Day 1609 another lovely bright but cold day on Friday 13th!

I woke at 3.21am and my mind ran wild…. I was worrying about things that aren’t mine to worry about. It felt like I took forever to fall back to sleep… but I must have, as I woke after 7am.

It’s another lovely sunny day. It’s chilly but it’s really calm. Think we get the wind back tomorrow….

Craig and I sat and had coffee and chatted before he got ready for work and I headed out with the Border trio.

Poor Khaleesi left behind again.

I knew my anxiety was still pumping around my system.

I have a pain in my chest, I feel panicked, a bit short of breath…. But it’s a lovely morning.

So nice to see the sun in the sky.

This gate shadow is MASSIVE.

The clouds were lovely…

I love all these hanging baskets. They’re lovely all year around.

Shadows!

Bliss….

The colours are just so vibrant in the sun… I am definitely a fair weather photographer.

Heading home.

So now, a little bit about Khaleesi.

Craig had her back at Armour Vets yesterday as she still wasn’t putting any weight on her bad leg. We’ve been really worried about her as she should have been back to full health by the start of September. Better than she was before….

She’s been put on Librella which helps to block pain from osteoarthritis in dogs. She’s also taking Galliprant for a short time which is used for inflammation caused by osteoarthritis.

Since her operation, we’ve been feeling that some of the pain seemed to be coming from her hip as the leg is healing well. The hospital in Stirling didn’t think it was her hip but the vet is on the same page as us.

Here she is this morning. I took her for 5 minutes across the road.

Strong back leg on the ground. ♥️

Craig’s just done an amazing heartfelt post on Scottish Dog’s FB with a wee video…. To the Foo Fighters Learning to Walk Again!! Click the link…

Scottish Dog Behaviourist – Khaleesi learning to walk again!

Hoping that this might be the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle… it’s been a hard slog for her. It’s been so hard to watch her hobbling along after everything she’s gone through. This morning she used it quite consistently.

We cannot thank everyone enough for their donations to her surgery back in May.

I had a bath in the Magnesium Salts when I got home. I feel like it helped calm me down a bit. I did run a bath last night and water some salts as it was freezing!! One of the reasons I don’t like the bath is that I can’t control the temperature properly… it’s either too hot or too cold!

I have to say, my anxiety has subsided as the day went on. I’ve been at the little gift shop with Gayle. Lots of chat putting the world to rights! It always helps.

I love this space!!!

Home and met Craig in the pub next door for a couple of alcohol free Whitely Neil gins. The Gateside Flower Show is on tomorrow so we got to test some of the entries…. A mouthwatering chocolate mousse with mint ganache and a lemon curd and lemon posset! Honestly just exquisite…. That’s my new word 😆

And finally…. I hope she doesn’t mind me sharing but this is my lovely friend from the States….. I tried to say this to someone today and may have offended her…. I didn’t put it quite as well as Cheryl-Lynn. She is a master with words and a mentor and a half for me. ♥️

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️