Wet walk in the park

Yo Ho Woofers!

D&H back with you again.

What a damp day it has been today, we got a dry walk first thing this morning but it seems that every time we stick our heads out of the door, we get wet!

Half way through the morning we decided we wanted a wee in the garden, out we went and it was one of the quickest trips I've ever had!

Lunch time Old Two Legs had to deliver some stuff, so we made a dash for the car and off we went. The windscreen wipers were slapping back and forth every so often, so the rain wasn't very heavy.

Off we went to The New Park and out we fell into the car park, Holly and me rushed into the field and straight away did a wee, well we had gone a long time without one!

It was raining a bit but we decided we should be able to put up with it, well, that was until Holly decided it was getting wetter!

We were walking on the path, behind OTL, and Holly kept stopping and looking back. OTL would call her and she would take a couple more steps towards OTL, stop, look behind her and walk back a couple of steps. Now, you don't need to be too clever to work out that Holly didn't like the rain, she had her wee and now wanted to get back to the car and the heater!

Back we went, well, OTL put us on the lead and we dragged OTL back at a run!

In the car we got a quick rub down with a Highland Tartan Scarf that The Missus sometimes wears. Now it needs a wash before she puts it around her shoulders again!

Back home to a rub down with our own towel then a snooze in the office until we had dried off enough for OTL to give us a brush, we always feel better after a brush!

Tonight we got a real mix for dinner, first of all there was doggy food, mixed with a bit of chicken and then later OTL put some of his gammon steak into our bowls and mixed it up with the doggy food, so by the time we had finished, we had eaten most of the doggy food while trying to get to the chicken and gammon!

OTL took his camera out in the car but left it there when we went walking, so no pictures today!

Tomorrow TM is off to her local crop, so all day with OTL, if it stops raining we may go on an 'adventure', if not, then it may be a hard day sleeping in the day bed!

You have no idea just how tired you can get doing nothing!

Bye Bye for now.

Luv

Daisy & Holly

On the Beach again!

Hello to you all,

We're back again!

We had our walk with The Missus this morning and met up with Norrie and her owner Jane. Norrie wanted to know where Old Two Legs was, 'cos she likes him, we said he was at home having a shower. Norrie said that it was something very strange about these two legs, they always want to have showers or baths. It must be because they are afraid to be smelly!

I reckon a good brush down every day is all you need, it gets the little bugs and burs out of your coat and brushes the dried mud off your legs!

OTL was busy in the office again this morning, so we took the time to catch up on our 'after get up snooze', such luxury!

I did have a look out the window when the postman called and woofed a hello to him, but it was raining and he didn't look up at me, so we think he wanted to get home quickly!

Holly was on guard duty and alerted us to his arrival, HA!

She was zonked out on the floor, snoring like OTL!

Holly being Alert!

OTL says that if she was any more alert he'd swear she was alive! Well, I thought that was so funny I nearly laughed my tail off!

Daisy gets the joke!

Soon after that we piled into the car and OTL took us out for a walk along the Sea Wall, which was OK 'cos it was still raining a bit and we didn't want to get soaking wet!

A quick run along the Sea Wall

We were going so fast that we left OTL behind and he hid down one of the stair wells. We were a little worried in case he had got lost or had fallen into the sea, but Holly found him and woofed him to 'Keep Up'!

Keep Up OTL!

We don't want any dawdlers on our run!

The afternoon was spent chewing rawhide and sneaking onto OTL's bed. One time he caught us and I tried to look all innocent and wistful, but it didn't work and he chased us off and made us take the rawhide off the bed as well!

Me looking Wistful. I do Wistful as well as Cute!

Tonight we think there is liver for dinner and together with a couple of chewy biscuits followed after with a knobbly end of OTL's Twiglets, plus what we can mug from their dinner, we would have done OK!

See you tomorrow.

Luv

Daisy & Holly (Silently Alert, not sleeping, honest!)

Hissing Sid Rools!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy & Holly here again.

Yesterday Betty Boo was talking about her Mum dreaming about an adder, well, OTL tells us that when she was a little girl, they had a really big grass snake that would swim in the pond and sun itself on the garden rockery.

She called it Hissing Sid 'cos every time anyone got near, it would start hissing, trying to make itself look all big and dangerous!

We've been very good puppies today, Old Two Legs has been very busy doing his 'day time job' as he calls it.

There was loads of banging and thumps going on in the office as he's making stuff. Then he's been pacing up and down waiting for the postman to call, but he didn't.

Suddenly, it was, throw everything in the car and rush off to one of his suppliers who has let him down on deliveries, so he had to call on them to get replacement bits or something.

