Good Morning Tuesday 8th July 2025

A big hug for you Bella 💐 xx

What’s horrible set of choices, bellasnana. I feel for you. Big hugs 🫂 🤗

Good morning from the Essex coast where the sun is already shining but it feels quite cool.
I think another heat wave is just around the corner.
I'm awake early today, lots on my mind. I hate it when I wake up and then cannot get back to sleep.
Bed change and club admin this morning. Committee meeting this evening.
It was good to see FGT back yesterday.
I hope you all have a lovely day, best wishes to all xx

Good morning from Malta where another hot day is in store. ‘Real feel’41°C

Took Buzz to the vet at 8am and left him for the day, then went to stay with the boys while DD3 was out for the day.

DGS2 still has an awful and persistent cough after his treatment for croup, poor little chap. They were both very sweet and well behaved.

The vet called in the afternoon with the results of Buzz’s ultrasound which were not good.😞

I asked what would she do he was her dog and she said put him to sleep.

As I was with the boys I couldn’t let myself think too much about it as I didn’t want them to see me upset.

When I went to pick Buzz up at 8pm, there was a different vet there who had done the ultrasound and she said that without a biopsy they can’t tell if the abnormalities on the liver are abscesses or tumours. She suggested giving Buzz a chance by having him on strong antibiotics which would clear up infected abscesses.

I felt absolutely torn because, in my heart of hearts, I don’t believe he can get well again, but she made me feel I was killing him when he might stand a chance.

It is also costing a fortune, €500 since Saturday and another few days hospitalised on antibiotics will likely double that.
I don’t want to sound mean, but there is a limit and it feels as if there won’t be a happy ending.

I feel emotionally drained but will take him this morning and give him the chance he deserves. He’s still his usual sweet self, my gentle giant who looks at me with nothing but love in his eyes even though he must wonder what on earth I’m doing to him.😢

Didn’t see much of the tennis yesterday for obvious reasons. Hope to see Alcaraz today.

Thanks to all for your support and apologies for the long ramble.

Best wishes to all and I hope you have a good day.☀️

Good morning from a bright Bristol.
Washing in the machine, ready to put on the line. It’ll be dry in a couple of hours.
It was so good to see FGT back yesterday. Welcome back!
After a big shop at Tesco yesterday, buying a mountain of things for chutney and piccalilli, and in preparation for next week’s fete, we stopped at the pharmacy to collect my prescription.
I then spent most of the rest of the day, making marrow (overgrown courgette really) chutney, the cutting up all those vegetables for piccalilli. I salted them ready for cooking today.
Today - piccalilli, washing and labelling all the jars. They now need to be matured in a “cool”, dark place for at least 6 weeks.
DS is visiting briefly this morning before heading off to France to visit some ex-colleagues, who have retired. They will be joined by a Spanish couple, again ex-colleagues now working in Norway.
At lunchtime-ish, a lady will come over to give me stuff for the book group on tomorrow. Curiously, I’m almost the newest member but have been selected to lead in her absence. Hmm.
I hope everyone travelling is safe, those unwell or sad have a better day. Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🌷🌷

Good morning from a bright and dry midlands.
Not much sleep thanks to sciatica.
Up soon and off for a long walk after tablets and a cuppa.
Dreamt about my lovely mam last night.
Hugs to all suffering.