5,6,7, 8th June and my dog died!

All this clothing stuff seems somewhat unimportant right now. Sadly  I take hundreds of photos but have taken for granted my beautiful dog and not found any recent photos! This photo above is possibly the best way to remember my boy tho because here he was young and healthy and very happy and destructive. He did love a cardboard tube of any size!

This is the only glimpse that seems to be on my blog of Ronnie and you cannot really see him:
http://brackencrafts.blogspot.com/2017/05/mmm17-days-7-8-and-9.html


Ronnie dog has been ill for a while. He was diagnosed with a tumour a few months ago now. He kept coughing and we suspected heart problems but when they looked the vets found the tumour in his lung and possible tumours all over. But being already 14 we decided it was cruel and inappropriate to go giving him chemo anyway since he is already older than most dogs regardless of breed. Ron was my Silky-Paws. A complete and total cross breed / mongrel if you please. I loved him very much.
Ron was 14 years old back in January so not a young dog. His brother the same age and litter. Ron has escaped euthanasia a few times so was doing well. He cost us about £1000 when he was on a drip in February. In August 2017 he fell downstairs and hurt his back. My fault for allowing him the freedom of the house when he was already very old. The thing is until then he never really seemed that old. After that incident yes he was. He had a  leg problem ever since. Last weekend I was worried but could not see what was wrong. After his falling downstairs the vets said not to walk him but we did but not far and not every day. He had a good sized garden. But he did like to see the outside world so we still took him out mostly for drives which he loved. He stayed in bed Monday and did not join us when we watched TV which both dogs usually do. I booked him into the vets on Friday afternoon to see if they can give him more painkillers since it seemed he was ok for 12 hours but needed more after that and metacham is one dose in 24 hours. Overdosing can cause Kidney failure so we don't want to risk that.Then Tuesday was similar and he was having lots of problems getting up so we started to help him. He could do it on his own but why make him hurt. Wednesday he did come to watch TV. Thursday he was paralysed and had to be held up to drink. Friday first thing ( today) he went to the vets as an emergency and they cannot do anything. We expected it would be that way. He was euthanased.

 In his later years he mostly slept so what photos I do have he seems to be on his bed. The earlier years he was a mad crazy lunatic:

This is Ron with his brother Reg at New Years Eve 2006:

By the way they are named this because they were "strays" and we had just seen the Krays. Not the best names I could have given them!

Reg regularly photo-bombs my pictures but I think Ron has rarely appeared on this blog if ever at all.


His brother seems to know something is wrong. He obviously knows Ron is not here but they have both separately gone to the vets over the years and come back a day later so its probably that he has yet to work it out. They were siblings and very connected so I am really worried about this now. He is a howler too and we do need to work. Petsitters can let him out etc but they will still need to leave him alone. Its very worrying and upsetting. Well heart-breaking actually.

5th I wore White jumper made the same way as my blue tops http://brackencrafts.blogspot.com/2016/05/mmmay16-06052016-day-6.html
and my white lace trimmed 2-layer top:http://brackencrafts.blogspot.com/2018/05/lindy-petal-skirt-white-lace-trimmed.html

 6th I wore my Navy trousers http://brackencrafts.blogspot.com/2018/06/final-day-of-mmm-and-i-am-continuing.html

with ladybird top http://brackencrafts.blogspot.com/2018/05/mmm18-new-ladybird-top-from-burda-style.html

and got photo-bombed by Reg:

 7th my red ikea fabric top http://brackencrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/another-red-topburdastyle-022014117.html with black trousers:
http://brackencrafts.blogspot.com/2017/08/navy-blue-work-trousers-from-burda-7122.html

Today (8th June) ancient Jeffrey Rogers trousers ( bought 1996)with my black top:

http://brackencrafts.blogspot.com/2016/05/mmmay16-day-14.html

Thanks for visiting

Bracken

2nd 3rd and 4th June #MM

Well I missed a few items I wore to be honest because I forgot to take the photos so you can only see the me mades from when I was relaxig in the garden over the weekend. I wore a few other things when I went out shopping but whatever:

2nd June
Pink lace top: http://brackencrafts.blogspot.com/2018/05/mmm18-day-30-new-pink-lace-burda-style.html
over River Island RTW T shirt from about 2006 ( mens). Interesting Tshirt because its meant to have the skull print on the inside not outside. A fleeting fashion! and with my favourite shorts which came from a festival back in 1997 and I still love them. They are what looks like hand screen printed yellow camo.

I do love gardening on hot sunny days!

3rd June

Please ignore the mess I was clearing stuff out to throw away. The pumpkin is from last winter and I was about to sow the seeds because I reckon they will be more likely to grow stored like this then dried. I will let you know later this year if it works.

Blue top: 7: Dark navy top with a step by step tutorial guide to making

Its worn over a playsuit I bought in a sale back in the early 2000s.

4th June - work day

Navy trousers : http://brackencrafts.blogspot.com/2018/05/mmm-days-22-and-23-and-new-navy-trousers.html
with white paisley top: http://brackencrafts.blogspot.com/2018/05/mmm-days-20-and-21.html 

Thanks for visiting

Bracken

Final day of #MMM and I am continuing into June

31st May

I originally pledgedto wear two items every day in May for the #MMM18 challenge. I found this difficult if I am honest. The two items idea is easy until you want to wear a dress. I should have said two items or a dress to make it a more realistic challenge. Anyway I also pledged to try as far as possible to wear #MM into June so here is the last day of May and the 1st June. I will not necessarilly be wearing 2 items daily from now on but willtry to continue to wear one because as it happens I am also currently job hunting and when wearing #MM for an interview I think could work to stop me getting the job so on days I have interviews ( I am being hopeful here😀) I will not be wearing me made and since it maybe an entire day I will have to opt out for this.

Otherwise though its been fun so I am carrying on indefinitely. I have been wearing a lot of #MM for ages now anyway so maybe its time to measure just how much and see if I can incorporate even more into my working life as well as play life.
I may have to do round ups at the end of each week because trying to post daily has been difficult. My Mum was very ill the last few days. I spent quite a bit of time chasing doctors ( literally - I had to go to the surgery to demand a home visit!). It does not sound like much but took far more time than you will expect when reading this. This made it impossible to have time to do my normal living stuff ( making dinner, cleaning etc) and still have time to post so round-ups may be the way forward during June.

On the last day of #MMM18 I wore my african block print fabric top which was so simple it is really a square with a neck hole and shaped hems. No pattern for this one but I really should make more because I really like it, have always found it easy to wear, and really I need to get away from "complicated is better" which tends to be my mindset, because sometimes the simplest tops are really nice to wear. This one is.
http://brackencrafts.blogspot.com/2016/06/54-self-drafted-floral-yellow-top.html

With my yellow top I wore my new navy trousers. I like these. They are comfortable and I left the hems to fray which I can just about get away with at work in summer. It feels more "me" if you know what I mean. Being a linen type of fabric they seem to be fraying very nicely tho I have needed to cut the straggly bits off every now and then. I think that should stop now tho because I did sew a row to hold the frays in place and limit how much they fray. It also makes for a more professional RTW look so is acceptable in an office.

I am probably going to make a second pair of these because they are very "pyjama-ish" so will fit in well with this months The Monthly Stitch challenge which is "secret pyjamas".

I may have to add pockets to the next pair tho because not having any is bugging me.


I wore my navy trousers again on Friday 1st June with a dotty top. This was another new top I got round to in desperation for something different to wear in May!

Thanks for visiting

Bracken