All this means we didn't get our lunchtime adventure!

We were with OTL when he finally got all the deliveries done and he had been promising us a good long run, at the New Park!

Our normal run around is about a mile long, around the swimming hole, up to see The Guardians and back again.

This time we got to the Swimming Hole and went onto the Orchard walk, which is over two miles long!

We ran and jumped and ran some more and by the time we got back to the car, I reckon we had done three and a bit miles of walking and running!

OTL didn't bring his camera this time, so you've missed out on me and Holly in the Swimming Hole, up to our tummies in the water, us chasing a rabbits across the field where they grow the young trees and Holly chasing a Big Magpie off the apple tree.

Holly says that they would have made great pictures!

So, we are looking forward to tomorrow and have asked to go to the New Park again for another runs and a swim!

The only problem is, there is loads of grass pollen in the air and poor OTL comes back sneezing fit to bust!

I hope it's better for him tomorrow!

Bye bye for now.

Luv

Daisy & Holly

Photographing Poppies

Hi Woofers!

Daisy & Holly back with you again.

It's been a warm day today, we've had a fun time chasing around the garden and then woofing at the postman.

The Missus was up early this morning, seems she had a dream about a card last night and wanted to start on it before she forgot her dream!

I do that sometimes, but it's food I dream about and there's never any there when I wake up!

We had a cuddle with Old Two Legs and moved off to the day bed for a snooze, before going out for a walk across The Fields. We didn't meet anyone, so we reckoned we were either too early or too late!

Lunchtime we went off with OTL to The Farm so he can try his hand at photographing plants using his new Plamp.

Well, there was OTL, camera on the tripod, head down looking into the camera and kneeling down in the field. So, Holly decided that OTL's lap would be a super place for a cuddle and climbed up! Me, well, I decided that the best place was to climb onto OTL's camera bag and have a snooze while he waited for the wind to stop blowing.

Poor old OTL, he suffers from hay fever which makes him sneeze every time he gets close to grass or flower pollen. Now just imagine his attempts to photograph a 'Floppy Poppy'.

He set up the tripod and gets the camera set up and waited for the wind to drop, it dropped enough for him to press the shutter but just at that moment he sneezed one of his big sneezes and blew the flower into a wobble. Then the wind came back and blew the flower back again the other way.Then the wind dropped and just as he was about to press the shutter, he sneezed again, the flower wobbled again.

And so it went on, sneeze, blow, sneeze, blow, blow, sneeze. Poor flower was in danger of getting stalk fatigue!

He managed to get some pictures but I think he needs to go back and try again when the wind drops!

Standard Poppy

Purple Poppy

 I think he has a lot more practise to do, maybe he should stick to plastic flowers to begin with!

We got some turkey tonight mixed with some doggy food and OTL has promised us a brush before going to bed!

We were all down stairs watching Countrywise on the TV and there was a bit about Gun Dogs. As soon as I saw them I was up on my feet woofing and grumbling at them. Holly,  hearing me woofing an grumbling started woofing in support, trouble was, she didn't know what I was woofing at, so she ran around the room woofing at everything!

I don't think she can see the TV screen very well, but then, I can't see distances very well!

So, we will be back tomorrow and who knows, OTL may try the flower thing again, if he stops sneezing!

Bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

We've been Mucky Puppies!

Hello to you all,

D&H back again on windy Monday!

We didn't get up until late today, that long F1 race yesterday had us on the edge of our seats all evening long and the final lap was amazing!

Good 'ole Jenson, at last he has got a bit of luck come his way for a change, position 21 when it restarted for the last time and he made it to the first across the line, wow!

Holly and me were talking about it late into the night, so that's why we were late in getting up this morning!

After our walk we spent most of the morning in our 'day bed' having a gentle snooze while OTL got on with sorting out a load of slide photographs from his dads collection. Most were of holidays his mum and dad took but there were some of OLT when he was a young man, that must be soooo long ago!

The Missus was talking about having an evening of showing these and wanted to know who would be buying the popcorn!

It will be interesting to see OTL with a full head of hair!

We had a good run at lunch time, all along the Sea Wall and along the beach.

Full Speed

We met up with couple of woofers we had met before and Holly got into trouble 'cos I was caught sniffing the tail of one !

In Trouble Again!

We had just had a run along the beach and I sort of 'wandered' into the muddy bit that is left after the tide goes out!

Mucky Me!

Well, as you have guessed, when we got home I was put in the kitchen sink and got washed all over my legs and my tummy!

When OTL had finished it was fun having a rush around the garden with Holly and pinching her rawhide chew. She does get so possessive about that chew!

