Month: September 2026

We woke up to rain. Ellie had a bit of a rough night and when I tried to clean her teeth a bit, her mouth bled so I made an appointment to see the vet. That is one good thing about being a member of their “club”, they will give you a same day appointment.

We went along at 12.20 and saw one of the vets who suggested a bit more pain killer and also that Ellie should have X rays and teeth clean and obviously investigating if she needs any extractions. As much as we don’t like the thought of her having anaesthetic, we don’t like her in pain either!

We also have another pain killer to give her along with the Metacam.

On the way out, one of the lovely receptionists said Meg was out the back and would want to see Ellie.  Meg is the nurse who we always went to for Ellie’s weight clinic. She is such a lovely girl and talked us through the possibilities for Ellie. We know how much she loves Ellie and she explained it all far better than the new vet had. So, we made the appointment there and then for Claire (the practice owner, who Meg said was the best with teeth.) It will be the Tuesday 13th. They are very busy.

We had arranged to take Tris out for a meal as it will be his 50th when we are away, so met him at The Jetty in Broadstairs. They do such good fish there. I had monkfish which was so good.

The dessert was equally good. Pistachio and raspberry white chocolate cheesecake.

They really must have an excellent chef and the quality of the food really is outstanding.

And here are the lads.

Then it was a bit of a hurry home to see if Ellie was OK and gave her the additional pain killer.

Mal slept downstairs with her in case it had any adverse effects.

A cricket pitch walk in the morning.  My stomach wasn’t too good so  we had a bit of a lazy day.

At least England won their game in the evening.

A very busy morning at work and then quieter in the afternoon. Jack had his day off and so Karen was in.

We went to Minster and Ellie had quite a walk.

It is a real community park with lots of interesting fruit trees. This one is a medlar…

I went in to Deal while Mal walked Ellie. It is such a vibrant town and lovely just to wander around and look at at the independent shops and of course some good charity shops.

Our upstairs loo walls are quite plain and I took down all the old pictures I had in there and found some new small ones in one of the charity shops. The old ones will go to work on Monday!

I also found some really nice winter trousers.

Not a bad England game but we still lost! It ended up a little like watching Spurs!

Just a short walk around the cricket ground with Ellie as it was one of her not so good days. Yesterday she was up barking and wagging her tail when we fetched her lead. Not today. Good days and not so good days, bless her.

We spent the afternoon in the garden it was so warm. I picked loads more tomatoes.

It is so nice to still be having our meals out in the garden at the end of September. The only problem now is mosquitos!

A beautiful sunrise.

I had an appointment at midday at Periodontal. I thanked him for referring me to the docs as I was always getting mouth ulcers. I have had a few blood tests, so far not absorbing B12 and the iron count far too high and they are still waiting for other test results.

So, today he did a deep clean of half my mouth, at least he gave me plenty of anaesthetic but that hurt quite a bit putting the needle in my cheeks. Yuk. I was an hour in the chair.

When he finished I had a wander around Faversham shops and called into Cancer Research as the manager there trained in our shop, a lovely lady.