Bye bye old boy

Well, this year has been filled with ups and downs.  My stress levels have been tested to the fore and yet still all is well.  I am finally able to give myself time to blog again after months of long days working on many wild and wonderful and sometimes nightmarish projects.  There are so many good things in my life right now and when I next write something here I will make a note of the most heartwarming.  But for now just a simple note to say thankyou to our old boy Leo for 14 years of toothiness, bad breath, fur covered floors, stolen food and general doggy love.  This will be our first dogless Christmas in nearly 20 years as before Leo there was Blue Boy and the house is so strange and still now.  No more slippy paws on the terracotta floor, no more doors being opened by goofy jaws and no more wide eyed pleading looks when packets are opened.  So for now I will simply slowly adjust to this new way of life, but how we miss him.  Goodbye old chap x