{"id":15631,"date":"2019-01-23T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=15631"},"modified":"2019-01-23T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T06:00:25","slug":"happy-bloggerversary-wednesday-23rd-january-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/23\/happy-bloggerversary-wednesday-23rd-january-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Bloggerversary &#8211; Wednesday 23rd January 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Happy\nBloggerversary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"393\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9634.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15632\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=15632\" class=\"wp-image-15632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9634.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9634-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"426\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9661.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15633\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=15633\" class=\"wp-image-15633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9661.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9661-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9668.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15634\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=15634\" class=\"wp-image-15634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9668.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9668-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9668-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\nI\u2019m wishing myself a Happy Bloggerversary. Oh I know, I wished myself Happy GotMe\nDay yesterday, but it\u2019s winter and we all need things which cheer us up.\nYesterday was thirteen years since I moved in with our Mistress. Today I\u2019m celebrating\nthirteen years since I started writing my diary. I didn\u2019t write it in a morning\nback then. I wrote it at whatever time of day I could fit it in, between\ngenerally being a puppy, helping our Mistress and sleeping. It\u2019s quite an\nachievement that with the exception of one day, I\u2019ve written it every day since\nexcept one. That was the one where my Mistress was in hospital and I didn\u2019t\nhave the password for the computer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The\nRoyal \u2018I\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"439\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9672.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15635\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=15635\" class=\"wp-image-15635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9672.jpg 439w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9672-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"381\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9674.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15636\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=15636\" class=\"wp-image-15636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9674.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9674-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"407\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9678.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15637\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=15637\" class=\"wp-image-15637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9678.jpg 407w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9678-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When\nI say I\u2019ve written it every day, that is a bit of an exaggeration. Of course\nyou all know that I don\u2019t write it every day. That would be ridiculous. Wilma\nand Aristotle write some days as well and I do need to give them credit. At my\nage you really wouldn\u2019t want to be working for more than three days a week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9677-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9677-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9677.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Over\nthe last thirteen years I\u2019ve written books, had photo shoots, even been on the\nradio. That\u2019s more than most dogs can look back on as their life\u2019s work. In my\nown small way, I\u2019m really rather proud of all we\u2019ve achieved together. I once\nmade my Mistress wear a tee shirt which said \u2018Alfie Dog \u2013 waiting to be famous\u2019.\nI think now I can look back and in my own small way say I might just have achieved\nthat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The\nnext thirteen years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9691-1024x561.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15640\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=15640\" class=\"wp-image-15640\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"294\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9732.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15641\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=15641\" class=\"wp-image-15641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9732.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9732-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"277\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9694.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15642\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=15642\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9694.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9694-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There\nis a risk I\u2019m going to cause an argument between Ari and Wilma by saying this.\nAt the moment they both write two days of the diary while I write three. The\ntime has come for me to pass over another day to Wilma. She\u2019s the one with the\nenergy around here and gets out much more than the others of us. I know she\u2019s\nbeen doing more with her travels, but I\u2019m going to make it official now. I\u2019m\ngoing to drop down to working just two days a week and manage things quietly\nfrom the background. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"370\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9813.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15643\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=15643\" class=\"wp-image-15643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9813.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9813-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"415\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9821.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15644\" data-link=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?attachment_id=15644\" class=\"wp-image-15644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9821.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9821-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nhope you like the photos from my photo shoot which was nine years ago now, but I\nthought you\u2019d think they were fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now\nI\u2019m off to raise a bowl to toast the next thirteen years and hope that Wilma can\ntake my diary to even greater levels of success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC9832-1024x542.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15645\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfie\n(semi-retired)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a9\n2018 Rosemary J. 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