Hooray!!!!

Hooray!!! We were back at training tonight after weeks and weeks of cancellations - Christmas, New Year, snow, ice..... and it was wonderful! Lovely to see everyone again, and dogs and handlers all seemed refreshed after their compulsory lay off.
Bryn was working well for me, though I was enjoying myself so much that I kept losing my way - LOL! Amber was awesome!! She just couldn't put a foot wrong, and was working at a good speed too. I thoroughly enjoyed working with my dogs - and also instructing the Novice class too.
All in all, a really good night!!

New Front Door

For some time I have wanted a new front door. The one I had was shabby, leaking warmth a lot, and surrounded by a 30 year old rotting wooden surround.
So, they are not cheap! I saved and now, here we are! The hall already feels loads warmer.

Before:

During:

After - indoors:

and outdoors:

SORTED!!

I give in......

(The main road and bus route in and out of our village)

Just as I thought a thaw was starting yesterday, it started snowing again - and is still snowing now 14 hours later.....so I give in and I'm posting the obligatory snow dog pictures.....

Not Snow...

As this country has come to a grinding halt, and all agility activities have been cancelled, because of the snow over the last fortnight, all that the news stations seem to talk about is snow. So I refuse to add to the plethora of stories and pictures about snow on this Blog.
Please can we have some rain?

A Busy Time

It's been a very busy - and unusual - Christmas and New Year.
My 90 year old Dad had to go back into hospital, where they discovered a massive abscess in the hip joint that he had replaced 3 years ago. In case it's tea time when you read this, I'll spare you the details of drainage etc, but after clearing the infection, they have removed the infected artificial hip bit, and left him with....no hip joint..... so it's going to be awhile before he is mobile again.

So, in 17 days I drove down to his (emergency) bedside and back again (a round trip of 275 miles) on 3 occasions; Christmas Dinner was had in the hospital staff canteen; I was in my own home for a total of  6 days - just enough to get the washing done before travelling again....... And it was all worth it!!!!
At present, Dad is recovering well, although it is still early days - only 2 days since the operation. Mum (89 herself) is remarkable in her fortitude and strength; and my sister, who is playing the essential support role, is an angel.
No wonder my family are my heroes!