Hattie...

8 weeks old.

A jack shit noodle (!)

Named after Hattie Jacques.

Enjoys eating courgette leaves, fluffy cushions and my fingers.  Dislikes eating anything she's actually allowed to.

This is her...

Smitten.  

The Great British Summer Party...

.... had everything tonight - Pimms, Hog Roasts, family, friends, laughter, puppies, babies, competition, weeping (from all the crying) and a bouncy castle.

A brilliant evening which made me feel lucky to know the people I do.

Hattie came along to meet everyone and was terribly well behaved - a habit she's not managed to maintain since we got home.  Though now she is asleep she looks rather more angelic again.

Settled in for a bit of Robert Downey Jnr and a lovely glass of wine.  A good day.

I'm back...

.... after a shamefully long absence.

So, what's new?  Everything... or at least an awful lot.

New job has begun and am finding it more engaging than the last if not overwhelmingly inspiring.

New bike arrived and is amazing - it is so shiny and red and makes my journey to work considerably more cheery.

New puppy!  She is called Hattie, after Hattie Jacques because she is a chubby comedian.  I am smitten.

What is not new?

Still in Gloucester, still addicted to ice cream and pimms and tea and flowers.

Still wish I had a different and more exciting job - how did this become my life?!?

Lovely party to go to tomorrow but otherwise this weekend is for thinking and sorting out...