Browsing Tag

dogs

  • The One with the dog portrait

    Tweet As you know, Yoda had a pretty rough start in life; he was a rescue puppy, saved from drowning, and it took a lot of hard work to settle him in and help…

    April 1, 2015
  • Cambodia pets

    Tweet One of the things that struck me when we visited villages in Cambodia was that even though the villagers had very little, they still had pets that they doted on.      …

    November 26, 2014
  • Meeting David Gandy and a very good cause

    Tweet Last Thursday I put on my glad rags and headed out to the Collars and Coats Gala at Battersea Evolution, in aid of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. Of course as the proud owner…

    November 6, 2014
  • Yoda’s brilliant new Cath Kidston dog bed

    Tweet Yoda, bless him, is a 100% messy dog, which means that his Cath Kidston dog bed was looking slightly worse for wear; and also, because he’s a Labrador/GSD cross, he was frankly a little too…

    June 5, 2014
  • Morning has broken

    Tweet I took this photo one morning last week from my bedroom window, because it was the most perfect sunrise I think I’ve seen in London for a long time; it’s not enhanced in…

    March 5, 2014
  • The One with all the Huskies

    Tweet So as I told you yesterday, one of the other highlights of my cruise round Norway (apart from the Northern Lights, of course) was the chance to go on a husky sled ride…

    January 31, 2014
  • Ephesus with kids, cats and dogs

    Tweet The final stop on our Grand Tour was Ephesus, Turkey, somewhere No 1 Son had always wanted to go, not least because of its proximity to the Temple of Artemis, one of the…

    August 20, 2013
  • Dogs we have loved

    Tweet We were looking at some old family photos last weekend and I came across this photo taken by my dad of our first dog, Trisha (named, I think, because Patricia is one of…

    April 7, 2013
  • Dog tired

    Tweet So for this week’s Gallery Tara Lara wanted us to take a photo at 8pm precisely. Well at 8pm precisely last night this was the situation on one of our armchairs: Yoda, fast asleep,…

    September 26, 2012
  • Hot dog

    Tweet What is it about dogs, that they have to go out in the midday sun? Yoda sits in the sun until he bakes, panting like a mad thing, and then finally he moves…

    May 30, 2012