My Sunday drive down to Devon went very smoothly. Empty, dark and rainy roads. Theo slept happily all the way, having had a good run on a wet beach before we set off.

On Monday, we went and had a rummage in the Luckett woods, where I had cause to remember just how many foxes and deer there are in these woods, something that my memory had previously ( Read more... )

It's been a wild and windy festive season. I had thought of going to one of the many festive swims, or perhaps out in the kayak, but it was so cold and wet and wild that staying indoors seemed more appealing, not to mention safer.

Most days, even Theo was happy with one short walk and swiftly back inside to toast himself in front of the electric ( Read more... )

On Sunday, I took Theo out on a social walk organised by a local greyhound rescue. I wouldn't normally have taken him along, since he's a Greek Harehound and very definitely not a sighthound, but Julie, who runs the course he'd been attending and also organised the walk, suggested that we give it a go.

I wasn't entirely sure how he would react to ( Read more... )

This year my Mum announced firmly that she would really prefer to spend Christmas at home with her cat Pudding and no other company, so after we had popped down to visit for a couple of days beforehand then came back to Wales. It was very nice and relaxing and the quick visit to Devon was handy for going to the Cheese Shop in Tavistock to buy ( Read more... )

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First, the most important news!  Our little grey cat Fankil went missing back in April.  Now we have him back!


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 The house is full of food and sleepy hounds and dozing cats. We have eaten way too much, and I'm still gently nibbling on a lump of chestnut and cranberry stuffing. Here are a few photos from the last week or so ( Read more... )

Definitely not moving before Christmas now.  But!  we do at long last have a planned completion date: 8th Jan.  So we can stop thinking about that until after New Year now ( Read more... )

I haven't finished my customary Christmas wood-carving, but it looks like it's going to be a weird Star Wars alien sort of thing, partly because that's what was hiding in this year's Christmas tree wood, and partly because we went to see Rise of Skywalker last week, and enjoyed it.  We went to the 11pm showing, since that meant we could put Theo to ( Read more... )

It's time to admit that I've pretty much failed on the Christmas card front this year. So, Merry virtual Christmas, a jolly Yule,  Happy Hanukkah, a blessed solstice, or bottoms up, depending on what sort of winter celebration you prefer.

This has been a tough year for a lot of people I know, so I hope it doesn't seem too annoying when I say that ( Read more... )