Poor little chap so many new experiences to get to grips with. My friends westie took against the ice cream van in the park, it might have been the music, but he stubbornly refused to walk past it. This has lasted all his life! We used to double back or carry him.
Great numbers lately cumbs
Oh dear, the world can be a big and scary place for sure. I’ll be doing a lot of reading before next Wed to see how to tackle it. I really don’t want it to last a lifetime
If you can sit with him, with your hands on his shoulders and stroke him so that he doesn’t jump about in terror, he will less frightened because you are there holding him - he’ll still be nervous but he trusts you now. You can just tell him he’s a good boy etc so your voice is also there between the crashing noise. When it’s gone, he’ll be relieved the big noise didn’t eat him, and that Mum was there to protect him. If you do it a few times he’ll learn that the noise isn’t going to hurt him at all. Then the next step, you could go outside and watch it!
beautifulWent to my great uncle's memorial service yesterday afternoon.
The service was in our ancestral village of Kormakitis in the north west tip of our island. As new St George, the main church of the village is currently undergoing restoration, the service was held at old St George, a beautiful medieval chapel on the grounds of a small nunnery.
Unfortunately, there is no air conditioning in the chapel and even at 5pm the fans were not really up to the task of fighting the summer heat . The village is by the coast so it can be quite humid.
I was trying to tactfully wipe away the sweat from my brow with a small handkerchief, when I heard the priest include the following line in his sermon about St Peter and St Paul " now we suffer because of a little heat and complain about a little sweat but they knew that for their faith they had to pay in blood not just sweat".
I had not complained in the least, well not out loud, but still felt guilty and personally reprimanded
Yesterday was the feast of St Peter and St Paul by the way, my name day as Pavlos is the greek version of the name Paul. In Cyprus we celebrate namedays almost like birthdays.
After the service there was a small gathering of the congregation in the main village coffee shop. Supposedly this is to remember the deceased but in reality an opportunity to catch up with each other.
This was not the part I was looking forward to the most to be honest.
People in the village are shall we say not shy of asking about your business and my recent and obvious loss of weight was bound to draw attention.
There was a spread of food to go with the usual coffee but as it was all carbs on a plate, cakes and such I decided to go without.
Not a wise move.
"Why don't you have some food?"
"You should eat more, put some meat on your bones"
The worse came when this cousin, who i dont really get on with and who I suspect knew I had issues with my health anyway, came out with:
"You really must tell us the secret, how do you go about losing weight. Although if you dont mind me saying, you looked a bit better with a little more weight on you"
All this while he and his overweight wife were going through the mountains of food piled high on the plates in front of them.
Well I did mind him saying actually. I minded a lot.
I gave him my best smile and replied:
"No secret really, everyone knows how to lose weight, you just eat less"
I have been overweight myself most of my life and as you know my recent loss of weight has been a source of worry. So my reaction had nothing to do with him being overweight and everything to do with him putting me in a spot that I am convinced he knew would make me uncomfortable.
I leave you with some photos of the chapel. Some buildings are so much nicer than some people.View attachment 34002View attachment 34003View attachment 34004]View attachment 34006View attachment 34007
If you can sit with him, with your hands on his shoulders and stroke him so that he doesn’t jump about in terror, he will less frightened because you are there holding him - he’ll still be nervous but he trusts you now. You can just tell him he’s a good boy etc so your voice is also there between the crashing noise. When it’s gone, he’ll be relieved the big noise didn’t eat him, and that Mum was there to protect him. If you do it a few times he’ll learn that the noise isn’t going to hurt him at all. Then the next step, you could go outside and watch it!
The famous neptunes and so it begins
Numbers looking good lately @Cumberland. Must be a huge relief. Delighted for you.6.7 delighted
Have a good day everyone
I don't know, that hasn't worked for my cat and thunder in 14 years! ^. .^
Balls being hit?Only taking over the TV young Alfred? Julie lived close enough to hear the balls being hit.
The Usain Bolt of the comeback strikes again. Be sure to reply before Halloween as service after that date is not guaranteedBalls being hit?
Rough area was it?
Hehehehe
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