Author Archives: patinkingsheath

views from the ex-lawn

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Friday   The one dog demolition machine continues on her merry way. Her enthusiasm for big prey is unabated; her latest prize is a plastic garden chair. On one of … Continue reading

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oh…. I can play with it

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Wednesday   In Highbury Park on Sunday we meet beautiful Jackson and his human. It’s several months since I have seen her and I update her on Isis. We exchange … Continue reading

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wash day blues

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Monday   Sigh. How annoying is this? It’s Friday night and I’ve retired upstairs to bed to watch catch-up TV. It’s late and I’m nicely wound down. But I’ve forgotton … Continue reading

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Saturday review

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Saturday   On Sunday Isis and I travel back from Wales. Luckily for me she likes the car and is always keen to hop in. Although we only have a … Continue reading

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a brief return for ‘Green’

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Friday   Isis is very thin. When I check this out with vets they say it’s fine for a dog as highly strung and as active as she is. It’s … Continue reading

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red plastic basket

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Wednesday                       Isis came from the Aeza cat and dog rescue and adoption centre in Aljezur, Portugal. For information about … Continue reading

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I think she’s unravelling

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Monday   She couldn’t post my holiday snaps last week because she’s an IT incompetent and doesn’t know how to transfer images from her camera to her Hudl. Most of … Continue reading

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Saturday review

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday   This week has been a non-stop merry – and not so merry  –  go-round, Isis becoming more and more hyper as the days pass. Daily, after racing across the beach and … Continue reading

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the hound from hell

        Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Friday “So much more confident. So much less tense. A much happier dog”, is Polymath’s appraisal of Isis comparing her with the nervous, self-attacking creature last seen at the beginning … Continue reading

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things that go grrrrrrrrrrarghgrrrrrrrrrrah in the night

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday.   First, I apologise to any poor soul who attempted to read Monday’s post during the first half hour it was put up. The paragraphs were in the wrong order and there … Continue reading

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