Category Archives: life

The Pink Hand Gang

28 Nov

Distinguished by that trade mark numero uno hairdo – and by insistence on pink marigolds as washing up accessories – a member of the feared Pink Hands is caught in a reflective moment.

Is my team ploughing?

24 Nov

I don’t suppose this an original thought – what’s so great about originality anyway? – but today it occurred to me that melancholia is a vital part of the human experience, perhaps of Life itself. Those muddy fields by the … Read More »

Attenborough today

10 Nov

Mostly the weather has been wet, exceedingly so, but today was sparkling bright. With Jasper I took these in Attenborough this afternoon. The band of duckweed on the far edge of this sheet of water marks the normal course of … Read More »

Tebay today

28 Oct

Just an hour ago in fact. He’s going stir crazy – had final jab four days ago but vet says another six till he can be allowed to pace the streets and parks and wild places. Jasper’s in Sheffield with … Read More »

Do buzzards eat puppies?

14 Oct

Now aged nine and a half (weeks that is) Tebay has a mighty spirit but is not fully reconciled to – or even dimly aware of – the fact his body is the size of a guinea pig’s. Halfway through … Read More »

Wildlife at Wollaton

11 Oct

On one of those sunlit days with an autumnal bite of the kind October in Britain specialises in, I walked with Jasper in Wollaton Park. Passing through the heavy wooden side gate set into the old brick wall on the … Read More »

Dog psychology at Steel City House

6 Oct

Meet Tebay the Lakeland terrorist terrier. Eight weeks old and weighing in at three pounds ten ounces, his eight inch stature and length of twelve inches excluding tail make him pretty scary. You don’t wanna mess with this bruiser. On … Read More »