Category Archives: twirling

squeaking in the park

Posted on February 23, 2020 by

    Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday February 16th 2020   Isis continues to do well, although she doesn’t care for the salt water bathing of her back feet. I do both feet … Continue reading →

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territory lost and found

Posted on October 28, 2019 by

    Posting day: Sunday, and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday October 28th 2019   “Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear !”, I coo sympathetically to Isis when she suffers minor setbacks such as prickly bits of … Continue reading →

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the case of the disappearing dog

Posted on June 30, 2019 by

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday June 3oth 2019   On Thursday, Isis makes her way towards one of her current favourite areas: the tangle of woodland between the two … Continue reading →

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treats and traumas

Posted on June 2, 2019 by

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday June 2nd 2019   Before we leave Highbury to go our separate ways – Bev and the doodles to Moseley, Isis and I to … Continue reading →

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summer is definitely on its way

Posted on May 8, 2019 by

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday May 5th 2019   Lately, when she’s not walking in the woods with Rufus and Nancy, Isis has spent most of her Highbury time … Continue reading →

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Isis visits Polymath part 2

Posted on May 1, 2019 by

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Wednesday May 1st 2019   Fast forward to April 2019. By now, Isis has visited Polymath at least six or seven times. Now she knows … Continue reading →

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the spotty satnav

Posted on April 21, 2019 by

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday April 21st 2019         This is not just a pretty, spotty nose: it’s a highly refined precision instrument, honed to twitch … Continue reading →

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Isis dines in

Posted on January 16, 2019 by

  Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Wednesday January 16th 2019   It’s a long time since I bewailed the return of Hairy One’s hysterical approach to mealtimes. After she came to live … Continue reading →

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a dog’s delight

Posted on December 16, 2018 by

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday December 16th 2018   Isis has had a wonderfully wild weekend. Saturday is horrible: very grey, with continual, painfully cold, drifting rain which arrives … Continue reading →

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a silly dog day

Posted on September 12, 2018 by

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Wednesday September 12th 2018   After Sunday’s challenging exit from Kings Heath Park, Isis walks home like the perfect dog. It soon transpires, though, that … Continue reading →

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