Year: 2022

We took Ellie to Kearsney so that she could have a dip in the stream. There were a lot of other dogs playing in there.

It’s a shame we couldn’t bring Marlene here and let her have a good run but she can’t be let off the lead yet.

There was a lot of bark chips delivered to the allotment so Mal spent the afternoon barrowing some to our allotments.

 Thought for the Day – “Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.” ~ Erma Bombeck

A busy couple of days. I didn’t want to write it at the time, in case Lou or Rhys read my blog but Marlene cut her leg. We have no idea how as she hadn’t been off lead at all. I bathed it with saline solution and bound it in doggy bandage which I always keep in “just in case”. It wasn’t healing and so yesterday we made the decision to take her to their vets.  The vet looked at it and seemed very indecisive as to whether to staple it or not. In the end she did exactly the same as me and bathed it with saline, said to leave it uncovered and sold us a “cone of shame” to put on her overnight and told us not to walk her for a few days. She also gave us antibiotics. She was very good at the vets and also when I bathed her leg. I can’t say I was at all impressed with their vet.

In the afternoon Lou, Rhys and the kids returned from their holiday and came to collect Marlene. Of course I had been really concerned about her. It was nothing to Rhys, “she does it all the time, their skin is so thin”.  They didn’t even take the cone saying she didn’t need it!  Ah well, my responsibility ended as we handed her over.

They did however have a lovely holiday and brought us some nice presents back. As crazy as Marlene is, we shall miss her, well perhaps not the waking us up at 5am! I don’t think Ellie will miss her tail whacking across her face either!

Thought for the Day – “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” ~ Roger Caras

I am not sure what the young gull wanted with this flower pot but he flew off with it!

Marlene was entertained by him anyway!

In the afternoon we watched the Hammers game. Oh dear they lost. But a very good Man City v Newcastle game followed.

Mal cooked a Sunday roast. He seems to like cooking roasts.

Thought for the Day – “One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.” ~ Bryant McGill

Our walk went along Rope Walk and the dogs spent some time duck watching!

We made another batch of chutney, this time courgette and tomato, even the apples came from the allotment.

We also have so much garlic so we are preserving that too. We had a little rain. Every day is a school day, today we learnt  the smell of rain on dry land………….petrichor.

Thought for the Day – “Life is simple…..fill what’s empty. Empty what is full . Scratch where it itches and don’t take it seriously.” ~ Alice Roosevelt Longworth

A nice walk in the morning. Marlene is alert all the time being a sight hound but so far she hasn’t yanked Mal’s arm off!

It seems she is on full alert when  both ears are up!  She does love watching the squirrels.

Later, when sitting in the garden two F15 fighter jets flew very low overhead. I didn’t know what planes they were, only found out from the news later and they were American.

Thought for the Day – “The biggest difference between money and time : You always know how much money you have but you never know how much time you have.”

 

We had a few spots of rain in the night, not a lot at all.

Lunchtime I met up with the Red Hatters. I wore my new Lucy Hodge hat. I should say new to me, I bought it in a charity shop in Hythe and when I was shocked at the price, it was up high so I couldn’t see the price immediately, they told me “Well it is a Lucy Hodge”. None the wiser and after working in Demelza I thought I knew a lot of the expensive labels. It was for charity, so I bought it and today was its first outing.

We had a good meeting but again Jackie and I suggest places to go and no one seems very keen! It seems they just want to lunch.

It was nice seeing everyone. I think Marlene had missed me by the time I got back, she went mad jumping around everywhere.

Thought for the Day – “If it costs your peace , it is too expensive.” ~ Paulo Coelho

Lou, Rhys and co had a good night out the previous night.

So pleased they are enjoying themselves while Marlene is enjoying her holiday, she even met another of her own kind.

In the garden in the afternoon.

Thought for the Day – “In a society that has you counting money, pounds, calories and steps , be a rebel and count your blessings instead.” ~ Lisa Heckman