Hop-a-Long!

Firstly a tale of Jeremy Fisher! There we were latish last night watching a programme of Ambulance when Vin suddenly jumped up , and lo and behold there was a little froggy jumping around our middle room!! Lord knows where it had come from. He tried to catch it but it wasn't half jumping around, they can really cover some area very fast can frogs. He did manage to get it under a plastic lid and slid a piece of card under and then he took it to the plot of land at the back of our house to let it go. he said it landed quite safely, and hopped off somewhere. He still doesn't know how it got in, Jessie is not a cat for bringing things in, think if she saw a mouse she'd run back in the house scared to bits!  It is a real mystery, no doors open in this weather and no windows open sso it is a real puzzle.

Mark the nice podiatry man came this morning a bit late for him, he didn't arrive until around a quarter to eleven , he normally comes between half nine and quarter past ten but no matter, we weren't going anywhere.  He did a bit of trimming and put another type of dressing on and said he would leave it two weeks this time, so we have a week off next Monday.  That's a step forward anyway. 

Our Jessie appeared while the frog was leaping about, just after actually, but wasn't bothered at all, she was probably wondering why her daddy was hopping about the room as well. truth is it did take some catching!

 This is her laid back look! What on earth is he doing.? Stupid humans!

 

Another Day At The Fun Factory!

Well it is Friday again and really it is the same old same old.  Nothing unexpected today and again nowhere to go since the lockdown number two has begun in our area. 

The USA election runs on as it has been doing for some days now, with Joe Biden looking like the winner so far. he only needs about seventeen votes to get in. trump is jumping up and down throwing his toys out of the pram and threatening to sue for fraud saying there are wrongdoings concerning the postal votes. Don't think he would be saying that if he was winning somehow. What a country, said on the news this morning that they have had 240,000 deaths from the virus but the scenes that are shown portray crowds gathering in thousands to demonstrate and march many not wearing masks. Peculiar country indeed. 

Here the furlough scheme has been extended until next march that will be a year of that. Not sure whether that will help since there are jobs going all over the place. Yesterday Sainsbury's announced they were laying of thousands of jobs, from their stores and closing down some Argos shops to have them within the Sainsbury's shops. Even M&S announced massive losses, and John Lewis also. Our shopping habits as a country appear to have changed completely and there is now a massive turn towards mail order or interner buying. Must say we have done that ourselves, quite a lot of our shopping except for groceries has been done online. 

Jessie is carrying on and keeping calm as usual. Her friend Jack came in the house yesterday and before he could stop him ran upstairs. Vin chased after him and saw them at the top of the stairs, one on the top step and the other outside Jane's room. Not hissing or anything, just looking at each other. Vin reckons she is getting used to him. Mmmm not sure about that, but they weren't fighting or anything.  Firework night last night and there were fireworks going off but she wasn't bothered by those, just doorbells. vey odd !

 Nice little cosy spot.. by a roaring fire!

Wednesday..Tesco Day!

The 4th of November already, and no sign yet of the pandemic clearing up. Liverpool is still extremely high in the ratings of the most number of cases with the intensive care beds under great strain, especially in the town.  The other item of note is the USA elections which are taking place or rather have taken place. Seems to be neck and neck between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Goodness knows what they see in trump, he has done some stupid things but they appear to like him. Boris Johnson may be a git of a twit but he is our Boris and certainly would rather have him than the Trump!

Vin has just gone off to Tesco for the weekly shop, to get our normal things for the week. He has gone armed with his list which doesn't really vary much but necessary for him. No doubt that cat food etc., is at the top of his list, jessie taking priority. Only kidding! He does a really excellent job of getting our houshold things up to date Bless him.

Weather is nice today, bright skies and sunshine although it is cool, just as the forecasters predicted yesterday. For the last couple of weeks it has been very wet,  and also blowy so a lot of leaves are off the trees now. Typical bonfire night weather crisp and dry, but fireworks are a no go this year because of the virus, public gatherings are forbidden and a lot of the council displays forbidden. You do wonder what Christmas is going to be like this year. A mail order one probably!

Jessie is asleep downstairs after being on the bed at a very dark point sometime this morning, she was up the middle of the bed and I was stroking her, then she got fed up with that and and disappeared down to the end of the bed to lie on Vin's feet. 

 You wake up and there is a little face staring at you! very off putting really. Vin just turns over until she gets impatient and then starts to stroke his cheek to get him up!

