Our New Life in Devon

 I've started to make some progress around the house yesterday and today. Unfortunately, both dogs are now on heat so constant floor cleaning and disinfecting is necessary, as I don't believe in spaying. I have bred 2 litters from the eldest (Molly) who is so laid back she's horizontal lol. Really great with children and not a bad bone in her body. We kept one of the pups,Lola, (which is why I bred in the first place) but I would never breed her. She's never been socialised with adults or children when she was a young pup as it was Covid time. We'd just moved house 10 days before she was born, knew nobody here, and people crossed the road if they saw us walking her as a young pup. Rumours (completely false) were going around that you could catch Covid from dogs, hence the standoff. She is great with the grandchildren but barks a lot when anyone visits. Quite nervous at times, and ran under the table shaking when she saw a hedgehog in the garden! I did have a lady me...

Well the last few months we've spent travelling to and fro South Gloucestershire babysitting for our granddaughter while daughter attended various hen parties and weddings. Two in Majorca, and 1 in Germany meant she was away for a few days and up to a week. Most of the time granddaughter stayed here in the school holidays as she loves Devon where we live. We weren't alone here for more than a week as both sons and both granddaughters have also visited several times. Infact we had been back home just over 4 hours last week when Mark arrived for a couple of nights! Our eldest son, grandson and eldest granddaughter left yesterday as they came for the weekend.  Today we went on a trip to a National Trust property near Plymouth with the U3A, a group for retired people. It was a large stately mansion house set in huge grounds. I did enjoy looking around the house and seeing how they lived many years ago, but did find it quite exhausting as I have COPD. Saltram House  The Saltram Est...