Christmas
White Christmas – Sunday 21st December 2025
Wilma is giving up on any hope of a white Christmas. It’s looking more like a very muddy one as far as she can see.
Month: December 2025
Christmas
Christmas lights – Saturday 20th December 2025
Now I’ve seen the other Christmas lights in our village, I’ve realised that next year we’re going to have to try harder.
Health
More medication – Friday 19th December 2025
The vet has given Wilma more medication to try – but the problem with dementia is that it just isn’t going to get better.
Health
Going Out – Thursday 18th December 2025
Today Wilma is going out – not once, but twice and she’s feeling a little anxious. Mum will be there to hold her paw.
Gardening
Glorious mud – Wednesday 17th December 2025
The garden is one big patch of glorious mud. And Pebbles is happier staying outside – or so she says.
Health
Salivary glands – Tuesday 16th December 2025
It is Pebbles’ salivary glands that are swollen. Taking her to the vet was a challenging experience yesterday.
Gardening
Swollen glands – Monday 15th December 2025
Poor Pebbles has swollen glands in her neck. Mum will be ringing the vet for her this morning.
Puppy
Using subterfuge – Sunday 14th December 2025
Mum spends her life using subterfuge to get Pebbles to cooperate – take getting her to come in from the garden, for example.
Health
Weighing Pebbles – Saturday 13th December 2025
weighing Pebbles can be a considerable challenge – as Mum found out yesterday when she took Pebbles to the vet
Day to day life
Warm and Dry – Friday 12th December 2025
Wilma doesn’t mind winter when it’s warm and dry – but then it hardly seems like winter when it is. Where’s the snow?