The rest of the afternoon was spent catching up on our snoozing before dinner. Liver and nibbles with any luck!

How to Snooze with Style!

Zonked Out

Do we know how to snooze or Wot!

See you all tomrrow we are planing to try The Farm so OTL can try his Plant Clamp!

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly(Washed & Brushed!)

Sunday in a new Forest

Hi Woofers!

Daisy & Holly here again.

After yesterdays fun and games and late to bed, you known we didn't wake Old Two Legs up until seven this morning! Half the day's gone already!

We had a look at the photos he took and decided that next time we are going to go with him to see Alun 'cos they all look well fed, so there must be loads of food there!

It was Alun's birthday and also Olwyn's birthday, so there must have been loads of food!

You know, Aluns nearly as old as OTL, and that's very old, but looking at the photo he doesn't look nearly as old as OTL!

Happy Birthday Alun!

We went out with OTL down to the rubbish dump and got rid of some more bits TM had decided to throw out and we expected to go onto The Farm, but OTL said we were going to Trosley Park, a place we had never been to before, Ooooh an exciting new place!

Well, as we got closer there were loads of speed bumps in the road, up and down, up and down, up and down, now I don't do sailing and these speed bumps upset me. In fact I was so upset, I was sick all over OTL's leg. I just threw up over his thigh and it started to run down the inside of his leg, so, he formed his hand into a cup and caught most of it. Then he still had to park the car, using just one hand to do the steering! When we finally stopped, Holly and me were all excited and were jumping all over OTL trying to get out the door, the same door he was trying to get out without spilling my present to him!

We all fell out of the door, OTL wiping his leg clean, Holly and me running around the car park, (only two other cars there)!

OTL had some serious hand wipes in a plastic bucket in the back of the car and was able to clean himself up before charging after us down the path to the woods!

Another pile of logs!

The park was all hills and while it was OK going down, you had to go back up again on the way back!

A long way up!

We had a super run and when we got back to the car park, OTL brought us a sausage each from the tea van in the car park. It was a Frankfurter type of sausage that he broke in half and then held it up for us to take.

Only we didn't, we just sort of took bites out of it while he held it for us!

Best thing was, he did the same with the second sausage!

When he finally got around to eating his own sausage in a roll, we tried to mug him for a bit!

As he said, that one was his, we could go and whistle if we thought we were going to get any!

We tried whistling but all that happened was we blew raspberries!

Clever, these Two Legs!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

P.S.

Betty, it is OK for your milk teeth to drop out, you'll grow some new ones. Just make a fuss, get them to buy you some rawhide chews and let them know that you expect the Tooth Wolf to visit you and leave some new treats!  xx D&H

Rainy Saturday

Hi All!

Daisy & Holly here again.

Saturday was a funny day, sort off. Well I got up good and early and jumped onto the bed to say 'Good Morning' to Old Two Legs, you know, paw on the cheek and a good wash of the ear and bald patch on top of his head. I thought it was the best way to wake him up at five thirty in the morning.

He went all 'Grumbly' and went back to sleep again, so, I wandered over to The Missus and gave her a lick, she went all 'Grumbly' as well. I supose it's because they don't get enough sleep, you know they stay up past ten thirty in the evening!

After getting up and taking us for a walk we were both put in the car, 'walkies' we thought, but no, horror upon horror, we stopped at The Vets, oh no, now what?

We went in and got weighed again, 7.6Kg for Holly and 6.3Kg for me. That Holly is getting porkier by the day, too much food!

Surprise surprise, OTL brought a bag of Doggy Lumps that the vet had recommended on our last (booster injection) visit. That wasn't too bad, we got out of there as soon as OTL had emptied his wallet into their till!

We had our walk down by he Sea Wall and then off we went to see The Boys.

Not only did we have our own food brought by TM but there was a fire in a bucket in the garden and food was being cooked on it. Holly and I managed to mug a lamb chop each plus a few bits of meat from different people around the fire!

We didn't dig too many holes but we had a good chase around the garden!

TM & OTL came and collected us, which was good 'cos we were beginning to wonder where they had gone and how long they'd be!

Back home in time for OTL to get a whisky nightcap and for us to get a nibble of shortbread!

See you all tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

(both with full tummies)

Shampoo & Set

Hello Everyone!

Daisy & Holly here again.

The diary reads 'Not very happy when I woke up this morning'.

Well, you know how much I love having my hair cut and especially being washed by a strange person, other than Old Two Legs, who is strange, but in a nice way!

Today Holly and I were booked in for a 'Shampoo & Set' as OTL calls it.

