That's very touching and beautiful, Addle...really it is.
Huge cheers and congratulations to Hatty and Herbs on employment triumphs. Well done indeed 
I am not a dog person at all but Cressethound and Aurigadog look like appealing pets!
Thats interesting, Magi Do you find your spelling has got worse since you've been typing so much...mine certainly has...combined with the effects of rapidly lengthening eyesight and old age... 
I am trying to rally myself from a horrible morning...first battling through heinous traffic in order to deliver flowers and a gift to DFriend, whose function we are attending this weekend. This, having dispatched DD to the bus stop with a huge kerfuffle and much shouting because she couldnt find her headphones and clearly prioritised this over catching the bus. 
Then DDad....well, he's terrible. I could hardly rouse him and he wouldn't even attempt to sign DM's birthday card I got for him to give her on Sunday. He really is knocked off...mostly the progression of his disease, but also he's not eating and is insulin dependent so his blood sugar is very low. I hope the Dr is going to deal with this.
I have had bugger all luck with an outfit for the weekend, so have just ordered several things from Next including a black jumpsuit, an LBD, hopefully with a bit more give than the last one, and a black evening top with a bit of sparkle that will be my default with my black evening trousers, if all else fails. Assuming it fits of course. Thank heavens for next day delivery and that it's on account....
Well it's been a crap day....but in line with my philosophy of finding one thing to smile about every day..... here goes. I finished teaching the last class of a course last night and gave the clients the inevitable feedback sheet to fill in. Reading the responses later, it was all quite positive, but one answer to the question..."What was the best part of the course for you?" was written simply thus.... "Rosebag" 