5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

balabooberlies

Morning all.......

Took Tiggy to park again and met some lovely people.  A lady in a wheelchair with the most beautiful service dog who studiously ignored all of us except her.  And maybe another dog that she gambolled with for all of 5 seconds before she corrected herself.  The lady wanted to see her play but this dog is so well trained.  I hope I see her again, we had a lovely chat.

On a semi-sad note.........  I don't know how old Tiggy is as she is a rescue dog.  When I got her she was days away from death either way.  She was due to be euthanised on the Thursday and I got her on the Wednesday.  They were not going to give her to me as the vet had been booked ( ? ).  It was at a time when Staffies were being put down by the hundreds a day.

I say 'either way' because when I picked her up from her foster home (charity based) she was in a very poor state.  I am not exaggerating when I say she was skin and bone and to boot had a massive lump on her chest.  About the size of half a tennis ball.  I sat at the vets the very next morning for 3 hours to be told that the antibiotics may not work because she was in an awful way.  I always wondered about that as the 'carers' assured me she had been seen by a vet.  Yesterday, after 9 and a half years the penny dropped............of course they hadn't bothered with meds, she was supposed to be put down because no-one wanted her.  I can't imagine the pain she was in.

Yesterday, as I watched her I realised how she has aged.  The conditions with her eye and the reaction to the general anaesthesia in November have knocked the stuffing out of her.  She just ambles along, when she used to run like the wind and now has no interest in leaving my side.

Tiggy is my lifeline to comfort and love and more than anything, constant companionship.

So as I cannot kiss, cuddle or care for her more I will just be aware that nothing lasts forever.  And for everyday that she lives, she is all of my 5 pleasures.

Bala

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Jazee

Bala, your post is lovely.

My recent pleasures 

As always cuddles and walks with the dogs 
spring bulbs popping up everywhere 
a little robin tapping on my office window
laughing with the family

balabooberlies

Thank you Jazee

I didn't believe my Dad when he told me for 2 years running that a robin would wait for the light to go on in the kitchen and once it did would immediately tap at the window.  Until I saw it for myself.

The tapping was the signal for my Dad to go outside and put food on the table.  This robin wasn't afraid of my Dad because it would immediately swoop over and eat breakfast.  Marvelous.

LaineyT

For yesterday,

A cold start but plenty of sunshine.

Working the beautiful grey one and having confidence in my ability to know what’s right for my own horse.

Driving home and attention diverted by a rainbow selection of Primula plants on a kerbside stall, would have been rude not to buy any.

Cycled into the village to visit local coop, got the milk etc needed but a pack of oat & raisin cookies also jumped into my basket, one enjoyed with my afternoon cuppa.

Watching Crufts and the gun dog classes, for obvious reasons this is my favourite category and cheered the spaniels on but couldn’t deny the winner, most beautiful Irish setter.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Over before the rest kicked off!

PM2DD Theres, wes has beeten the Scooonts! And they had one sent off as well. Bragging rites are inn! Now waiting for the Hatters. #UTM #UTH Kittens are down as well as the gimps!

Now with yore version of the Life according to BoP!

Please challenge the simpletons who are clearing the shelves of gel, and paracetamol. You don't need it, you are greedy, you do not have a need for it, unlike a recovering heart or cancer patient. 
IMAGINE IF IT WAS YOUR BEST FRIEND WHO CANNOT GET HAND GEL AND THEY ARE HAVING CHEMOTHERAPY. PUT THIS ON YOU FAKEBUCK GROUPS!

Enuffs of BoP rants!

Was inn the wobbleade emporium last eve and had some flagons as well. Pizza was also had. Proper toast and tasty!

Was up for snorkes and streaky this morning! With poached egg, fried toast, haricaoit has bins in tom sauce, mushrooms and a poached egg. Proper foods!

On cat watch next weak. Neighbores cat. She is invisible but devours her crunch. On that front, Raffles has decimated the local shrews! I reckon he is inn double figures this wake!

Watched another flix of the amazonet other evening, The Accidental Husband. Proper VilleBorne cocoa was drunked. Another recommendation from your flix critic. I dids say iffs yous gets to see The Arty of Racing in the Rain!

As I rites this, the little flocker of our cat Raffles has bough home another! We pay his veterinary charges!

Wells wes has asnother flix vieing this eve and wobbleades. Chicken sticky bitsers will also be wolfed down! Oh, we had proper hot dogs for lunch as well.

That's side on them.

Do you think I has gettens it rite this time!

CRANKY40

Good evening all, pleasures for yesterday...

The HT telling me at breakfast time that he was glad that he had a tutor and he thought it would really help. He was worried about how we would pay for the tutor but I said we would use his pension money and just be very careful what we spend. It's worth the expense to see the HT so enthusiastic. 

Birds - the birds in the garden are so noisy. It's lovely to hear them so busy and loud when there's been no birdsong for what seems like so long. 

Work - busy and passed quickly. I did my dish thing again and after another 4 hours of steam I feel so much better. I was supplied with plenty of drinks which is also good for fixing colds.

Home - the HT requested a quick to make dinner as he was hungry. Jacket potatoes with cheese and beans. Yum. 

A couple of hours online gaming and chat with best friend. His cold seems a lot worse than mine. I haven't had a cold go to my chest since I've started this job so steam is definitely the answer. Previously most colds ended with antibiotics and steroids. 

mhagster

Hello. Wild and windy and very wet night here. Fires on so we are all nice and cosy.
up early.
went to supermarket. Got more lavender plants with tip money and a very nice mannerly young chap opened up a checkout for me as it was very busy.

psyched myself up for the visit to the mother but she was in an alright tid so that helped! 

Home to an empty house . Just me and the dog for at least an hour. Was nice and peaceful.

DundeeDoll

Jazee said:

Bala, your post is lovely.

Indeed. 
Well we got a point bop and are one above bottom. Nail-biting!
1) My first ever synod. I am lay rep for the cathedral and thought I would sit quietly and observe. haha that lasted! I raised a point about the statistics. It was a very interesting morning, great discussion re. a set of eco proposals from our sister Diocese of Swaziland in eSwatini (the country has changed its name, the diocese has not)
2) Nice lunch before I had to make my apologies and catch the bus to the University 
3) chairing event at Women's Festival. We had a film showing: The Work they say is mind - Women in Shetland, a 1986 film from an all female crew. After the 50 minute film  I chaired the discussion, with Rosie Gibson the director and a friend of mine who heads up the undergraduate medical programme, is a consultant in public health, a feminist, a knitter, a crocheter and all round amazing person (also great fun). 
4) Then back to her house for the rugby and a very nice supper
5) then, although i had an all day bus ticket, her husband very kindly gave me a lift home. it's a bit blowy out there!  

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Saturday pleasures 

Dry ALL day 🙂
3rd night of chilli 😉 & a couple of portions for the freezer 🥳 
Nice chat with neighbour G - he will be delivering the scarves this Tuesday.The new War of the Worlds  - intriguing & enjoyable.
Reading your posts

Frith

Pleasures for today (Saturday)
1) A lie in.
2) Hens OK
3) Went to Sainsburys and PCWorld for smaller son (his headphones have stopped working).
4) Had a bit of a spring clean including all the bookcase shelves and washed the sofa throw.
5) Tasty tea of chicken thighs, roast pots, carrots and psb. Gu puddings afterwards. Blood Sugar Diet (hereafter BSD) starts again on Monday!
6) Message from bigger son, who is working hard.
7) Watched Casualty.