The Adventures of Fripp

 I slept right through the service this morning, I didn’t even wake up for Happy Birthday 😴 We didn’t stay too long for coffee because there was a baptism a bit later on and they were going to use the church hall for their celebrations. I was offered a walk round the block before we went home but I didn’t really want to go, I like being home and sleeping in my double donut bed with the French doors open and the breeze on my face.  This afternoon I really wanted to go over the bridge into town so I could have a sniff round the churchyard but halfway across the bridge the sun came out and Nix thought it might be too much for me so we turned round. I definitely didn’t want to go straight home so Nix let me do one of my favourite things…lead the way. I took us up roads we’d never been to before, it was very exciting, lots of new smells. What was more exciting was what we saw when we arrived at the other end…the beach 😎 Nix has a terrible sense of direction so it was quite a surp...

 Nix is typing out my blog now because a little bird tells me that she is going to leave me on my own while she visits a neighbour’s garden. They have just moved in and looking for a gardener so until they find one, Nix has offered to go in and  identify what some of the plants are and hopefully sort out the weeds from the chaff as it were 🙂 This morning we had a wander into town and who should be taking tea and cake but Jackie, Catherine and Indie. After we’d had our cakes we headed over for the art exhibition in the church but as we were a bit early we had a wander round the churchyard first.  We hadn’t been back that long when we headed down to our church where a lovely chap called Terry was coming to help us with our donation machine which kept switching itself off. So far so good, we’re praying that it stays on.  Nix is going to start me on some exercises that Sharon Prassa sent to strengthen my back legs.  We have to go the DIY shop tomorrow to get some b...

 We definitely think summer has arrived. This does cause us a bit of a problem because normally Nix and I would go in the car with the air con on and find a shady spot to walk. I’m not so confident getting in the car at the moment because my back legs gave way the other day and I nearly fell over. Nix says she will support me now but to be honest it’s all she can do to stand on her own two feet without having to support moi aussi. Sharon Prassa has sent us some exercises so we will let Bron look at those today and see if they might be helpful for me. Nix has also been looking again at the buggy thingies but she realised today that we couldn’t go out in one of those because it would be too hot in the summer. Thankfully today it was really windy and it kept me nice and cool.  This morning we had our usual  Friday morning meditation and when we went over to the Parish Centre afterwards I lay straight down and went to sleep. I usually wait until after we’ve had our croissants...

 I’m sorry we’re a bit late today, we’ve been just a bit busy.  There were no accidents last night because I went out for my last walk quite late. We set out early this morning too because Nix had to get a urine sample to take in for Bron. Note to Nix, next time you take a urine sample make sure you screw the top on properly otherwise when it falls off the seat and on to the floor you are going to get it all over your hands when you pick it up. Thankfully there was enough left to test and we should get those results tomorrow. It is just to check if my urine is still too alkaline. I hope that I don’t have to take the tablets for ever because they are really big and I can taste them in the sausage. Apparently I was very funny when I walked in to the vets as I got straight on the scales 😇 This afternoon Jackie came round for a cuppa. I always think Nix is going to leave me when Jackie comes in so it was very nice that we were all able to relax in the garden. After Jackie left we...

 You know how Nix was saying the other day that I had the constitution of an ox…well I think I might have let the side down. So Nix goes to bed last night and thinks she can smell wee. She gets out of bed and smells my bed which I don’t sleep on at night and she though it did niff a bit even though she only washed it last week. Anyway she wakes up this morning and sees me ‘loitering’ near her bed. I left the room and went outside and Nix decided to have her breakfast even though it was really early. As she walked back from the kitchen she noticed wet paw prints all over the floor. She couldn’t work out how my paws had got wet as it wasn’t raining and then she looked on the floor at the bottom of her bed. There were two big pools of ‘you know what’  and it had run under the bed. She checked my bed again and I’m afraid it was quite wet. It was so wet in fact it had gone right through it and into the bed underneath because as you know I do like a double donut bed. Everything has ...

  Nix is having a lay down 🤣🤣🤣 Thing is she’s used to not doing a lot during the day and suddenly it’s like she has a job. I don’t mind, I just tag along minding my own business.  We started the day very peacefully along the boardwalk and I wanted to do two blocks today. I was quite tired though when I got home and had a bit of a sleep in the garden. After a short nap we headed over for communion and then straight round to the vicarage for Nix’s tuition on working the website. It didn’t go that well but Rev Jane seemed to know what she was doing so Nix will have another go with just her. Nix can do my blog so she’s sure she will be able to do it, just needs a bit of practise. We had a short walk round the block and headed home to wait for my extra special mackerel to arrive. Almost as soon as it arrived we had to take off for the church hall to meet the man who is fixing a cupboard in there. Once he is finished Nix can lock up and then we can put our paws up for a couple of...