Category Archives: scary shadows

British weather!

Posted on April 26, 2017 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra ‘news flashes’!   Wednesday April 26th 2017   Isis is finding the weather very challenging. There are too many of those mornings and late afternoons when the the sun … Continue reading →

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something’s not quite right in the garden

Posted on August 17, 2016 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra ‘news flashes’!   Wednesday August 17th 2016   A day or two after her ecstatic prance around the lawn sprinkler, Isis has a very different experience of her garden. … Continue reading →

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Thundershirts and big boxes

Posted on February 28, 2016 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra ‘news flashes’!   Sunday February 28th 2016   Wow! Almost March and Isis’s debut as a calendar girl! (On the Dogwatch U.K. 2016 calendar.) And last week I met … Continue reading →

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the box

Posted on February 24, 2016 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra ‘news flashes’!   Wednesday February 24th 2016   For some time now I have been on the lookout for a large box. Polymath thinks that a dog- sized box … Continue reading →

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the case of the sunny park

Posted on February 17, 2016 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra ‘news flashes’!   Wednesday February 17th 2016   After a few days of bright sun and frost, back again to all day rain. Even when it is dull and … Continue reading →

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a brave little dog …….

Posted on December 20, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra ‘news flashes’!   Sunday December 20th 2015   It is now close to sixteen months since Isis came. I have noticed significant changes in her over the last two … Continue reading →

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hello Ted!

Posted on December 9, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra ‘news flashes’!   Wednesday December 9th 2015   Ted is a lovely dog whom I’ve known since he was a puppy. He is in Highbury Park when Isis and I … Continue reading →

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it’s a dog’s life: part 2

Posted on December 2, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra ‘news flashes’!   Wednesday December 2nd 2015   Sometimes dogs have horrible days. Such was my fate last Saturday. It was fine at first. I’ve now perfected the art of … Continue reading →

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frost, sun and shadows

Posted on January 19, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Monday   Very bright and frosty again today. But we are in Kings Heath Park – our park – and we have strategies. Isis is as keen as ever to jump out of the car but picks her way … Continue reading →

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