Even chocolate brown dogs have "blonde moments" ...

Hmmmmm .... Gav saw a Kingfisher on the beach today and pointed it out to me ... I’ve warned him that John says Kingfishers signal rain .... so if it rains today, it’s Gav and John’s fault!


I even watered the lawn this morning .... as I have been doing most mornings this last week because I need the grass to grow!  I know ... I know .... I was complaining that it was growing too much with all the rain we’d been having but I don’t want the lawn to wither away now because we’re not getting AS much rain!  I just LOVE sunshine though so I’m not complaining about having to water the lawn .....

I’m beginning to think our GOM is quite notorious ... we think we’ve even found out where he lives ... shudder ..... and it’s close to Julia ..... even bigger shudder!  Julia had mentioned our run-in with him to her neighbour and her neighbour knows who it is ... he lives NEXT DOOR to him!!  He’s had several run-ins with the GOM as he too, Julia’s neighbour that is, owns a hound ..... and quite obviously our GOM doesn’t like hounds.

It was suggested to Julia that we should gather together all our “humans with hounds” in the GOM’s garden and let hounds do what they do best.  Another suggestion - no names mentioned - was to put our parcels of doggie-doo in his letter-box.  Our GOM has quite a reputation ..... 

he’s exchanged words with many people in this little village of ours.  He’s Dutch apparently, not German .... and not very pleasant.


I’m finding it quite sad that one man can have stirred up so much adverse reaction in so many people ....  I wonder what’s happened in his life to make him this unpleasant and bitter.

I’m feeling quite despondent today ... and unsettled ..... and they’re not feelings I’m comfortable with.  There is so much uncertainty around at the moment .... I thrive on clarity and having a vision to work towards and right now, both are in short supply.  Would that I had a crystal ball to see where this path I’m treading is going to.

Note to self: Think positive Carol  .... and then think positive some more!  We’re all in this washing machine of life for a reason .... it’s tumbling everything I know and believe in upside down and inside out .... I just hope when the cycle’s finished I’ll emerge unscathed and still in one piece.  I must be honest ... I think I’m quite indestructible but everyone has a breaking point.

Some of her favourite things .... the beach ... the ball ... and caffeine!

My hound did make me smile this morning though ... it’s not often chocolate-brown dogs have “blonde moments” .... but “blonde moment” she did have!!  She found a stick on the beach ... yes, a stick - not a log ..... and wanted me to throw it ... but she still had the ball in her mouth.  She stood there .... ball in mouth .... crouched expectantly ... waiting for me to throw the stick.  I should have taken a picture ... she looked so comical .... but the camera requires 2 hands and I was holding a stick in one!  It’s one of those moments in time that you can’t recreate .... a magical moment where time just stands still!

I’ve just been sitting on the lawn with her and Gareth having coffee .... made at home - by Gav, NOT at our local haunt ... and pulling out weeds.  I find weeding very therapeutic .... and no, I’m not available for hire ... weeding is only therapeutic when it’s in my OWN garden!

The hound was lying with me .... watching my every move as I drunk my coffee ... slowly inching closer so as to be right on hand to lick the dregs from the cup when I’m finished ..... she’s a far worse caffeine addict than me!  


Simple pleasures are what I choose to focus on when life gets really tough ... the warmth of the sun on my face .... the softness of the grass under my hands .... the hound’s presence close by .... shared laughter as she devours the dregs of my coffee.  And, for a moment in my day I think ... how did a girl like me get so lucky?  I am surrounded by love.  I have no reason to be sad because, despite the difficulties we’re facing right now, there is just SO much sunshine in my life.