Oh dear...
Seren, having had a mad 5 minutes in the bedroom racing around with a tennis ball, hurled herself into the living room and my lap.
And missed by some distance...I watched as she whizzed past my face. I swear the look on her face was *Tada!...oh, fuck...* as she shot past...
She is now BACK on my lap, and I have promised not to talk about ( Read more... )

I think it is time to re-introduce some terms into our communal lexicon. Some, indeed most, will be aware of, and maybe remember with fondness, Willow's amazing Beekling skills. Some may not even be aware of the term. Possibly because I invented it for her.

To beekle is to bury one's snottle into the ground and snort the air in a series of short ( Read more... )

Up at 5 for a brisk walk around the block with Seren, a bit more clicker training, dealing with *stay* as well as *sit*. Need to work on the pulling, the sudden stops and the wanting to play with people but it looks as if she's a bright girl who will have me trained in no time.
No...wait...

So, yesterday I tried clicker-training Seren Dippy Dog. Nothing too harsh, just *sit*...it seems fair that at 4 months she should be able to park her bum on command. We left the house and went for about 1/10th of the Willow Walk of old, having established that going even the short route over the Bridge of Size means that I'd be carrying a sleeping ( Read more... )

So, it was about 9am yesterday when Workmate Friend said *I don't want to upset or insult you, but do you want a dog?"

No, of course I don't want a dog. I had a Willow for 13 years. I was now Too Old and besides I had developed a sort of freedom that you don't have with pets. The flat was Mine. I could put things down and know they'd be there when I ( Read more... )

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A bee

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I was up and out before 6 am to get these shots this morning:

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I was kicking myself when I saw this because my dSLR was, for a change, in the car and not with me. Something that rarely happens.

Then I remembered that the iPhone has a camera of sorts on it, and it's surely true that the best camera in the world is the one you have with you when a photo-opportunity occurs...


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Hmm...

For the first time since Willow died I took the Morning Walk route with camera this morning.

Dunno how effective they are...what do you think?

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