Hay stack

This morning I took my Mum my granddaughter and mums dog to the vets to have the made to measure American splint fitted to mums dogs front leg, the dog was so good and let them do it several times before having a short walk in it. For the next few weeks she will build up to wearing her prosthetic more and more until she is wearing it all day.
My hay arrived today too,

it smells lovely and the bales are nice and heavy, I have a small barn at my disposal and together with the 'help' of Rafi I got it stacked and away before any rain could get to it.
When I say Rafi helped, I mean he stood on every bale to inspect it for mice and rabbits sadly for him there were none, he did find a couple of very big spiders which he had as an evening snack.

Go Team Ginger

Tonight Rafi and I went to misper for one of our team members who has a Vizla, we call them team Ginger due to the colour of the dog.
Mispering, means hiding in the woods waiting for the dog to find us, (missing Person)
Team Ginger needed to do a night mock assessment in order to go to the Nationals and qualify as a Path and Route Search dog and be able to go out on live call outs, they have already passed their day mock so we all had our fingers crossed.
It takes a good two years plus to reach this point so the whole team were routing for them. I was one of three Mispers who had been put out ready for them to find. I can tell you that at night in the dark and quiet the sound of harness bells (Hawk Bells by any other name) and the appearance of collar lights and harness lights can be seen and heard from quite a way off so I was worried that she had gone passed and missed me until I realised the sound was coming from the other side of the bend in the track.
Suffice to say team ginger made the grade its off to the Nationals for them.
It was lovely laying on a mat in the dark, the sound of Night jars chirring and owls hooting was lovely, the sound of buzzing followed by a sharp pain by my right ear wasnt so nice though! Bloody Mozzies!
We finished training at 11.35 pm and I got home at 12.07am yawn.

Elephants Ears

The trouble with puppies is they chew, they also eat anything and everything that they can fit in their mouth! True fact!
This afternoon I caught Rafi eating a plant, on further investigation it turned out to be elephants ears also known as Bergina I think. After asking on facebook if this could be a problem I decided to call our vets who told me to bring Rafi in.
All the way there I could feel panic, we have only just lost our beautiful Skye dog, and now we are going to loose this bundle of puppiness.
The vets decided it would be best to keep him in over night for observation meaning I went home without him. Poor boy must be so confused.
Tomorrow can't come soon enough.

In coming.......

Today I drove to collect our new family member, a JRT X Springer! All the way home in the car he just lay down and was quiet, no whining or squeaking. I took him into the house where he proceeded to 'kill' his favorite toy snake, which he had brought with him!  When he had calmed a little went  for a walk, after dinner he decided that he liked his bed VERY much and humped it for two and a half hours solid! Very stressy behaviour, eventually he just slept! I wonder how he will be through the night?!

Archangel Raphael

According to Google, Archangel Raphael is...

Archangel Raphael is known as the angel of healing. He works to heal people's minds, spirits, and bodies so they can enjoy peace and good health to the fullest extent of God's will for them.

Therefore it seems fitting that I have a Raphael in my life!
This Raphael has no magnificent wings; He does however have some seriously flappy ears!
This Raphael has no halo above his head; He does however have one around his neck more commonly known as a collar!

Meet Raphael or Rafi to his friends.

Rafi, is a 6 Month old Springer Spaniel, J R T mix, and as you can see he is a very handsome lad.

Just for comparison, so there is no mistake, here is a picture of the Archangel Raphael!

As you can see, there are subtle differences, He is almost always depicted with a dog, (Ooh is that a Border Collie!) a fish, and a staff. Here he is also shown with Tobias from the Book of Tobit.

BYE BYE ITCH

Today a friend recommended a product called Bye Bye Itch for Mouse' sweet itch it is another herbal product so, having tried so many I am a little dubious of it actually working! That said I will try anything to ease the distress my horse goes through almost continuously with her itchy mane and tail.  Price wise its not the most expensive product we have tried but adding the postage pushed it up by 1/4 !
I am hoping it doesnt stink the feed roim out like some of the other herbal stuff we have attempted although if it works I dont really care what it smells of.
Just have to wait for it to arrive now.

November December January February March......

