The Dog's Blog

I’ve been really busy working on the new business site and practically forgot about this place!

Just time to show you what’s happening in these parts.

First, I don’t know where it came from, but it snowed last night and is still coming down!

This was the view from my kitchen window about two hours ago. Poor sheep…mind you, they’re Scottish so are used to just about everything the weather can throw at them!

Inside? Well, let’s just say that a certain dog knows how to behave in such conditions!

Bye for now!

A group of us were having a conversation in The Clachan over the weekend. One of the topics that came up was: “As a child, what did you want to be when your grew up?”.

One of the group suddenly looked very sad and mentioned that he’d always wanted to work in health care. What did he do now? ‘Sit in a cubicle in an office ‘in the city’ and analyse performance statistics.

I felt very sorry for him as he went on to say that the closest he ever got to achieving his ambition was putting plasters on his daughter’s knee.

This whole subject of unfulfilled ambition reminded me of a poem by Roger McGough. Hope you enjoy it.

“Neat-haired and
low-heeled
you live without passion

hold down
a dull job
in the world of low fashion

ambition
once prickly
is limpid is static

portfolioed
your dreams
lie now in the attic”

…and it’s the start of The Six Nations Rugby – yeeeeeaaaaaaayyyy!

Can you tell I’m excited? It’s just about the one sporting event I watch regularly these days. Oh, that and the Rugby World Cup of course!

In years gone by I’d have a few pints of Guinness in The Clachan whilst watching the first game on a Saturday. Then back to Mary’s for the second game and a can or several of the black stuff.

This year? Well, with all the medication I’m still taking, it would be sheer bloody stupidity to try that. Mind you, I stopped taking the antibiotics on Tuesday.

So a drink or two wouldn’t hurt at Mary’s whilst I watch England hammer Wales and Scotland do the same to France on Sunday. Well, I can dream… can’t I? Actually, I reckon that both teams have a better than even chance tomorrow. We’ll see…