Another Week Another Dollar !

As they say! This is another round of Lockdown with businesses closed and the hospitality and leisure sector being closed again. feel for the hotel over the road who have had problems for a while now with openings and closings. They just seem to get going and then wham another round hits them. Shame really. 

Seems to be a month of it this time, and not looking good for Christmas. I think it will be a mail order ne this year. Vin said this morning that the number of delivery vans around has increased somewhat, expect that will increase as the month goes on. 

Mark came as usual this morning at about a quarter past ten did the dressing and was gone by around half past. Little Jessie disappeared upstairs when she heard the sound of the vacuum and has just come out of her hidey hole under Jane's bed I have just glimpsed the back end of her going out of the doorway. Think she heard her Daddy who was up here getting changed so has followed him downstairs. talk about loyalty. 

Maybe it is the lure of the food bowl that is the attraction? or maybe not, she does tend to follow him around quite a lot.

Dobbies!!

Vin has taken himself off to Dobbies this morning, mainly because he has vouchers that he wants to use before they run out.  He is armed with a list of the things that we usually buy from there and have run out of anyway. He has just rung up to say he is there so we shall see how he gets on. He says that he is going to spy out the lay of the land so to speak for maybe a visit later on. it is an absolute age since we have been there, we generally used to go each month to get our free coffees and would generally spend about twenty pounds or so while we were there.  Wonder how much he will spend today. 

Jane went ack to work last night after her eye op last Thursday so she had a week or so to recover. Hope it all went well for her. She always rings up before she goes, and said that she had booked a survey for the house she is hoping to buy  in Heaton Mersey. So things appear to be moving in the right direction there. fingers crossed!

It is a hge step forward though and she has never got as far as that before so do hope it goes well.

 Spot the catty! It gets you on the way up or failing that it will get you on the way down!

mID-wEEK aGAIN!She didn't do a running away thing this morning because Vin was at the door ready for the arrival of the parcel. She still hates the doorbell so if he can get there before it rings the better. Aaah poor little cat, wonder what it is about doorbells. Speaking about poor little cats, a little one has gone missing from the house next to where jane lives has gone astray. he is called Beau and Jane thinks he is lovely, she often said how he would walk alongside her and rub her ankles. Very fluffy tabby cat, hope he comes back soon but it has been a week now. We had a beautiful cat called Rusty who once went missing for a month, we used to go out every evening looking for her and it appeared that we must have been

Wednesday again! How the weeks are flying past, and still not much of a sign f any ease in the lockdown much.A lot of people disobeying the rules judging by the photos in the papers, but also a lot of people staying in to avoid going out to avoid crowds or being with groups of people. Very wise!

Vin has gone off to Tesco this morning after getting up earlyish to be ready for a parcel arriving from Joh lewis. It is a bauble for the bauble swap I do each year with the Delia  group. Not as many doing it as there used to be but I like the bauble swap, we have a tree in the extension which has all of mine on it and I always enjoy looking at them. Mine is off to Australia this year a lady who lives in Sydney so it will be winging its way there soon. 

He has gone off to Tesco armed with his list, no doubt that Jessies things are on the top of it! 

There is a little cat missing from the house next door to where our Jane lives it is a fluffy tabby one who she often saw when coming home from a shift. It would rub her ankles and follow her. Hope he turns up soon, he is chipped so that is good. Come home Beau.  Don't think our Jessie would ever go missing she likes her home and her Daddy too much! She is mostly a house cat anyway really.

No I aint going anywhere.  Like my home comforts too much!

And Another Week!

Begins! Monday brings the visit from my podiatry man  mark who is trying hard to fix the offending toe which seems to be going on forever.  Anyway that was redressed and with another dressing on it so ready to go. See you again next week he says and off he goes. 

Jane is recovering slowly from her eye operation last Thursday. At first she was suffering from a bad sore throat which is very uncomfortable also from the eye which was sore. The photos she sent showed a bloodshot eye but it is Vin thinks looking a tiny bit better each day.  She is eating a bit better now though and even ordered an Indian takeaway the other night for a decent meal because she was hungry. She loves her food does our Jaane :)

Jessie  did her usual disappearing act when mark pressed the doorbell, and is currently residing under jane's bed in the middleroom where she feels safe.  Iwas descending the stairs as she was racing up them. Not quite collided but my word she can't half run when she wants to!!

 Love this ne of the two of them. Jessie up close and personal with her best friend!!