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Life with Bobbins

Bobbins is settling in with ease. There was a flurry of interest in her from the others, but that soon dispelled. It was only Milly who seemed affected by Bobbins. Ideally we wouldn’t have bought another animal in so soon,…

Bobbins

Introducing Bobbins, she is a 10 week old pup. She is blind and her eyes are deformed so we think they will probably have to be removed. One eye is under formed and the other is over formed, I don’t…

Alfie Goes to the Vet

We’ve just come back from the vet with Alfie where he has been x-rayed so the vet could check his lungs. We were surprised to find that he has a pellet lodged in his chest from where he was shot…

His and Her Yorkies

We definitely have his and her yorkies at the moment. Millie is my dog and comes running down the hall to see me after classes, and Alfie is wholeheartedly Ian’s dog (at least he is Ian’s chair’s yorkie, as this…

Oh Dear England

Although Ian tells me that England could still go on to play in more matches. He explained it to me at length, however I blanked out after about 10 minutes. The village does still have representatives of  one team left…

Happy Birthday Kate

Apparently the best crumpets that I’ve ever made, in no small part because they actually look like crumpets. Hopefully these will go some way to offsetting the fact that Kate’s rose cut ruby is en-route from India right now.

14 Years

Ian and I celebrated the 14 year anniversary of our meeting on Tuesday. It was our first anniversary without Bob who, I remain firmly in the belief, was responsible for bringing us together. When we met, it took Ian about…

Queen of Sleeping

Queenie appears to have turned sleeping into a performance art. First I found her asleep with fluff hanging out her mouth and an hour or so later, she appeared to have fallen asleep while chewing a synthetic bone.