I thought I'd give you just a quick update on how my National Novel Writing Month is going. It's Day Five, and I'm still very excited about the characters and the storyline of this novel, called A Marriage Adrift. It's early days, I know.But...(drumroll please) today I hit the first 10,000 words. … [Read more...]
Fireworks Are Not For Dogs
Our old terrier hates this time of the year (I know because he's told me). All it takes is a single firework going off and he becomes a shivering wreck, looking at me with his big puppy dog eyes, whimpering and asking for me to make the noise stop. Of course I can't. Over the years we've … [Read more...]
A cool city dog
Our little terrier as a puppy I'm so impressed how our little border terrier has adapted to city life. When we moved up to London from the sticks a year ago, he'd been a country dog for all of his life. He was born only half a mile down the lane from where we lived; he'd hardly spent any time on … [Read more...]
Walk in London: Regent’s Park
Amazingly before yesterday, I'd never walked through Regent's Park. I'd driven through there many a time, but had never strolled along the canal. So on Sunday instead of taking the terrier to our usual haunt, Hampstead Heath, we drove further into the centre of London.One end of The Boating … [Read more...]
Royal Wedding Tea
I promise this will be my last post on the subject of That Wedding, but I wanted to share with you pictures of the lovely baking Daughter did for us on the day.Strawberry and British flag cup cakesThere was strawberry jam inside....My 'tea' was coffee - in my Harvey Nichols Royal Wedding mugSilver … [Read more...]
