The Adventures of Fripp

  Lots of pictures of moi today not doing very much because we haven’t actually done very much. I suppose we did go to the beach this morning and then I suppose we did go back to the beach again at lunchtime and I suppose I did get a quick walk round the block before Nix went off to her meeting. I stayed on my own for over an hour this afternoon and I was a very good boy but I was very glad when Nix got home.  Tomorrow morning I am going to see my vet Bron because my abscess has started leaking again and it’s got a lump round it. Bron said the vet I saw first did the right thing by not putting me on antibiotics. In vet speak she said, ‘antibiotic stewardship suggests no antibiotics for open draining abscesses’ whatever that means. She said she doesn’t want to risk any infection travelling to my SUB or my kidneys so I have started the antibiotics again. She says I’m different…I like being different 😇  It’s a shame I have to start the antibiotics again because I’ve only ...

 I’m feeling a bit annoyed at the moment. Nix and I have been for a walk in the park and when we got home she said I could lay in the garden and she would lay on the bed where she can keep an eye on me. As you know she does tend to doze off and each time she does I quietly make my way down to the border. I think she must sleep with one eye open because she always knows as soon as I get there and I get called in 🙄 After my third attempt she made me come inside for good and now I can only gaze out of the window 😔 Anyway we went to Buckingham Park today. They have planted lots of baby trees there for me to wee up when they get bigger. Les KingEddy Edwards is right and a lot of them look a bit dead. The ones that look dead are all little oak trees so maybe they will come to life next year. When they all grow there will be a proper wood there and it will be nice and shady in the summer.  Nix has emailed Bron my vet because as you know she didn’t see my abscess last week, another...

 It was meant to rain all day today and it hasn’t rained once in fact the sun has been out. We decided to drive over to Hove because I’m running out of poo bags and we can only get them at the pet shop there. While we were there we thought we might pay a visit to the three cornered copse which was one of our regular walks when we lived in Hove. Nix had heard that there was ash dieback there and that between 100 and 200 ash trees had to be felled. Nothing could’ve prepared us for the sight though of all those trees laying on their side, it was very very sad…nothing to wee up 🤭  Nix thought you might like to see some videos of our walk. She will keep going on about the time I went missing and ended up on the mini roundabout but you know how she exaggerates and it’s years ago anyway. Yes I did get lost and yes I might’ve spent some time sitting on the mini roundabout but a really nice schoolgirl came and rescued me. She called Nix on the phone to tell her she’d got me and Nix ...

 First things first, I should like to let you all know that my neck is healing very well. It doesn’t hurt at all and I shouldn’t have any more problems with it so no more vet visits. I’ve asked Nix to take a photograph so you can all see for yourselves because I know how you worry.  We had a nice walk on the beach this morning and we came home and we were going to take it easy for the rest of the day. Nix didn’t enjoy yesterday at all and I decided to give her a break but the thing about that is that it can get just a bit boring can’t it. It’s not that I was insisting or anything but I did think once it got to lunchtime that we probably could go for just a little walk. Nix agreed and we were just about to get in the car when our friend Jean rang and so it was decided she would come with us. That was very nice and we stopped off for tea and cakes on the way home…Nix had a jam doughnut 😋 As you know I haven’t been sleeping on Nix’s bed for quite some time now. Judith sent me a ...

 It’s Mothering Sunday today, did you know that. Nix doesn’t really like it much because she lost her mum a long long time ago but she said it still feels like yesterday. It was Mothering Sunday weekend when she lost her too so that makes it even sadder for Nix. Oh yes and apparently I don’t count as a child so Nix is a bit sad about that too, no one to take her out for a Mother’s Day lunch 🙄  We did go to church this morning and all the children were giving out little pots of flowers to all the ladies which made Nix cry… any excuse 🙄 One of the older ‘children’ had green hair and Nix said she used to have her hair that colour. I demanded proof which was a huge mistake as she’s spent the last hour looking through old photos.  I hate to say this but I reckon she’s going to be boring you all with some of them. It’s quite hot today, almost like summer. We had a little walk on the beach but I got a bit tired so we’re home now and I’m having a rest. I hope we’ll have more to...

 We’ve had a very leisurely day today and I’ve quite liked it. It is rather hot when the sun is out so I’ve been laying in the shade in the garden while Nix has been reading her book. Can I just say that there is a cat on the cover of the book, I don’t know what’s that’s all about plus Nix falls asleep after about two pages so it’s going to be a long read 🙄 News of Shelle my groomer who was driving out to Romania to take doggie goodies like food and beds for the pets who had fled Ukraine with their owners. They reached there and it’s been very sad but a nice story is that as they were driving Shelle spotted a black dog in the trees at the side of the road. They stopped the van and Shelle went and got him. He’d been hit by a car but he’s recovering now and he’s safe. As you know there are many homeless dogs in Romania and now they have lots from Ukraine too 😪 Shelle is off to the Hungarian Polish border today to drop off clothes then she will be coming home. Guess what, apparently...

 The sun is out but Nix and I are resting indoors in the shade as we’re quite tired. We went to early morning meditation and it was very nice to see everyone and to have the croissants afterwards which is my favourite bit. We hadn’t been home long when we had to leave again to see the vet about my neck. Nix had found a big lump and everyone was worried about it except me and it didn’t hurt. Bron wasn’t there today so we saw a different vet but she was very nice. She had a good look at my neck and said that it looked like an abscess and so she shaved around it and cleaned it all up for me but she said that I don’t need to go on antibiotics as it is already healing. Jean came too and we stopped at Hove park for some tea and cake afterwards which was lovely…it was lemon and blueberry sponge. Nix forgot to take photos in the park because she was too busy talking but the receptionist at the vets took a photo of all of us.  Nix is a bit worried because I’ve lost weight again. Per...

 We’re a bit late tonight, sorry, it’s Nix’s fault. As you know she has her Lent thingie on Thursdays for a few more weeks and I go to stay with Jean and Georgia round the corner. She spends far too much time chatting if you ask me and that’s why we’re late home. She’s now wanting to cook her dinner but I said she has to do my typing first because I know how you worry if we are late.  We had a very quiet walk on the beach this morning, we were the only people there for most of it.  Nix didn’t want me to go down to low tide because one of my bites has gone a bit weird. It has a huge scab on it but the swelling around it is very big. Nix says it’s as big as a golf ball but she is prone to exaggeration as you know 🤭 We’ll speak to the vet tomorrow.  Exciting news today is that Shelle my groomer set off for Romania with a van full of dog food and beds etc. I’ll get Nix to post some photos and hopefully some more tomorrow when they get there.  We nearly met a Beardi...

 Oh dear…oops 🤭 I am in the extremely bad books in fact my copy book is well and truly blotted. You know Nix filled all the holes in yesterday that the big cat made. Well if I might say so it wasn’t very tidy and I just thought I would even it out a little bit. I didn’t mean to get right down to the roots of the Clematis but it would seem that I did. Honestly when Nix came out I was trying to put all the soil back but she didn’t give me chance to explain…she was very mad 😱 I was told to go inside immediately and the door was closed. I’ve been stuck inside all day, well apart from the walk down the river. It’s all started off so well too. I was again allowed to walk down the fine shingle to get to the sand and we had a lovely walk along the beach. It was when we got back that the problem started. Nix was panicking because the insurance company are coming to fix the roof of the Summerhouse and she didn’t want it to look scruffy and uncared for inside. She’s had everything out and...