I know its only November (For a few more hours} but I have good things going on each month for at least the next 5 months.
To start with the Denver Broncos beat the unbeaten New England Patriots 30 - 24 big news, literally as it made the sky news headlines. Next month (Also in a few hours time) It will be December and  Christmas with all the run up excitement, I love Christmas! January starts a new year, February sees the visit by the Northern Bird always have fun when she is down, also in February we are trying to arrange a big family get together which will be great! Then March we are going on holiday and although I know where we are going I am not saying anything yet!

Resignation

Today I posted my resignation. I don't have a job to go to but I know I can no longer do the job I am doing at the moment!

Back and forth.

The clock is ticking... time is marching on.. soon we wont be here we will have moved on.
But not to a "better place" in "That" sense of the word! Eek I hope not anyway! 😲
In four months a new chapter will begin and while I don't want to rush time on, good grief I'm old enough already!, I am excited to see how it pans out.
Where we will be and what I will be doing, less hours at work would be a good start. That is actually a done deal, I know I will be dropping at least three shifts of my five shift block but will I drop more and become a kept woman? Who knows!
What would be good right now would be for a morsel of information just a mere sliver would be good, because right now we have nothing and if I'm honest, which I do try to be, its a bit scary not knowing anything at all.
So until I know something I shall be forced to pace back and forth...back and forth.....

PRAY

If you Pray, please pray.
If you hope, please hope.
If you meditate, please meditate.
For a four year old girl who needs, all your Prayers, Hopes, Meditations.

77 years!

Well what a day, up early to do Mouse before it got too hot, then off to church, then back home baked an orange drizzle cake, had some lunch, cleared the back garden, weeded the flower tubs then.... sat down to watch Wimbledon.
Andy Murray V Novac Djocovic well, what an edge of the seat match that turned into. I am not a tennis fan I thought I would just put it on and wander in and out whilst doing other things. Wrong! That was the best tennis match I have ever watched. Andy Murray must have something about the number 7.
On the seventh day of the seventh month, after seventy seven years a Brit won Wimbledon.
WELL DONE ANDY MURRAY!

The waiting game. . . .Again!

So now I know the answer is YES! I am playing the waiting game to find out when! I should be happy but I am so desperate to know the When, that my mood seems to be in an undulating space!

What have you learnt today?

I learnt a few things this week, and most of them the hard way!
1) There is no such thing as a free lunch!

2) Some people just aren't who they make out they are!

3) In times of crisis, true friends and genuine people will be there for you!

4) A bottle of wine and good company makes you feel so much better!

Lottery.

Today at work we were all feeling very low, morale at work is appalling and some of us things outside work are a little fraught too. Anyhow, on a whim, one of the girls suggested we all do a one off syndicate on the Euro millions lottery. So we did, and had a very enjoyable hour telling each other in a very play ground way, just how we would all spend the money if we should win.... Now then! Back to reality.

Flat as a pancake.

When everyone thought the world was flat Columbus said its round, he went down in history and America was found! According to an Elvis Presley record I was given for Christmas as a child.
Well, my world is still as flat as a pancake at the moment, so please someone I need a bicycle pump. (Why do they call it a bike pump? I mean, its not the bike you are pumping up, its the tyres on the bike, ahh well!)
 I could really do with some nice positive news or something.
To be honest I could just do with something going along smoothly.
 

Talking in riddles

Every day this week I have been checking my emails... except today! For some reason I thought it was a Saturday, therefore no office type work should be done. That is until I thought I might have an email from a friend I haven't heard from in a while.
Instead of that I had the email I have been waiting for, asking if I would like to go out next Saturday (Like helloooo!!! Of course I do!)
That said, If I get a good email Monday or Tuesday I will he saying No I don't want to go out next Saturday after all!
Confused? Ha-ha, with any luck all will become apparent.. very soon!
Hey Northern Bird, Gimme some of that green plant! .....(four leaf clover I mean, just in case anyone thinks I mean anything else!)

I'm so Dizzy my head is spinning.....

Today I had 5 dizzy spells at work.
The first one and the fourth one were scary, my vision went like it does if I have too much to drink and I felt what I can only describe as a drawing in/back sensation very odd and uncomfortable.
If I get any more I'll be forced to go see the GP. Please don't get any more, please don't get any more. please......

Be Lucky!

This goes to someone who knows its for them!

OOOoohhh look a green plant! x

Court!

The time is NOW!