felines
Not at all alone with the moon – a day of company
1. All of Team Peach is on the bed when we wake up and we sing the ‘Team Peach on the Bed’ song. (“Team Peach on the bed, fa la la la la. Carla on the bed, La la la la la. Boron on the bed, Bee bee bee bee bee. Lily on the bed, [...]
3BT – maybe one day they won’t all be about animals…
1. We hug and feel paws stretching out against our waists, the hound trying to join in. 2. We go into the hills to the south, following the tributaries leading from our beck. One stream opens out into a quagmire and John stomps up it, the proud owner of wellies for the first time in [...]
The hierarchy of the Peach household, according to Lily
From top dog/alpha male/pack leader down to general dogsbody. Boron John Carla Lily Me
3BT – thump thump thump, purr, not lost
1. The rhythm of our life has changed – we’re getting up earlier, going to bed earlier and exercising far more – and it’s got its own percussive beat too: the thump thump thump of Lily’s happy tail banging against everything. 2. Carla knows the dog is there – she’s seen her, she’s definitely seen [...]
16 Beautiful Things about Carbon
Yesterday, we returned from the office on a high – it had been a good day and on the way back, we’d popped into the vets to get a reference for something very exciting set to happen this weekend. It was to be a happy pet week. Carla & Boron greeted us at the door [...]
3BT – a Brightbaby-to-be, clean bill of health, improvising
1. We hear some great, if unsurprising, news from friends. 2. We take Boron back to the vets for a blood test to make sure his dicky tummy is nothing more serious – after Sili’s stomach cancer last year, we’re paranoid. At lunchtime, the vet phones to say everything has come back completely normal, he’s [...]