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Dear Lin, have a wonderful day full of the things you love to do. Hugs across the pond! Jackie 🥰

My pooches and I had a lovely walk late morning, around a section of moors we hadn’t been on for months because all the rain we’d had during the summer months made it so mucky. Firm under foot now and both dogs did lots of zoomies to make up for not walking yesterday. This afternoon I have been pruning shrubs and now, when…

Good evening. I was up very early this morning and decided because it was misty as well as dark it wouldn’t be safe to walk George and Betty round the block. Instead, before I drove to pick up David, I wedged the door into my garden open so they had outdoor access. Turns out he lives in a tiny community of just 16…

The weekend has run away from me but at least the thunder storms didn’t arrive locally yesterday and I was able to work outside. Today not so good with lots of rain showers but I’ve caught up with writing to friends and a couple of phone calls. I’m taking David to a hospital appointment in the morning to meet with a…

Voter apathy

Hello. I was convinced I posted yesterday but apparently not. I had to message Barney for an arrival time and when he told me 1130 I first took George and Betty for a long walk. After an hour working Barney received a phone call from his wife and no more work was carried out. Apparently a domestic argument, so he asked if…

Registration day

Wedding outfits

Hand luggage

Happy Wednesday. Yesterday was a typical day of everything happening at the same time with electrician Josh arriving at 1.30pm just as the chimney sweep phoned to set up an appointment. George barked in excitement and chaos reigned. It didn’t take long for the heater in the snug to be installed but the old one in the spare…

Hat stand

Waiting for the electrician who messaged at 7.30 this morning to let me know he hasn’t yet picked up the heaters from the wholesalers so will carry out a couple of jobs elsewhere then collect them. Have told him I have a 3.30 appointment in town and won’t be home until an hour later so he either gets here before I go and…

I’m sorry I missed posting yesterday. I spent an hour in the evening writing a post to Anne and was going to post once that was sent but, just as I finished typing Anne’s the battery on my iPad died so Anne didn’t receive her email and a Sneakers post had to wait until today. It was past midnight and I had enjoyed another…

Work ethic

A sunny and much warmer day so I was early taking George and Betty on to the moors. Very few people about and nobody I knew so I tested my walking by climbing to the top where both dogs had fun running about, exploring what’s been going on up there since we last went that way. We spent over an hour walking, then almost…

Happy Friday 13th. A pleasant one here with a bright, sunny start. No frost but definitely colder. I’m planning to garden without interruptions after yesterday’s trip to the hospital with Sheila. As ever, these things always take longer than anticipated so I didn’t get much else achieved but she has been advised the…

We are experiencing an Arctic blast in the middle of September which is a bit of a shock! After early grocery shopping and a short dog walk, I finally began to tidy more areas in the garden and although the forecast was for a dry, sunny day I found myself dodging showers. Sheila phoned to ask if I can take her to the…

Hand cream

Summer appears to be over and it’s much cooler. Of course it’s also still raining! I collected Sheila this morning and we drove to the local woods to walk before going on to a local store that also has a coffee shop. Back home I contacted the chimney sweep about him visiting before Winter but he tells me he is currently…

Happy Sunday, although nearly midnight! I’ve had a quiet weekend apart from George’s groomer visiting us yesterday. His coat is still quite short from her last visit when I was hoping for some warm summer temperatures, but nothing materialised so he has needed a rain coat on at times. I had meant to visit Debbie groomer’s…

Winter Warmers (Traditional boiled sweets)

Waterproof jacket

It’s a mild day and so far dry, so I am able to get several things done. Yesterday afternoon I received news that dear Les had passed away. In spite of his 99 years he had received Radiotherapy treatment to slow down cancer that was spreading but had taken a bad turn a couple of days ago. I am so grateful I visited him a…

Velvet fabric

I stopped everything yesterday and rested which seems to have worked because my head is slowly clearing. It has turned a lot colder so I dug out my Winter waterproof jacket to walk this morning and was glad it has a fleece lining! George loves the cooler weather and did lots of zoomies while Betty did her best to keep up.…

A drippy Tuesday for me! I can’t shake this bug off and am told the symptoms could be Covid! It’s annoying because a dry and not so hot day would be perfect for all the gardening I want to carry out but that’s impossible at the moment as I continue to sneeze and blow my nose! This morning George and Betty had a very short…

Happy Monday. I began to type a post last night but halfway it disappeared and because a head cold has me feeling Blah, I had to give up looking for it. I did manage some shrub tidying in the afternoon then had to spend time bagging the cuttings because rain was forecast today, which finished me off! Apart from a local…

Flat feet

A quiet day after a short half hour walk on the moors. A few supplies picked up from my store like local milk and yogurt, ham and sausages from a Cornish farm and PG Tips teabags as I was about to run out. I cut the grass on the upper lawn then finished tidying the area pruned yesterday. Considering the time it took, it…

Leg pull I had to look up what Taffy pull was! 🤔