I know, I know, soooooo late this month but in my defence I have been rather busy ! As you can see from the photo I have been to Witchy College, passed with flying colours (hence the purple hat) then had to come back and train up all my Apprentice Witches ! Luckily they all scraped through, took to their cauldrons and managed to magic up some fantastic goodies ready for the Book Sale before flying off on their broomsticks. The Halloween Book Sale, well, wow, what can I say apart from jumping toads and cartwheeling cats ! It was great. Our very best with a profit of 3,500 euros which was split fifty fifty between Poorpaws and Cancer Support France. The Poorpaws half will be shared with my colleague Danielle who runs La Mere aux Betes and who is always there when Poorpaws needs a helping hand and also a donation will be made to Twilight Retirement Home for Dogs, another wonderful rescue organisation run by Leeanne and Mike. So a huge thank you to all who attended and we look forward to seeing you again next Easter Saturday.
Since the last News Ernst and I have had a great weekend in Southwold with some friends of very long standing who have a tiny one up two down house there. It was my friend’s birthday and we had a lovely lunch at a restaurant not far from the harbour. In the evening Phena realised she had lost an earring so the next day we walked back to the restaurant to see if, by chance, she had dropped it there and hopefully not during the walk back along the beach. However, when we got to the restaurant it was closed ( Monday) so we just walked around the outside and on to the back terrace where Phena had had a cigarette. I noticed that the door into the actual dining room was open so we went in expecting to find a cleaner or someone. Imagine our shock nd surprise when the alarm suddenly went off, screaming in our ears. We immediately ran out again then realised that that wouldn’t look good on the CCTV so went back in, looked all over the floor for the earring and waited for the security firm to arrive. No-one did turn up so we left a note on the table with telephone numbers and left. We walked back up to the village and could still hear the alarm ringing when we got home. Probably the restaurant wasn’t shut up properly on Sunday evening so I’ve a feeling someone got a flea in their ear on Tuesday. We never did find the earring !
I’ve had news of the lovely Gavaroche plus a photo of him on his return from the ‘hairdresser’, he looks fantastic and brilliantly happy.
I’m very happy to report that all the pups have been homed, but if you missed out don’t fret there are more due to arrive in a couple of weeks. Meantime, is there not anybody out there interested in Lucien ? Such a gorgeous creature and so loving.
Had a nasty thing happen this afternoon, I was leaving for work when one of our oldies, Doushka, who is about ten years old, clambered over our two metre high fencing. I heard a car coming, shouted at Douschka and threw my bag at her hoping to deter her, but no she ran straight out on to the road and straight into the car. It was awful, a ghastly thump and I saw her spin round and round on the road. I was screaming hysterically (I’m great in a crisis !) and ran over to find her lying with blood coming out of her mouth and nasty cuts on her legs. She just lay there and didn’t move and I was sure she was dying so I just sat in the road with her stroking her. Then she opened one eye and looked at me as if to say “well just how long are we both going to stay in the middle of the road because you are going to get run over too very soon and I need to get to a vet”! I did a Lewis Hamilton to the vet where they rushed her in and ‘tubed’ her up. Three xrays showed no internal damage so goodness knows where the blood was coming from, possibly a few broken teeth. She is still at the vet’s under observation but is expected to pull through. I’m hoping that will put a stop to her high jump hurdling skills. The driver of the car never even stopped even though they cannot possibly not be aware of what they had done. Not that I would have blamed them or been angry, they had no chance of not hitting Douschka she ran straight into them and even if they had been driving at five miles an hour they would have hit her. I was just surprised they didn’t even stop. I bet they will come back if the car is damaged. So, fingers crossed for my girl.
This time next week we’ll know if Trump is the next President – heaven help us all !!!
Sue x