I am wondering if the Universe has some kind of ' joke' up it's sleeve!! What do you think? This morning it was snowing and Nanette went straight into the shoe cupboard...that means ' No', I'm not coming out '. I respect that.

I had an urgent letter to post ,so I made for the village post office slowly but surely. There was the usual queue and I sensed the unrest straight away as I entered !! Two women before me were very agitated and for good reason. The Customer at the desk was carrying on a tirade of complaint....not at the postal services but as far as I could understand, about some neighbours!!

Oh yes...and it costs less too!!!!

Quote' All Dogs should be wormed monthly  ' unquote. My goodness me!! What alot of money we are throwing into the coffers of drug companies !! Not only that, such persons who follow this practise are pouring chemicals into their pets bodies which do more harm than good!! If you really want to alarm yourself, You can find various side effects to commonly used worming pills on the internet.

'Agree with thine Adversary' , was my approach to yesterday's drama described below. Nanette is a ' Master' of this technique. I can be confident that she will meet any dog of any disposition, however extreme and never react.

The day before yesterday, Nanette and I wandered along the path you see below. Innocent enough isn't it?? Nanette loves the peace, the grasses and herbs growing at the side of the path and in the hedges and for the most part we meet no one there.

 As a result of an experience there that day, I had to phone my friend Douchka and ask ' is this the 21st Century? is it 2012, the year that we are promised greater awareness, the year we become more conscious??.....I was sort of pinching myself if you like!! We had a good giggle as I told her why I asked these questions and what had happened.