Well, I´m back from my holiday in
Domburg and it´s taken me a couple of weeks to recover from it. To
begin at the beginning...The first half of it was sunny and warm. In
fact there was one memorable day when the sand was so hot it
practically raised blisters on the soles of my feet. That really was
too unrelentingly hot to be called a perfect day but it was
preferable to some of the days during the second half when it rained
almost non-stop and kept Dora and me confined to our little house
most of the time with just short outings in between showers. That
would have been bearable if the house had been well insulated but you
can hardly expect that to be the case in a converted outhouse and it
felt really damp indoors when it rained. I´ve suffered from back
problems for years and they´re always worse during cold and damp
weather. If I´d been able to turn on the central heating I´d have
been OK but it was only shortly before I left that I finally
discovered how to do that! So for the last week of my holiday I was
creaking about like a superannuated robot in need of an overhaul.
I´ve more or less recovered from the worst of it now but after I get
back from Scotland I´ll have to see about getting more treatment in
the orthopaedic clinic. It only only works for 5 years and my last
course of treatment was in 2003 so it´s well overdue.
Still, all isn´t doom and gloom and I
wouldn´t want to give you the impression that I didn´t enjoy my
stay in Domburg because I did and, of course, so did Dora. She spent
most of her time rearranging the beach and creating mantraps for the
unwary or plunging into the sea after her favourite toy. I sometimes
think that dogs are like little children. You can buy them the most
expensive toy but they often end up playing with the box it came in.
In Dora´s case it isn´t actually a box but it´s the same
principle. This particular toy I made myself from a piece of sacking
roughly sewn together, filled with corks from wine bottles and tied with an old shoelace. It
replaces the fancy floating toy I bought her which is a sort of fish
shaped loofah which she shuns, much preferring the tatty old sack. Here it is in all its enchanting splendour. Ha!
One thing I did buy her on holiday was a
new and very smart red collar to replace her old disreputable one
which had faded to a dirty pink from too much exposure to salt water
and her penchant for rolling in mud. I´m sure she´d take it off and
put on the old one again if she only had thumbs and could work out
how it opens.
Well, I could go on about my holiday
for ages but I won´t. The summer isn´t over yet and while I sit
here chattering the sun is shining and the garden is calling my name
so I´ll get off now. Before I do though, I´d just like to mention
that Lajuana, as always, has done a great job updating the store. Not
surprisingly, this month´s featured kit is Jewelled Sea which is one
of my favourites as it perfectly expresses the joy I feel when I´m
on the coast. In good weather or bad, it´s always been my favourite
place.
You´ll find larger previews of this kit
HERE along with a couple of
freebies. Thanks for looking!
