And another new baby!

 Meet Montego Bonnie!

She's an Australian Koolie.   She's our best girl! (Our only girl now.) 

 

 

Too Long!

 You know it's been too long since you blogged when you have to report the loss of three animals all at once.  

Three in two years.  First the sweetest kitty ever, Cyrano.  

Then a year later, our dearest darling Rosie.  My puppa. 

  And then only a year later, her daughter, Tuppence, the guardian of the family. 

 

All sent peacefully ahead of us via Pets at Peace vet, Dr Ann, and a huge shout out to her, since I'm not sure I'd have survived these last two years without knowing we could call on her compassionate expertise when we needed to.  

More sad changes:  Mum is in care as her dementia was just too bad for us to cope any more.  So, now mum's boy, Angus, Tuppy's litter brother, is living with us.  He's a very very lovely boy and we feel privileged to be able to care for him when mum can't any more.

Here he is visiting mum. He still loves her best but he understands he lives with us now, and every time we visit he gets a treat on the way home to cheer him up, because he is sad to leave her. 

Dementia is so cruel.  Endless cuts of grief for all concerned.  I loathe it.    

We still have Luka the poodle who is now three.  Yegods, what a character!

Don't go daddy!

 Loves his daddy!

 

He and Angus get on well, though not perhaps as well as they would if Luka wasn't a bit of a dick at times.  Mostly Angus just looks at him like, FFS calm down, dude!  

I dunno what else.  I'm finally writing again, steadily progressing on the book that ground to a halt when mum's care just overwhelmed me to the point where I had no mind or energy for creativity.  Interestingly, the bad tummy stuff has also slowly stopped, so just another example of how stress can affect your body.  It's still stressful, and horribly sad, but not to the level it was when she was here and needing us day and night. 

Also, aged care workers are underpaid saints.  Just sayin'.

While we all wait...

While we all wait for the Corvid virus to settle down, and hopefully keep inside as much as we can to slow the spread, I've put all my ebooks down to 99c on Amazon for as long as it takes.  If you've been wanting to read them but think it is too expensive, or if you've never wanted to read them but now you're bored as and any escape will help, go for it!

Writing on my current book seems to be going as slowly as treacle runs.  Life keeps getting in the way.  Ah well, it's growing slowly and one day will be born.

In the meantime, here's some pics of Luka and stuff for your viewing pleasure!  We've been having way to much fun with his grooming!

       

He's afriggin'dorable!

The two labs love him too.  Bless their patient hearts!

Rosie is 12 now!  Where does the time go?

We've been improving the cottage again.  This time a fence to keep the zippy poodle safe when the front door opens, and a pergola off the new verandah, and paving, so less dirt gets tracked inside.  It's such a lovely space now.  

Let me help you with that, Dad!

 

Next comes a vegie garden that is safe from the chooks!

Fireys for us has been quiet this year, unlike some of our mates over east, but we did get out to a social event to give the local kids a chance to use the hoses. 

 

  

I haven't been very well for the last few months, so what fires there were, I've missed.

We did get a new baby in the family, wee Elaena Pearl, and what a little angel she is.  Almost as cute as a puppy!

      And other random stuff...