LAST SUNDAY IN JANUARY

 

Yes that's right ! It is already the last Sunday of January which only started not five minutes ago !

We have had a sad week here. My daughter Lauren's dog Bear, a Malamute had to be put to sleep on Friday.

He was the most beautiful big softy.

He was only 6 years old, would have been 7 in March. He suddenly had trouble breathing on Wednesday, taken to the vets, they discovered fluid in his chest cavity. Referred to specialist vets, they drained the fluid , which was pushing on his heart and checked for cancer. None found but his chest had refilled by a third again within 24 hours. So yes  they could operate and maybe find a tear and repair it but no gauarntee he would survive op, they could repair and if repaired he could be back in same place in six months. They said it's something that happens with dogs.

So for his sake, the right decision was made. He was the size of a small pony, loved people and a nice long walk. Chased squirrels, his arch enemies and enjoyed the rare snow falls we had.

With his buddy Casper . So a sad time at present.

Moving on, I have been doing some knitting in the evening, in order to use up some wool and so have so far made a few beret's for the chat n snap.

I found a ball of grey wool, top right hand beret, which should make up a few and since it's grey I'll have to knit one grey then one more colourful one to keep me from giving up with that grey ones, although it does have a stripe effect, so not too dull to knit with.

Saskia tried this one that matched her clothes but it looks a little on the large side, so adjustments may need to be made before I knit the next one. But I am enjoying knitting them as I don't need to refer to the pattern once started.

On the doll front, another doll left and one sent to US finally arrived. So that was good , a few other bits sold that had been sitting around, although that's just a dip in the ocean on amount of 'props' clothing etc that is in this house. I could probably fill a stall at a doll fair with the amount of items that I don't really need but are cluttering up the place.

A small doll did arrive, an impulse purchase 

I do love small dolls. 

Plus 

and Nina, Bruno's cousin, finally got a nice warm dress, although the poor girl needs some tights to finish the job.

Well the weather's gone south and it's started raining and the temperature's dropped, so I'm off to do some more knitting and to put the heating on for a couple of hours. 

Wishing you all a happy healthy doll filled week ahead

Dee