What's the Story in Dalamory » Misty http://www.freda.org.uk Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:37:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Christmas Coat http://www.freda.org.uk/2012/01/15/christmas-coat/ http://www.freda.org.uk/2012/01/15/christmas-coat/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:18:29 +0000 freda http://www.freda.org.uk/?p=5236

 

 

Misty looks as if she is saying - I enjoyed opening the present but I’m not so sure about wearing it!

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]]> http://www.freda.org.uk/2012/01/15/christmas-coat/feed/ 10 Hogmanay http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/12/31/hogmanay-2/ http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/12/31/hogmanay-2/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:06:29 +0000 freda http://www.freda.org.uk/?p=5211 Continue reading →]]>

Note the gap between the two dogs. Bertie is gradually learning that he cannot take liberties with Misty. By the time he is going home on Monday he will be acclimatised, and hopefully that means he will be well-behaved at the next visit. Misty has had to growl, snarl and bark at him but hasn’t yet resorted to a nip or two thankfully.

It has been a busy and eventful ten days and it seems right to do a catch-up on Hogmanay. A significant day when thoughts tend towards people near and far, relatives long gone and other such things like changing world events. I wonder how much more we techie-age 21st century beings think about a global perspective than did our ancestors many centuries ago?   I suspect we are simply encompassed in the gloup of cyber-soup that is the instant news and messaging of our times. All the more important to breathe a prayer for the world at “The Bells” tonight.

I have been effectively having a rest from the computer for the last week or so. Things that demanded my attention included:

  • Winter camping to collect Berties’s mum
  • Travel in severe gales – not funny
  • 2 different power outages – each quite lengthy. The candles were very atmospheric and festive, but resulted in missing favourite TV programmes….
  • A night of nasty vomiting – don’t know whence it came
  • A three day trip to visit #1 Son and family – lots of fun
  • Time recovering from said sickness – must make tonight’s party!

As you can see, it is no wonder #2 Son was worried when his emails went unanswered. He couldn’t understand what had happened to his techie Mum. I must admit I am looking forward to being back to normal and catching up on reading friends’ blogs and so forth.

Many blessings be with you and yours in the coming year. Undernoted is a photo of a very happy cairn opening one of her Christmas presents.

 

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]]> http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/12/31/hogmanay-2/feed/ 5 Bertie http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/12/21/bertie/ http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/12/21/bertie/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:04:23 +0000 freda http://www.freda.org.uk/?p=5206 Continue reading →]]> No photographs of our visitors yet, I’ve been too busy recovering from our trip and helping Bertie to settle in. To be honest, he has not required much assistance as he is a very boisterous and confident 7-month old dachshund (full-size.) Misty is doing her best impression of an elderly terrier who  has no time for the younger generation. Shame, really, because young  Master Bertie appears to be in love. He is beautiful, if love-sick, whereas Misty is at her prickly, scruffy best. What fun animals bring to a household.

My Christmas countdown – ie jobs to be done before the holiday – has kind of stuck. It is now a case of, anything goes………… and I am giving up on trying to be organised. I may try to read a few blogs, but basically, I plan to be a Christmas slob. (Well….. apart from the Christmas Dance, church services and going away to visit Son #1 and family on Boxing Day.) There is little chance of getting presents, people and dogs in the car, so it is going to be a case of loading up the campervan as best we can.

Whatever your plans are – I hope and pray that you have a special and blessed Christmas.

 

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]]> http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/12/21/bertie/feed/ 3 Misty’s Birthday http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/11/25/mistys-birthday/ http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/11/25/mistys-birthday/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:03:13 +0000 freda http://www.freda.org.uk/?p=5153 Continue reading →]]> It is Misty’s birthday today; she is 6 years old. Yes, we did sing Happy Birthday to her and she enjoyed it very much. She gives us enormous pleasure and devotion and makes us laugh constantly. This is a photo of her not long after she came to live with us.

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]]> http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/11/25/mistys-birthday/feed/ 9 Animal Blessing Service http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/10/04/animal-blessing-service/ http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/10/04/animal-blessing-service/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:19:43 +0000 freda http://www.freda.org.uk/?p=5024 Continue reading →]]> Misty and I were sorry we were unable to be there, but listening to this and watching the blessing of the animals helped us to feel part of it. We humans owe so much to our companion animals.

