It has now been 9 weeks since my accident. I am pretty much doing the everyday things without getting too much stick from the arm, though it still won't go above shoulder height, and I have no intention of testing it with carrying any sort of weight. It would probably have helped if I had been doing the exercises, but I keep forgetting (I guess I ( Read more... )

I spent last weekend at the UK Filkcon in Colchester (or possibly Chelmsford - I always get those two muddled - especially when half-way along the A12). The animals went on their own holiday to the Animal Country Club ( Read more... )

It's been an up and down week. The dogs were in kennels on Sunday as we had to go to Solihull for the annual cat club AGM, at which I again failed to extricate myself from the committee, but at least things seem to be chugging along pretty much without me ( Read more... )

We took the dogs out early as we had to be at the vet for Kurt's check-up at 10.20. This time I managed to keep the dogs in the sitting room while Lil grabbed and bagged the cat. We made pretty good time to Buckhurst Hill but the vet's parking spaces were full so I took the cat in while Lil drove a couple of times round the block to find ( Read more... )

I have been dreadfully remiss in updating my LJ/DW (and am only using IJ as a test bed for fest fanfic). This last month I have taken Draco to the Discover Dogs exhibition at Earls Court ( and received an unexpected and very posh rosette for him from the ETT Club), manned the Singapura table at the Supreme Cat Show (I actually remembered that I ( Read more... )

I am very aware that I have been posting more on Facebook than LJ/DW, and this is not helped by the fact that when I went into LJ yesterday it presented me with its new interface and I have been unable to get back my old look. The new one (after some tinkering) is barely distinguishable from FB, and only gives me 10 posts instead of my preferred ( Read more... )

I finally finished the cover for my netbook, and took it up to the bedroom to do a photo for my Ravelry records. As it was a sunny day the cats were in situ, and, for once, Ross did not scarper at the thought of a D.O.G. being around. So he got into the picture.

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Conscious that I've been focussing on the dogs a lot lately, here are some photos of our cats - lazing in the unseasonal January sun on my bed.

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Yesterday I went off for my usual annual stint at the Supreme Cat Show (the cat equivalent of Crufts). Since I wasn't showing (done that, got the headache) I'd booked a train to Birmingham International, and a window seat facing the engine with a table. I ended up in a toastrack seat back to the engine in the aisle - so much for Virgin Trains ( Read more... )

But I say that the type of rider who enters a gymkhana simply with the idea of winning cups and rosettes has no business to be there at all.... What do you suppose gymkhanas are for ( Read more... )