Category Archives: Isis says “No”.

a week’s worth of walks 1

Posted on April 16, 2020 by

    Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.    Sunday April 19th 2020     Monday 13th: Kings Heath Park After a brief play on the bank, Isis ascends to the next level. Here, she frisks … Continue reading →

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oh!

Posted on April 12, 2020 by

     Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.    Sunday April 12th 2020     On lockdown here, we’ve been asked to leave the house for exercise only once a day. Now that Isis has just … Continue reading →

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a good place to be

Posted on March 8, 2020 by

    Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday March 9th 2020   The highest mound of the landscaped area in Highbury Park, to which I trudged last week in search of my lost spectacles, … Continue reading →

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and one week later …..

Posted on February 9, 2020 by

    Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday February 9th 2020   Praise be to dog, Isis has maintained her equilibrium. To date, she is doing better than I am, as every time she … Continue reading →

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Isis loses it: part two

Posted on February 3, 2020 by

    Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday February 2nd 2020   In the end I shut Isis, whose raucous outbursts are averaging one every eight to ten minutes, in the kitchen. The back … Continue reading →

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splat!

Posted on January 19, 2020 by

    Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday January 5th 2020   It’s Monday. Storm Brendon is expected this afternoon, and the parks are still a sea of mud. Sigh. Bev and I opt … Continue reading →

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I.T., Isis and me

Posted on January 12, 2020 by

    Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday January 5th 2020   In deference to Isis and her hysteria when, soon after she came, I switched on my ancient, flickering television, ours has been … Continue reading →

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it’s all too much for a dog

Posted on January 5, 2020 by

    Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday January 5th 2020   When I last reported on Hairy One’s table manners, all was going swimmingly. No ear splitting screams. No air shredding screeches. No … Continue reading →

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we’re going THIS way ….

Posted on December 30, 2019 by

    Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday December 29th 2019   Since the beginning of the Months of the Mud, Isis and I have a tussle every time we step out of the … Continue reading →

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seven soggy days

Posted on October 20, 2019 by

    Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday October 20th 2019   Monday My hairy little meteorologist is at it again. She’s perfectly happy in Highbury for an hour, then, when I notice her … Continue reading →

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