The very essence of Kiwi: while the French police are readying water cannons against protestors our police are deploying lawn sprinklers to get protestors off Parliament Grounds (after 4 days of ‘occupation’). 😆 🇳🇿
While I enjoyed the first 2 books in the series this third one just didn’t gel with me. Too Close to Kill (Detective Sarah Burke mystery and suspense Book 3) by Elizabeth Gunn. 📚
They always seemed so good together. But did Frank shoot Lois and then turn the gun on himself?
Neighbours gave us a Leptospermum scoparium Red Damask as a remembrance of Oshi 🐶. Today I planted it on ‘Cemetery Hill’, a hillock where the previous owner of the property buried her two cats, and where my cats Olive, Aphra and Ares are buried, along with several Japanese quail.
Sigh. Hundreds of times over the last x years, lift Apple Watch say: “Hey Siri, set timer [x] minutes”. Siri sets timer. Today: “Hey Siri, set timer 18 minutes”. Siri: “You don’t have the timer app installed.” What⁉️
Today more than 56,000 people received Covid booster shots while up to a couple of thousand protestors opposed to “Covid–19 vaccine mandates” camped out in Parliament grounds. Anti-vaccine mandate protest convoy arrives at Parliament. Today: 306 new community cases. 🦠💉
Crunch, crunch, crunch. 🐶
The vet’s pleased with how Sasha’s 🐶 sore eye is coming along and we continue with drops. We’re now also giving Gabapentin for additional pain relief and as a slight sedative to calm her restlessness. Tonight she sleeps in her crate, having fallen off the bed twice last night!
Someone had fun writing this headline and teaser. Filling the big hole in Wairoa’s dental service
I’m working back through my photo library finding all my photos of Sasha and Oshi and labelling them. The further back I get, the worse the photos are, in quality, composition, sharpness … everything. I guess that means I have developed in skill over the years. 🤨
31 December 2009. “Yes, quite comfortable, thank you. Why do you ask?” 🐶
Heard a snippet of this then sought it out. Magnificent! Prefer it to the song! Leonard Cohen … poetic reading of Simon’s “Sound Of Silence.”
The striking cadence and the precise enunciation delivered in Leonard’s unique voice resonates with the lyrics and the listener.
I enjoyed Death by the Thames (Tyrone Swift Detective Book 9) by Gretta Mulrooney 📚:
Respectable, dull Sam Goddard is found dead in the River Thames the evening before his wedding, with a 15 year-old girl. They were both sedated.
Suffer insomnia? Sasha’s 🐶 proven tips for best sleeping position. January 2014 and February 2022 — proof of effectiveness.
As I work through my photo library I find photos typical of Oshi 🐶. They make me feel fond and happy, rather than sad. He loved to roll around, especially on the beach. 12 March 2017.
I was towelling Sasha 🐶 off after her last pee in today’s pouring rain — she’s so good and reluctantly lets me do it. When Oshi was here too he loved being towelled dry, so I’d dry him first. Then when I’d turn to Sasha he’d try to push in for another go. It’s odd without him.
This sticker I spotted on a car in 2016 gave me a laugh just now as I work though my Photo Library labelling photos of Sasha and Oshi.
Love it! Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett with “Mama’s Rap” (1989). Fabulous!
First time Sasha 🐶 has been home completely alone: 2.5 hours this evening. I shouldn’t have left her. 😒 Poor thing must have been ultra distressed in her soft crate. Came home to a 💩tsunami — in the crate where she couldn’t get away and covered herself in it. Won’t do that again.
I think we won’t need to water the garden this weekend. 💦
And to keep our run of vet visits going, today we took Sasha in for what Mary the vet thinks is a “Melting Ulcer” on Sasha’s left eye. 🐶 We’ve come home with Chlorsig / chlorafast drops and a checkup booked for Tuesday.
