGES ago……
Having had dogs around at home all my life - various combinations of rescues, cross breeds and pedigree working dogs - mainly bitches and often more than one, I had never experienced aggression within the pack until this summer...(if you don't count the time in Suffolk when mother in laws three turned on my Spaniel … Continue reading Well I never knew that….
as the famous headline goes... glorious day with dogs lounging around in various places to cool off. So, there is the old dog, lying next to me as I type - under a window with a delightful breeze just ruffling the curtains. There is the brown dog, upside down and legs akimbo on the sofa … Continue reading Phew what a scorcher….