I pulled off the main road, and onto a narrow band of bitumen that went up and up along a spur. The bitumen vanished, and I was racketing and rattling along a corrugated gravel road, swaying left and right to gently miss potholes. I cracked the windows down, and a fresh smell of forest filled …
A little before I went away, I was called out to see an old dog. He was a big fellow, a husky type, just clipped for summer (they always look a bit funny after that!). His mum was worried about him… He had been licking one spot on front of his left foot for 2 …
The wind tugged at the house, then snuck in through the windows and knocked over a painting with a crash. Pearl was all of a tizzle, panting, anxious, pacing and walking, pupils dilated, ears up and stretched to hear the horrible evil crashes of thunder. I\’d been lost in my book until the crash, but …
He was big, white, hairy, and super duper excited to see me – jumping up and down on the end of his lead, ignoring his mum\’s commands, wanting to jump all over me. I\’d seen him when he was a puppy, now he was a year old, and just as crazy. A lovely dog, but …
