...and then, after a very long wait, we finally got our own pup. Meet Otter...

(I lovingly made that linen crate cover, but, alas she is yet to enjoy the comforts I have provided in there, and prefers to be on the sofa instead...I'm working on that!).

She has been with us for five weeks now, and it has taken me most of that time to adjust to the mayhem that dogs bring...I think I am getting the hang of it now, and she is doing well with her training (well, mostly and only if tasty treats are being offered otherwise not interested). My daughter is her dog mum, she loves her to bits even though she is very naughty and bites holes in her clothes.

So amongst the chaos that is our lives trying to exist with a cute land shark puppy, I have also been working and producing jewellery. Here are some of my latest additions to my shop. Some are new from a few months ago as I forgot to update them here...you can see plenty more in my shop.

Click here> Only Through Shadows I also have a little journal that I update over on my jewellery site too.

If you are wondering what the hell a cat-person is doing by getting a dog, well I have asked myself that too! There are lots of reasons but mainly I needed the company and the physical exercise, as I had been feeling not quite well in the last year or so. It is true that animals help in so many ways, they really do, and I already feel a lot happier generally, and feel motivated to go for walks and socialise more. She's my therapy dog!

I also believe that pets are important for children and we feel like more like a family of four now.

She is a lot of hard work but we are both learning a lot along the way...I think she feels at home here.

Thank you for checking back here to this old blog of mine, I always appreciate it and I will try and post a bit more often because I think it's a bit sad what is happing to social media, and there is something nice about sitting down and reading a blog post I think. Bye for now!

Artemis x

This place is in Ventnor, so not far from where we live. I have been coming here since I was tiny...

I hope we will have plenty more relaxing holidays to come this summer, and soon we will be celebrating one year since we got the keys to our flat! A very happy day indeed.