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How to choose the Colours for your walls
It is time to start thinking about the walls in The Coupe. The backdrop. The canvas. The first step is the fun step. Make a chart of your favourite colours. Using everything you see that takes your fancy. In the old days I would pin all these pictures on a board, or glue them into…
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TonTon remains stoic
Ton has been the best behaved dog in the history of dogdom since Blue was unexpectedly foisted upon him. He is not thrilled especially when Blue has picked his tail up in his mouth and chewed on it. He is stoic but unsmiling. On more that one occasion and too often for it to be…
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“We planted a tree!” they called out.
When the children’s mother came to pick them up yesterday she smiled and said “What did you do today?” Expecting a blather of talk about the new pup. “We planted trees” they called out, running to get their coats and books. “Look, we will show you!”Racing past they hung their bags off their mother’s fingers…
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How to discipline a very young pup
With the addition of Blue on the verandah and the peacocks in the Gods, the morning and evening chores have taken a reshuffle. I know that is not a particularly exciting development. But the settling and early discipline of the pup is crucial. It is important for me not to let the training of the…
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A little bit of green popped through yesterday
It was warm with a wee shower of rain. And without hesitation, as though the grass had been crouched on its toes, clover eyes screwed shut in concentration listening for the sun, feeling for the moist warm showers, the fields leapt up and grew green. In a day. There is still not enough grass to…
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