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\nI hope all’s well…<\/p>\n
September is so often a glorious month for weather and in fact that was one of the reasons Mrs F and I chose it as the month to get married in – 35 years ago! Yes, it really was that long ago… my wife Tracey says it only seems like 70 years. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
We often look at our wedding photo and ask where those children have gone!<\/p>\n
Most years the weather is kind to us and this year was no exception, so we had a lovely pub garden lunch to mark the occasion. Before I’m accused of being tight, it was Tracey’s suggestion – to be honest we are just as happy in relaxed surroundings, to chat and take stock of the past, present and future, along with some tasty pub food.<\/p>\n
Toby (our eldest bearded collie) has had to have another operation on his foot and thankfully this dry weather has made it so much easier to keep his dressings dry. We have a wonderful local vet who has regularly dressed his foot in an array of coloured bandages and I\u2019m happy to report that he is on the mend. Sadly, no walks for him for a few more weeks yet and although Ellie (our younger beardy) misses her bestie to walk with, I think secretly she quite likes the individual attention.<\/p>\n\n
I’ve mentioned it before that Ellie displays more of her “wolf” DNA than Toby – she stalks anything that moves, is very curious (nosey) and loves the occasional roll in pungent substances to mask her own scent (usually provided by a local fox!). She also howls whenever she hears emergency sirens in the distance – a throwback I’m told to when different wolf packs communicated with each other?<\/p>\n
My daughter Ali captured her howling the other morning on her iPhone – it’s quite impressive and haunting in the same breath!<\/p>\n