'I CAN FLY' : Nutmeg The Flying Puppy (First edition)

Nutmeg is a delightful wire haired mini dachshund who has real adventures.

She meets and talks to all the animal world and birdlife which constantly surround and sometimes invade her home!

When the geese fly honking overhead in the mornings and evenings, she'll sit on the lawn with her head raised to watch and she communicates with them.

She is always happy to welcome the two duck as they leave the pond and wobble their way towards the bird table.

Also the hen pheasants are friends, but when the greedy cock arrives to gorge himself on the little bird supplies, after a while, when Nutmeg thinks he's had enough she'll see him off! the little dog often meets the deer and will sit quietly to watch without disturbing them.

One of her greatest adventures was meeting a Swiss cow, with a huge bell, coming down the Swiss mountains in full floral headdress.

This happens in September when the herds come off their summer pastures, to winter in the valleys near the villages.

Nutmeg and the cow literally touched noses; neither was afraid of the other, until the bell rang!

It's a memory that stayed with me and I recorded that event with a hand designed card, with the story relating to the picture on the back. Nutmeg really wrote I Can Fly herself. I always call it 'her' book. When she was small, she'd sit on my knee, as I sat at my computer - and I could swear that she transferred her ideas to me.

I like to think that there is ESP between humans and our beloved animals!