The Adventures of Fripp

  You know that plant I was eating yesterday and am indeed just a little bit obsessed with…well the rather clever Sharon Virginia Hammond told Nix it was called Pellitory-of-the-wall. She told her that it can be used for kidney issues and when Nix Googled it she saw it was for kidney stones.  Bearing in mind that the reason I went into kidney failure all those years ago was a collection of kidney stones, I hope I shall now receive the due recognition that I am truly brilliant…a one off as Nix refers to me 🙂 Nix has spoken to Bron my vet who is very happy that I have found the plant so thank you St Mary de Haura, Shoreham for letting this grow in your churchyard. I shall be making daily visits until Nix can grow some in our garden and we might even take a tiny little cutting if that’s okay, it wouldn’t really be stealing would it?  Anyway enough of my brilliance, we had a visitor today. The doorbell rang and someone started banging. I didn’t actually hear it as I was asle...

 Miserable old day today, rain, rain and more rain. When we walk down the boardwalk in the mornings Nix always steps to one side when the joggers come down. Sometimes they say thank you but mostly they just charge past. Nix says it’s because they’ve got their ear thingies in but I don’t think that’s a good enough excuse to be rude do you? So… I make sure I don’t move out of their way when they come towards me, I just put my head down and keep on walking. Nix tells me off but I don’t think she means it because I think she’d like to do the same thing but knowing her luck they’d crash straight into her.  When we were having our walk round the block before we went into church we met a very nice standard poodle. He was a rescue and a very old couple had owned him first and he hadn’t really met any other dogs. He seemed to like me but the owner said he wasn’t very good with smaller dogs as he saw them as a meal…that’s not very good is it! We bumped into Richard with Bollo on our wal...

 Today has been a very good day, the sun is out but there’s a gentle breeze to keep me cool. Nix says it’s not a ‘gentle breeze more like a gale force wind but each to his own that’s what I say, she’s not having to wear a fur coat. We walked all the way to the fort this morning and then had a rest at the far end, I get bored just sitting so I try to move Nix on but it doesn’t always work. This morning it definitely didn’t and I had to resort to barking,  This afternoon we have been for a walk down the river. I went in the smelliest part and came out with stinking black feet. And guess who we bumped into…Catherine, Indie’s mum and our next door neighbour. Indie wasn’t there because she has hurt her leg jumping on the bed so we wish her better soon.  Nix is still clearing out and now has a huge bag to take to the recycling place next week. Let’s hope that journey runs smoothly as we all know what happened last time. Nix booked a slot online as you now have to do, no one kno...

 Well we’ve had quite a busy day today so at least Nix hasn’t been bored. We had our Friday morning meditation but we had to have it in the church as it was quite wet out. We collected Sheila on the way and Nix took a nice photo of me with Sheila and Edith our next door but one neighbour.  This afternoon we have been to Brooklands Park which is usually very nice but today it was very busy. The children are off school now and today was one of the nicest days so the they were all there. Lots of them are on scooters and they go too fast and nearly crash into me…I don’t much like them because I can’t hear them coming.  After the park we paid a visit to Jenny and her new puppy Milo. He was really annoying but I only told him off the once. I’ve met him before when he was staying with his sister and I barked at them then and they both ran inside. Milo was much braver today and I quite liked him. In the end we were both a bit tired and so we both went to sleep. Can you believe th...

 It is a very miserable day today, wet and windy and not very nice at all. We managed to miss the rain when we set out this morning but we got caught on the way back and we were both soaked. Nix put throws on each of my beds so I could choose whichever one I wanted as usual. When it stopped raining just before lunchtime we went out again because Nix thought we might not get a chance to do a proper walk. It was still very windy, I didn’t mind but Nix wasn’t keen. We’ve just been out again and it’s still the same so I have one walk left and I’m hoping it might be a bit calmer. Nix says the wind gives her a headache.  I have been relaxing on Nix’s lap for quite a lot of the time today, that’s when she hasn’t been sorting out drawers. She has two empty drawers now but she only has to ask because I have lots of coats that would fit very nicely into them.  So…we haven’t really done anything at all today and I’ve been sleeping for most of it. Tomorrow morning we might be in the ...

 A minor miracle has happened in this house, Nix just actually cooked a meal for herself. As you know she can be quite lazy but now she is saving to get the wall knocked down she decided it would be cheaper to cook for herself than eat ready meals. It was painful watching her get it all together but actually it turned out very tasty, I tried some…creamy smoked salmon pasta. She’s obsessed with the smart meter these days and she’s very pleased that it didn’t cost very much to make it.  We’ve been out a few times today. First of all we went to the river and then over to the rec. The tide was too far out for a paddle though I could have done with one as it’s been very hot. We met a very nice sheepadoodle, I liked her a lot but Nix forgot to take a photo. I got a lot of compliments too about my tail and about how handsome I am. After lunch we walked into town to take some clothes and stuff to the charity shop. We met a little boy on the way and he wanted to take me for a walk. I o...

  Did you know that I can actually trot very quickly. There’s no way Nix can keep up with me so I can basically do anything I want to. This pleases me greatly, Nix not so much 🤣 I particularly like to stop and turn around just as we’re reaching the exit Nix wishes to leave by. Just before she can grab me I take off again on to the next exit. For some reason this always really annoys her and she tries to make out she’s really busy and needs to get back…for what I have no idea.  To be fair we did have the café this morning and we were collecting Janet and Trish on the way. This means of course that I have to give up half of my space in the back of the car but I don’t mind. Having said I don’t mind I do really so no one should be surprised that as soon as someone gets out I climb into the front to my rightful place on the passenger seat. Things were very busy in the café, we had lots of visitors. We had two entire families with grand parents and parents and children. We ran out ...

 When we were out for our last walk of the evening yesterday there was a big black Labrador ahead of me. I picked up speed as I wanted to get a closer inspection as I suspected he had a couple of things that I don’t have which is always annoying. He hadn’t seen me so was going about his business looking for somewhere to pee. He finally found the perfect bush and cocked his leg. I arrived at the same time and when he saw me he just went static, like a statue. He stood there for ages with his leg cocked but he wasn’t actually peeing. Nix said he looked petrified of me, his eyes were wide and that was my fault apparently because I give off the wrong vibes. It made Nix laugh anyway so it was worth it.  Today Nix is bored…very bored and don’t we all know it. There is a lot of sighing going on and complaints that she has nothing to do. I suppose she can’t really watch TV or read because her eyes aren’t working properly and it could be a few more weeks before they get fixed. She’s me...

 Another weird night last night. I woke Nix up digging but I’m not sure why. Nix looked out for the flashing light but there was nothing there…I might have been dreaming.  Nix said this morning at church was very enjoyable…I didn’t hear a thing. Apparently there was a saxophone, I don’t think I’d have liked that so it’s a good job I couldn’t hear. When I first came to live with Nix I wouldn’t go past the man playing his acoustic guitar on the seafront, I didn’t like the noise and I didn’t like him. .  I have been asked by the clergy to review the upcoming pet service. You may remember I wrote about last year’s on the blog and they were clearly impressed. I shall not be mentioning the cat who came out of it’s basket trying to get all the attention, I shall be mainly writing about moi! I might include the very old tortoise and if we had a donkey I would definitely give him a mention. Nix is still smarting at missing the donkey at Easter because she had Covid…she really like...