It?s been a while I know, but there have been many issues that have kept me away?

Not least the constant rain and flooding affecting my home and garden ? none of which is covered by my insurance. The estimates for repair are huge and as you can imagine ? happy blogging was not on my agenda. And there will be no pictures of the damage ? I hate my home looking like a building site. One day it will be sorted out ? if the rain keeps off!

Add that to my trusty laptop giving up the ghost which meant that I had to get a Windows 8 machine ? that?s been a bit of a learning curve and I?m still having problems uploading photos from my Android mobile ? they are always the wrong way up!

Alfie had an accident a month ago ? my daughter came home in the middle of the day to check on the dogs and found him with a large cut on his hind leg exposing  the muscle. The vet kept him overnight and stitched him up but he has had to lead a very quiet life while it heals?

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He has been proper poorly! He says?..

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Also managed to decorate my bedroom ? that was long overdue ? and its amazing how a lick of paint and some nice wallpaper can lift your spirits!

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That?s the wallpaper ? it has glittery bits in some of the flowers!

It looks so different from the purple walls of before, where I had just covered up the previous owners paper when I moved in while I sorted some of the other rooms.

So ? this is really a test post ? just to see if the photos stay the right way up!