Tara

Sadly Tara died on Tuesday.  Her leg was starting to recover and I thought all would be ok.  She got up in the night early Tuesday morning, laid down on her bed and was unable to get up again.

I will blog again when I can.

Memorandum Monday

I didn't blog at all last week as I am spending a lot of time at home with Tara so not much is happening in my life.

Hello to all the Memorandum Monday bloggers!

Due to my forced stay at home with Tara I am finding different things to do where I can stay in the same room as her as she is reluctant to go upstairs and it is still too cold to go outside in the garden.  Over the weekend I decided to listen to all my music collection in order (my music is sorted into historical for classical music and alphabetical for all other music) the idea is to put any CDs I do not want anymore into the charity bag.  So far the bag is empty!  So although the music is not new the way of listening to it is new.

I am not exactly housebound as I can take Tara out but there are only so many places you can go with a dog, none of my friends like dogs so I cannot visit them, my sister is a cat person, so we go for rides  (or geocaching) in the country with a short walk.  Tara is really showing her age now (12)  and only wants short walks I am missing the longer walks we used to go on.

Memorandum Monday another great idea from Sian.  

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Short Stories

Tara and I have had enough!

Joining with Miriam with her Short Stories in six words.

Memorandum Monday

Hello and a wave to all the Memorandum Monday bloggers. Heavy rain here all morning now this afternoon the sun has come out.  I hoping it will warm up soon we had a very cold weekend with cold winds.

So what was new to me this weekend and I hope for the rest of the week.  Not going to the vet.

I have had a very stressful 2 weeks as Tara has been unwell, she had a fatty lump on her leg which became infected I won't go into all the details but I have been very worried, it was so sad to see her just lying on her bean-bag not interested in eating or going for walks.  We went to the vet 6 times in 8 days in total, Tara was always happy to go to the vet but now she won't even get into the car.  I am pleased to say she is much better now and back on the sofa although she is still not keen on going for walks and I still have to bandage her leg every day.

Feeling better now.

Memorandum Monday another great idea from Sian.  

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Black and White

It has been a while since I posted any photos in black and white, I used to regularly take part in Dragonstar's Weekend in Black and White.

 I took this photo yesterday and thought it was perfect to convert to black and white.  

Emborough Church, Somerset

Linking with The Weekend in Black and White

Short Stories - Dream

Joining with Miriam with her Short Stories in six words.

5 in 5 April and Snap - Jack and Jill Hill

This month my 5 in 5 photographs come from a visit to the village of Kilmerston.  The village is home to the nursey rhyme Jack and Jill Hill went up the Hill -

Jack and Jill went up the hill

To fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down and broke his crown,

And Jill came tumbling after.

At the top of the hill is the village primary school where the well is located.

School gates

Linking to 5 in 5 by Sandie at Itchifingers

Also linking to Snap a wonderful meme from Helena at her Creative Maven.