{"id":18344,"date":"2024-06-18T13:51:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=18344"},"modified":"2024-06-18T18:05:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:05:32","slug":"days-in-out-chester-at-the-vet-pond-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=18344","title":{"rendered":"DAYS iN & OUT: Chester at the Vet, Pond, etc."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Chester gets checked out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I took Chester to Amical vets, for 9am. The lady vet shaved the area where he appears to be in pain. Nothing too clear, nor terrible, or even very visible. A couple of little light red marks. Not altogether clearly a bite. A tiny amount of swelling. And a bit of a raised temperature. Hmmm!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This visit to the vet cost me \u00a3145! Phew\u2026 modern life, eh!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once home, I gave Chester his first dose of pills, in some Webbox. He guzzled it all down, pills included. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then went out to the garden, and removed eleven buckets\/tubs of soil, all of which have been dug out of the pond (although only about half today). And this lot isn\u2019t all that I removed, in creating this feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View from the western side of the \u2018green room\u2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking east, back towards the house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I deepened both ponds, and the connecting channel. I then did my best to remove all the roots and stones that I could. Especially any on the bottom. I also compacted and flattened the soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The southern pond.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The northern pond.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If I don\u2019t get another delivery shift. And I\u2019ve had no joy trying so far. Then I\u2019ll see if I can add weed-suppressant matting, and pond-liner, before I have to leave for my evening shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Delicious pasta leftovers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have to blow my own horn (oh, how I wish I could!), re my recent ragu.<\/em> It\u2019s simply delicious. We\u2019ve had three meals out of the batch I made most recently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three meats – beef, chicken liver, bacon, – and three veg – onion, carrot, celery – plus garlic, bay leaves, a little wine, and plenty of time cooking. It\u2019s such a satisfying thing to cook and eat, if it comes out right. And this time it certainly did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LATER\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ha! Rather than do more pond work, I fell asleep, after watching the Romania vs Ukraine Euros match, on catch-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I took Chester to Amical vets, for 9am. The lady vet shaved the area where he appears to be in pain. Nothing too clear, nor terrible, or even very visible. A couple of little light red marks. Not altogether clearly a bite. A tiny amount of swelling. And a bit of a raised temperature. Hmmm!? … <\/p>\n

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