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These photos tell the story:

  • Misty sees Emma in her travelling grooming van
  • Misty tries to run away.
  • HBTW prevails.
  • all is well in the end.
  • In fact the little dog looks quite pleased with herself.

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]]> http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/08/13/planning-meeting/feed/ 5 Chilling http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/07/10/chilling/ http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/07/10/chilling/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:22:06 +0000 freda http://www.freda.org.uk/?p=4793 Continue reading →]]> It’s sometimes difficult to keep up with internet-speak, text-speak, online chatting terms and so forth. But one word I love to hear the grandchildren use so happily is “chilling”. This is not the way they describe a bad experience at school or a particularly frightening film, rather it is a complete kidnapping of the world to mean the essence of relaxation and happiness. In a sense it is kind of what I am doing right now. Usually when at my computer at home there is a hustle and bustle of keys and near-frantic activity as I do half a dozen things at once – checking mail, looking at news and weather, bringing blog up to date and reading the 100 or so I look at intermittently – oh yes, I might also be checking items on ebay and doing an online order for shoes.

No wonder computing is tiring.

Each year when I go on holiday I decide to post a few items in advance and hope that my faithful readers will forgive me for not responding to specific comments that need a reply. This year, #3 Son and his family are in residence so I am more relaxed about sharing details of our hols. I suspect lots of bloggers are wary of advertising their absence, which is probably daft. The last person who is likely to be reading a winsome load of nothingness is a potential burglar.

Anyway, campsite wifi tends to be slow, the laptop is elderly with many and various quirks, (like me)  so the whole process has to be slowed down. Thus, I press a key to find a website, then look round at the gentle process of everyday chores around me. People are collecting water, tightening guy-ropes, shaking out carpets from caravans and so on. HBTW is sitting guarding the washing whilst happily reading his kindle. Wood pigeons whoo-whooo…. and the wind rustles the trees in the high hedge next to me. I muse on the fact that I forgot a cable and cannot therefore share photos, so word pictures will have to do.

The motorhome is filled with the scent of lavender – purchases from the lavender farm we visited yesterday. Today we are too lazy to do much but a few chores…….  such is the joy of a campervanning holiday. Tomorrow it is off to a national park for a few days. There may or may not be wifi there, but one thing we do know is that there is a pub next door. That means a release from cooking and dishes.

Being away and being lazy about newspapers has meant I have been rather isolated from the News of the World and the surrounding issues. No bad thing, I suspect, though I suppose I should use some online time to catch up.

That’s all the news from Sherrif Hutton today, Misty sends her love and says to tell you all that she is enjoying her holiday but could she please have less walks today.

 

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]]> http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/07/10/chilling/feed/ 6 Travelogue http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/07/07/travelogue-2/ http://www.freda.org.uk/2011/07/07/travelogue-2/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:04:16 +0000 freda http://www.freda.org.uk/?p=4785 Continue reading →]]> The good thing about travelling by campervan is that you cart your holiday goods and chattels along with you. Lunch can be a choice of a layby next to a field full of wheat dotted with poppies, or a pub lunch in a garden. Following the sun is the main aim of this couple of weeks. It seems trite to go on and on about the weather, but it is true that in May 2010 Dalamory had 46.77mm (2 inches of rain) whereas this year (2011) it was 390.6 (almost 16 inches.) In other words we have been suffering badly from too much rain and wind. So you can imagine that a few days of sunshine followed by sun and thunder-plumps has seemed idyllic.

So far adventures have included:

  • Walks on an adjacent beach
  • Watching wildlife in the raw – a cygnet snatched by a gull
  • Admiring a cliff of kittiwakes amidst their noise and quarrels
  • Misty going for Day Care and pampering; tea-tree shampoo smells great
  • Adults having a day out at Alnwick Gardens and Castle
  • Putting the warm fleeces away
  • First class steak and warm French wine

And lots more to come no doubt. The Day Care was a particularly good idea. Castles and Gardens tend not to allow dogs other than Assistance Dogs. Misty may consider herself our carer, but she does not have the appropriate uniform. It has been too hot to leave her in the campervan, so a pamper day was the ideal solution. Unfortunately, I am unable to do the photos yet, but will do a holiday compendium at a later day. Cascades ie water fountains and displays, seem to be the next new thing. There is something so soothing about water – both the noise and the display.

Still to do before moving on: more gardens, a bus ride – first for Misty -and a dog-friendly lavender farm. Happy holidays to those still waiting to go.

 

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