More bulbs, and the worst smell ever

 I bought another pot (how naughty!), a round wide one, it's to go at the front of the house, I also got 3 cyclamen and a small conifer to go in it.  I shall be planting it up tomorrow and also putting some narcissi in it, for Spring colour.  One large pot in the back garden which held a tomato plant this year will be filled with mixed narcissi, it's right outside my bedroom window so that'll be a nice cheerful view when I open my curtains on Spring mornings.  And then that really is the last of the Spring bulb plantings! 😁 (but never say never 😉).

The new vet is lovely, a very kind and caring South African chap (coincidentally, the married couple vets we used for years when we lived in our last house were also South African) who was very good with Betty, despite her wailings (she hates going to the vet).  He said she has got the beginnings of an infection in one ear, but we've caught it early.  He said her anal glands were actually empty.....so the reason for her bum scooting behaviour could be either she needs worming (she doesn't, she had a worming tablet just a few weeks ago), or maybe just a pleasurable habit she's got into!  For Sue and Kath - some dogs empty their anal glands naturally when pooing, others have trouble with it and occasionally squeeze them out in the wrong places, or else need it doing manually.  Betty's twice emptied hers indoors (I'm grateful it's only been twice since we've had her), and I can promise you ladies, you never want to have to deal with that - it's like concentrated sticky liquid manure and is the worse smell you could possibly think of, it absolutely reeks.  Hence why we now ask the vet to do it a couple of times a year.  She had to have 2 medications and the price of those, along with the consultation fee, was a bit eye-watering.....husband complained about it for the rest of the afternoon 😒.  I did say that he should be thankful he doesn't have to pay for his own medical treatment, as he has to go to the GP or hospital a damn sight more often than Betty goes to the vets! 😉😂.  Vets have us pet owners over a barrel really, they know we'll pay more or less whatever it takes to get our pets better.  And insurance doesn't cover everything.

So the clocks go back tomorrow, an extra hour in bed, and it'll be lighter in the mornings for a while.  But only a short while.....it seems no time at all until it starts being still dark when we get up in the morning, and dark enough for the curtains to be closed before dinner in the evenings.  Which is one of the main reasons why I'm not a fan of winter - short days.  Still, we only have to wait until 21 December, the shortest day, before the days start getting longer again, albeit by only a few minutes a week at first.

We've had some lovely sunshine this week, albeit with some showers scattered throughout the day.  It's meant to be nice over the weekend too.

Husband and I cut my hair between us this morning, a combination of husband's beard trimmer with the largest size comb fitting, and scissors to trim the edges.  So now I look like I've been scalped, but I don't really mind as it's so much easier to wash and style (well, none basically 😂, I've never really been one for titivating my hair, apart from colouring it - and even that I no longer do).  And it grows quite quickly anyway, so it won't be the scalped look for long.  My hair is very like my Mum's - although Mum's 2 sisters and 1 brother all went white/silver, her hair just sort of faded in colour, which is just what mine is doing.  It couldn't really be described as grey, it's just sort of pale.  I occasionally put some temporary blue or pink highlights through it, just for the hell of it!

Neither husband nor I have any medical appointments for the next couple of weeks, in fact we've got nothing on the calendar at all, which is a rare occurrence.  What shall we do with ourselves and all this free time?!