Joy Archives - Joanna Taylor

February 2, 20260Comments

Teachings of Dog: Joy in Small Things

Well, we hadn't planned it, but on Saturday we had a totally unexpected 12-hour round trip to Wales to collect a very special, tiny lady... Violet has joined the family -

August 6, 20250Comments

J is for… Joy

For followers of the blog, you may remember that in an earlier post (H is for Hope), I told you the story of my Echium, an exotic plant from Guernsey

July 5, 20161Comments

The Magic of Discovery

It's just over three weeks since little Luna joined us, and we can't believe how easily she has just taken everything in her stride... Nothing seems to faze her, and

June 15, 20162Comments

Eat, Play, Love… Part 2

Since the sudden loss of our beautiful Daisy at the end of May, we have been helped by a great many words of comfort and wisdom from friends and family,

June 6, 20162Comments

Eat, Play, Love…

This is a hard blog to write... last Tuesday morning we lost our beautiful, funny, fuzzy little Daisy, and I am desolate. She was only 7, and she had leukaemia.

May 14, 20131Comments

Teachings of Dog: No 29 – The Journey is the Destination

I am fascinated by the different approaches that the dogs have to their walks. Theo is excited by everything – and if something excited him on the previous walk, then

July 19, 20120Comments

The Teachings of Dog: No 26 – What Gets You Out of Bed in the Morning?

From time to time, we allow all three of the canine members of staff to have a sleep-over in our bedroom… Daisy and Lily like to sleep in the middle

April 27, 20120Comments

The Teachings of Dog – No. 23: When the Gates of Life are left open…

We've had a lot of rain this week here in Wydale, and the canine members of staff have not been impressed. When we open the kitchen door to the garden,

December 19, 20110Comments

The Teachings of Dog – No 20: “All I want for Christmas is…”

It's that time of year again... enticing cooking smells drift from the Aga, the postman brings parcels to the door (much barking required from the canine members of staff), friends

October 29, 20100Comments

Teachings of Dog – No.4

Daisy is our youngest member of staff. At just turned two, she is endearingly barmy, with a lightness of foot that always brings to mind a floating dandelion seed.

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