Category Archives: Isis in danger

spleroosh!

Posted on January 21, 2024 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear every Sunday   Sunday January 21st 2024   Isis isn’t one to bear grudges, and her scary vet visit is soon put behind her, although I am sure she will shiver and shudder when … Continue reading →

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get a grip, Human

Posted on October 29, 2023 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear every Sunday   Sunday October 29th 2023   Why is it, I ponder, that we animal people become so much more worried about our pets’ ailments than our own? I’ve been very lucky with … Continue reading →

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(s)he who dares wins

Posted on October 24, 2022 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear every Sunday.   Sunday October 23rd 2022   This really isn’t the best week I’ve ever had. Mealtimes have been easy since best quality minced beef has been added to Hairy One’s breakfast. On … Continue reading →

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our walks: (i) be careful what you wish for!

Posted on June 13, 2022 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday June 12th 2022   I couldn’t have made this up! Today we’ll go to Jasmine Fields, I decide.  On the way, I’m thinking that there’s nothing much to post about. … Continue reading →

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what the hell’s going on? part 2

Posted on January 17, 2022 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday January 16th 2022     Last week I meanly left the story thus: ‘But I know that however weird her behaviour might seem, there are always reasons for what she … Continue reading →

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haven’t you punished Human enough?

Posted on November 1, 2021 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday October 31st 2021   Unquestionably, it was a bad idea to subject Isis to a veterinary health check, for her payback does not end with the unsavoury happenings recounted in … Continue reading →

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here and there again

Posted on April 19, 2021 by patinkingsheath

      Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday April 25th 2021   In Britain, April is supposed to be a month of showers, but it’s Friday now and still relentlessly dry and sunny. … Continue reading →

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mud and water, mud and water*

Posted on February 28, 2021 by patinkingsheath

*By the way, this chorus keeps going through my mind as we walk. It can be sung to the tune of ‘Guns and Roses.’   Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday February 21st 2021 … Continue reading →

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creatures great and small

Posted on October 10, 2019 by patinkingsheath

    Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday October 13th 2019   Polymath asked for a natural burial: no pollution, no religion, no speeches, no formal funeral. On Tuesday, we gather at Westall Park … Continue reading →

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vets, baths and something else nasty

Posted on August 18, 2019 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday August 18th 2019   What a relief that the kennels situation is resolved. Home from the vet’s, poor Isis is subjected to a very … Continue reading →

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