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2007/8? to 2023

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It feels like forever since I composed a post. Energy is being consumed by other things. Routine, changed for Mr B’s arrival, doesn't seem to have settled. Work to run a household has multiplied (no more cook once a week and eat the same meal for days). I can no longer live the simplest of lives - someone else's welfare needs considering and nurturing. Scully meanwhile is also in school holiday mode - arriving late and then wondering why no walk, sharing her time and enthusiasm between two households. We walk when she does arrive early, we swim on hot afternoons. This week has been special. Cousin Amy arrived last Monday. On Tuesday she walked from here to Nydia Bay and back in just over 4 hours. I should have joined her but wonder if I could have maintained that pace. Bro, SiL, and the young prince arrived on Wednesday accompanied by terrier Jock. They have spent nearly every day going fishing but they did bring with them a sea kayak we'd bought on an online auction site ...

Holding the World in Place (Eulogy)

Tigger held our world in place. We used to chuckle about the 'you may kiss my paw' pose he favoured when relaxing. He held the garage window in place while he slept on the workbench. He held the cover on the airbag if riding in the front seat of the van (F did used to wonder if this would kill them both). He held down arms, and legs, corners of blankets, newspapers, pieces of sewing, floor mats. He would lie on one thing and extend an arm (usually his right) and hold down something else. He held our hearts. We are bereft. So is everyone who loses a member of their family. What can I say about Tigger to those who knew him only in late life? Tigger was the gentlest of souls, calm, possibly a very zen Buddist, but never timid. He never fought but he never ran away either. On the occasions we did see confrontation he seemed to be calmly encouraging the other away; maybe he had total trust that his 'army' was there to back him up. (We always did, but tried to keep it as c...

Jacket

Scully here - Not funny. My Mum laughed and laughed when they told her they'd put a life-jacket on me. It made my legs go limp. We tried it again by the sea and I refused to go in and get it wet. I did however relent when they chucked 'puppy'* in the pond by the boat trailer park. It sort of makes my tail stick up out of the water, but it makes having a good shake-off a bit difficult. F says I have to wear it if I'm on the paddleboard or on the new kayak thing they have bought. That hasn't got here yet.... Yours Scully * Puppy is a much loved (and much chased and juggled) tennis ball. Puppy also gets cuddled when Scully curls up on her bunk.

Hijacked

Mum wants to hijack my blog to publish a knitting pattern she has designed and written. I shouldn't let her do it but she isn't very tech savvy and she doesn't know how else to link it to her Ravelry account. She no longer has a blog of her own (deleted her old email address and locked herself out of the blog - stupid woman - but you can see the remnants of it here Mum's Baking Blog ) I'm making this as difficult as possible for her - sleeping with my face on the lefthand end of her keyboard. She has SHIFT and CTL on the other end but I have control of the letter A and my chin on the Caps Lock. She is very persistent, but she still hasn't worked out how to make it into a downloadable .pdf ( edit - oh yes she has Mr T -a lot can happen in 24 hours!) Oh alright then put it here but I disown the content from here on (unless there is money for catfood in it.......) pattern as .pdf file Koko Jacket and Hat Materials: 2 skeins Lanas Stop Norman...

F interrupts this broadcast...

... to break the news that Tigger is really really really not well. We have witnessed his slow decline for a while (we are all aging) but weight loss has accelerated and in the last few days his poor wee face suddenly puffed up with some sort of allergic reaction. It might even be funny if he was not clearly distressed by it. He is still eating (lots actually), still reading over my shoulder as I work (ensconced on the ironing board), still using his litter box, still cleaning himself, but he walks like there is pain. He was prodded a lot yesterday. Mr B took him to the vet yesterday: there are steroids and antihistamines for his face and a booking for a scan next week. The vet detected a possible (small) mass in his stomach a month or so ago but as he had just eaten it was recorded but with a suggestion it might be food. It seems the mass is more obvious and cancer is suspected. We will know more after the scan. We love him dearly and I p...

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