Stavertongirl

A neighbours elderly mum passed away from it in a nursing home. My friend In Doncaster lost an aunt to it and has an uncle who recovered after being in hospital, he was put on a drug trial.

Anyone else noticed the Apple (was it Google as well?) track/trace app is being tested where the non-working one was tested, was it the Isle Of Wight, and one other place I can’t remember. Stable, horse and bolted comes to mind. Still better late than never. I am also somewhat confused why people coming back from France before 4am on saturday aren’t being told to quarantine only after that time and date. Somehow don’t think the virus will discriminate between them. I would have thought those going abroad would have realised this could happen?

After having my ear bent (and nearly burnt off) by a relative who is in the teaching profession for the last few days (I do I’d agree with their rant) I would humbly suggest the reason why the teachers grades were not accepted is because ..... Nicola Sturgeon accepted them after a s**t storm in Scotland about their results which means Mr Johnston won’t touch them with a barge pole.

Think the schools in Scotland are back in the next few days, England not until September. Surely the answer to opening them is to let teachers wear masks or face shields, if the powers that be want the kids to see the teachers faces, and older pupils the same if it makes them feel more confident and safer. If you have to wear them in shops, libraries etc when you are mixing with other households what is the difference with that and a teacher who is in an enclosed space with 30 kids from 30 different households all facing towards them? Seems like common sense to me in the present situation

Bk I adore wolves they are beautiful animals. Had a Wolf howl on my phone for ages for my txts. It is such a haunting sound. Thank you.

After much suspicious sniffing and me hand feeding him a couple Kai has virtually cleared all the biscuits soaked in chicken gravy. I must admit they did smell atrocious, can still smell them but he seemed to enjoy them. Result. Now for a repeat performance tomorrow hopefully.

Whilst out shopping yesterday I purchased some Bisto chicken gravy granules, not for myself I might add can’t stand chicken flavoured gravy give me beef gravy granules every time. So tonight I am, again, going to try and get Kai to eat his biscuits softened with the chicken gravy (they are chicken flavoured biscuits at least that is what it says on the bag). At the moment he is blissfully unaware of the drama to come later this afternoon, he has had his goats milk and is having his afternoon nap. It seemed a good idea yesterday, not so sure about it now but I suppose he has two choices just

Where I walk Kai there are stables nearby. Paths are like a minefield, luckily Kai doesn’t show any interest in the piles of horse droppings just a case of navigating him thru them so he doesn’t stand in it. He has very hairy feet, would be a nightmare if he did. My mum and dad had a dog, Sandy, he would roll in anything, had a few walks with him where he ended up very smelly. I must admit I am with JS, don’t have a high opinion of most of the human race, with a few exceptions, so the escapades over the last few months have come as no great surprise. Much prefer my dogs, cats etc.

We once had a German Shepherd called Tess, she had stomach problems and would have bouts of an upset stomach which used to gurgle and make the most perspiration noises. There is a name for it, something German Shepherds get, it just flared up every so often. When it did we had trouble getting her to eat anything at all but she needed to because this settled the condition down quicker. We found she would eventually have chicken soup (Heinz of course) and this would settle her stomach down. We once saw an elderly vet when our usual vet was on holiday and Tess had diarrhoea. He didn’t give u

Famous last words. Veterinary Nurse yesterday “don’t give Kai raw food at the moment it might have bacteria on it, just add the spring water from a can of tuna to his biscuits to soften them (he has had to have 6, yes 6, teeth out, I am devastated never had a dog that has had to have teeth out) and he will eat them”. Firstly there isn’t much liquid in a tin of tuna and certainly not enough to soften biscuits for my 36kg boy, not even in 2 cans of tuna. I also mixed the tuna in as well, he had taken the few bits I hand fed him and also added just a bit of water that I swilled the cans out wit

Thought I would sit in my back garden on my new “Bistro Set” (table & 2 chairs 40 quid from B&M, really comfy chairs not bad for price) after I got back from Kai’s vet appointment and a little bit of shopping, tuna in spring water to soften Kai’s biscuits with the liquid he is on a soft diet after some dental work. (Vet assures me he will eat biscuits treated this way, he turned his nose up at scolded biscuits but they did look a bit disgusting. Time will tell.) Anyway got back and my neighbour is having some work done so all I can hear is hammering, sawing, drilling and something

In my younger days before I moved to the delights of a Yorkshire mining village we used starving/starved as meaning cold or freezing. Once asked for a cheese cob in a sandwich shop up there, they didn’t have a clue what I was on about!

