Ah yes, a happy Monday morning to you all!

I was looking through my photographs when I came across this.

It says:

In memory of Julie Nybo & “Titch” who loved the estate. March 2003

I often take photos of random objects thinking that I will post and blog about them and then forget, and this was one of them. It is a little plaque on a boulder in the vet school. It does not take a genius to work out that Julie Nybo used to take “Titch” for a walk through the grounds and they are now both departed, although if anyone knows different please get in touch.
Its a nice touch done by people that seemed to know them well, I hope the ashes were scattered in the grounds as well so that they could spend a little longer enjoying it.
Puts me in mind of last year when I came across some young people planting a little bush with a little wooden plaque next to it. They looked quite “rough” in that one had a large knife and was carving something into the bit of wood. I would expect the “Daily Record” would brand them as “Neds” The eldest had carved the fathers name into a bit of plywood. I got chatting to them and it turned out their father had passed away. Sadly the next time I walked by the bush was gone and the wooden plaque as well. Still, every time I walk past that spot I think of those young people obviously grief stricken after the death of their father.

If you look at the brass plaque of Julie and Titch you can see it is bashed as well. Makes you wonder why people vandalize things like that.

edit:

I found this from a newsletter in 2001

Julie Nybo
Julie, secretary in the Department of Veterinary Parasitology since
1983, retired at the end of June. She had previously worked at
NATO, and saw the department through many recent changes,
continuing to provide excellent secretarial and administrative
support. Julie will be well known to many from walking Titch, her
Jack Russell terrier, through the estate at lunchtimes. She kept the
department amused with her raucous and sometimes ribald sense of
humour. Julie is an excellent golfer and shot to fame last year winning
the ladies championship at Cardross Golf Club. She has a great love
of sport, and is also a very keen gardener, supplying the department
with edibles from her garden. Julie played a central role for many
years, and has been a tower of strength during recent months, and we
all miss her and wish her all the best in her retirement.
Prof. Eileen Devaney