Category Archives: sleeping arrangements

collecting Isis

Posted on May 9, 2022 by patinkingsheath

      A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday May 8th 2022   Isis: There’s more about you than about me. Human: We’re a team Isis.   On Wednesday afternoon I take a newly clipped Isis     … Continue reading →

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a clean bill of health and lots of fluff

Posted on May 3, 2022 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Monday May 2nd 2022   On April 21st, when we visit the vet, Isis has a full medical check. We wait for a short while at reception, and the vet comes … Continue reading →

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a tough day for Isis

Posted on April 25, 2022 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday April 24th 2022   Poor Isis has a tough day on Thursday. First she is ambushed and plonked in the sink to have her rear end washed, then she is … Continue reading →

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out and about on terra firma

Posted on April 17, 2022 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday April 17th 2022   At the moment, Isis is part way through her annual undercoat moult. This process never fails to fascinate me.               … Continue reading →

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news from Isis*

Posted on April 4, 2022 by patinkingsheath

* transcribed by Human   A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday April 3rd 2022   You’ll never believe what happened last week. We are walking on the fields beneath Holders Lane, when I catch a very strange scent. … Continue reading →

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a kiss from Nancy

Posted on March 20, 2022 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday March 20th 2022     On Thursday, Isis and I meet up with Bev and Nancy. Bev tells me how poor Rufus became more and more ill as they waited … Continue reading →

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the old and the new?

Posted on February 20, 2022 by patinkingsheath

     A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday February 20th 2022   ‘So now I’m not only cold and uncomfortable’, I wrote last Sunday, ‘but also b. tired. But more of that next week ………..’   And yes, … Continue reading →

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out with the old and in with the new? Part 2 – a positive step!

Posted on February 6, 2022 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday February 6th 2022   Before Isis arrives in England, I have a Dogwatch house and garden check to make sure that she will be safe here. (As I reflect soon … 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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what IS the matter with Isis?

Posted on December 23, 2021 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday but hey! It’s holiday time, so things are a bit different. Isis and her human are taking the next two weekends off, and, hopefully, will be posting again on Sunday January 9th … Continue reading →

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