Goodness Nibbets that is a blast from the past. I loved them but only had them occasionally, never had crisps until I was in my teens (about 14) when my friends mum and dad started running a pub somewhere near the ice rink. We used to stay at each other’s houses alternate weekends, my mum and dad weren’t drinkers so it was quite an eye opener! I must say Wotsits are my go to now, always have a family side pack of them in the house, Kai likes them as well.

Sat in the garden this morning watching a young Robin trying to work out how to get food from my bird feeders. He watched the sparrows for a bit then flew onto the bird feeder and tried to get at the suet pellets through the Perspex (spelling?). Back on the fence, watched the sparrows and then tried again, once again nowhere near the feeding hole. He went back on the fence, I thought he might give up but he tried again and this time found the feeding hole got his suet pellet and went back to the fence to eat it. Success! Now he is just showing off, backwards and forwards like an old hand ev

Sorry to hear your sad news Nonna sincere condolences.

Must say I agree with Will Rogers too. The dogs I have had the honour of sharing my life with have been a blessing. Wouldn’t have missed one minute of all the muddy footprints, furry carpets, wet patches (or worse), cold, wet, snowy or sunny walks (sometimes when I really didn’t want to go out just stay in the warm), destroyed lawns and flowers, chewed shoes, carpets and furniture and heartbreak offset by an unconditional love (on both sides). What more can you ask for? I have had cats as well, once had 2 German Shepherds and took in 2 stray cats who ended up thinking they were dogs as well

Just taken a Kai for his booster that should have been done in June and his six monthly check up. Had to wait outside the vets, ring to say I was there, then vet called to have a chat before he was taken in by one of the nurses whilst I waited outside. Some of the dogs set their feet and had to be dragged/carried in without their owners, Kai he just went straight in without a backward glance ready for the adventure! Everything okay except for some of his teeth, I had noticed a bit of a tartar build up on one of his canines. The vet came out and said he needed a descale and then they would ha

Being in the vulnerable category until there is a vaccine/medication, or it is eradicated. Plus the fact that if I did get the virus and didn’t show symptons I would hate to think I may have caused someone else to catch it and possibly pass away. Those who find wearing a mask is too restrictive get a face shield, they are available from Virus Stop website.

Had a venture out this morning, Wickes on Derby Road I think it was (still get a little bit llost on road names) and then in to B&M at Radford. (I am still amazed at all the student accommodation around Nottingham. When my husband & I had a flat near the Forest students made do with bedsits with shared bathroom. In fact I can remember having people sleep on our couch or living room floor at times when they had to leave their rooms, often quite quickly. They are certainly mollycoddled now with their en suites etc.) Sorry I digress back to the subject. It is amazing how the “new norm

There was a chest infection going around late last year. Loads of people had it, think I picked it up whilst I was invigilating at the school. It was a really bad chest infection, made it hard to breath but a course of anti-biotics helped although the cough lingered a while after.

It is a friends birthday tomorrow. As I am not going to many shops present buying has been a problem, so as she loves her garden a plant seemed the obvious choice. I got her a really pretty one with red flowers (from Lidl they do have some very nice plants) I have an orange one the same, sorry can’t remember the name it is rather long. Anyway I was looking at it after I got it home and thought it would go very nicely with my orange one so decided to keep it and get her another one. Two days later went back to Lidl and got her a different plant really pretty with pink and red shaded f

Would Scotland be able to support itself without English taxpayers money? I couldn’t see it being able to join the EU, surely Spain, for one, at least would object as it also has regions that want to be independent. Wouldn’t an independent Scotland joining create a precedence (is that the right word)?

I have never used a cage but see nothing wrong with them if used properly. My dogs have always had a space that was “theirs”. In my house in Doncaster the front room was “L” shaped so The small part of the L, if you what I mean, was their space with beds and toy box (yes I know dogs with a toy box), although the toys did tend to end up all over the place, dogs did as well really but they had a place to retire to which was their own. I have noticed since losing my Wolf that Kai now beds down in a different place from before. He has 2 favourite places, one in the hall by the front door wher

Really? What about some (note I said some not many many) remainers?

It seems the Financial Times Have found out the new case figures for Covoid19 that are released are actually only the positive tests done in hospital and not the ones done in the community. (They have got the actual number of positive tests for both in Leicester.) Makes me wonder what Nottingham figures really are. If this is true (and I am sure many including myself are not surprised if it is) it is appalling that true figures are not released. It would appear that there are 36 places under threat of lockdown, some in London (possibly not a surprise), Derbyshire (!) and Doncaster (bit