We parked up outside the Grooming Parlour for ten minutes and had to listen to the unhappy sounds of all those dogs left in the kennels while their owners go on holiday.

The door opened and we went inside and we both remembered that Janet, who does all the hair cuts, was not so bad really, but we did drag our paws a little as we were led off to the holding room!

Well, to cut a long tail short, we got washed, coat clipped, claws clipped, blow dried, sprayed with smelly stuff, clipped again, brushed and combed, told we were pretty puppies and put back into a holding cage.

Holly checked me over and I had a look at Holly and we decided that we both looked 'The Business'

Around midday OTL arrived to picked us up, we were so pleased to see him, Holly did a wee on the floor and I jumped up on top of OTL's shoulders and licked both of his ears!

Then it was a rush to get out of the door and into the car!

Just as a treat, OTL took us off to The New Park, loads of space to run and other dogs to say hello to.

Dancing with Holly

 We told a few about our 'shampoo & set' and they all said how sorry they were but we did look smart.

There was this enormous Alsatian that was looking at us from the path, in play mode, who came bounding over and said that we both looked super and had we just been brushed?

Hello Basil!

When we got down to the Swimming Hole we both had a splash to try and get rid of the smell, Holly said we should have a swim but it was too cold for that!

Keep splashing, the smell is going!

Off home to see TM and Auntie Shelia and some chicken for dinner, then a cuddle with OTL until he got the whisky out and of course, the shortbread!

A fine end to a busy day!

See you tomorrow, we're off to stay with The Boys for a while, well a few hours!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Hunting Foxes

Hi Woofers,

It's Daisy & Holly again.

We've had a funny old day today, first of all we overslept, you know we were still asleep at six thirty!

Old Two Legs was up and working early, so that means we sneak into the bedroom and have a snooze on his bed!

The Missus caught Holly chewing a rawhide chew on the bed and took it away and waved her finger at Holly.

Holly was not a happy puppy, in fact she showed off by being grumpy and not moving off the bed all morning!

Lunch time OTL took us out and we went to The Farm again, it was fun charging in and out of the trees chasing pretend rabbits!

Holly Hunting Pretend Rabbits!

There were some men digging a hole in the ground so they can plant a notice board, they were making so much noise that I got a bit worried and OTL had to carry me on his shoulders until we were past them!

Later on we had to go out again! So this time we ended up at The Lakes, we chased a real rabbit and then Holly spotted a fox! We were of like a couple of Wire Haired Fox Hunting Rockets!

Spot The Fox!

 Trouble is, the fox was faster and we lost it in the bushes, so we had to go back to OTL and admit we lost the fox!

Foxy Gone!

We did see some ducks and woofed at them from the bridge but they just hiss'd at us!

Hissin Ducks

So rude!

Tomorrow we have to go and have our hair cut and a bath (Yuk) and our nails clipped and then sprayed with something that make TM go 'Oooooh don't they smell lovely'



I know it cost OTL a fortune but it is not our favourite activity, rolling in the fox poo afterwards is better!

See you tomorrow!

Luv

Daisy & Holly

I don't like to be rushed!

Yo Ho Woofers,

It's us back again.

It has been all rush today, first thing there was the 'getting up', we got up to woof at a noise outside the window, at three thirty this morning. I just couldn't get back to sleep again

So, knowing how OTL Two Legs likes a chat, I jumped up and sat on his pillow and helped clean his ear before engaging in meaningful conversation.

He was all 'Grumbly', said something like 'gerrofmyheadandgetbacktoyerownbedbeforeIshutyouintheshed!

Well, I think that was the meaning anyway!

He does love a joke does OTL!

Lunch time we went down to the Sea Wall to have a walk, we had just got into the walk when OTL gets a phone call from The Missus wanting us and the car back ASAP 'cos she's got to go baby sitting.

Well, I hadn't completed my walk and stuff. A girl can't be rushed on these things, you've got to find a suitable sniff close by then make sure there is no one looking and the wind isn't blowing the wrong way. It all takes time, and there is TM shouting hurry up down the phone!

A good place for a wee?

Called back Home!

 Just wait till she goes to the loo, Holly and me will give her thirty seconds and then let out such a howling an' woofing an' snarling, she'll see how uncomfortable it is being rushed!

OTL has been playing around with his 'Plamp', no, I didn't know what it was either! It arrived in the post this morning and it is a Plant Clamp that fits onto his camera tripod and holds the stem of the flower he's trying to photograph.

OTL's Plamp Assisted Rose!

Not bad for a start with light just coming from the window, wonder what it's like in the open air?

We went down to see The Boys and met them from school and had a game in the back garden, chasing all over the place. Holly wanted to dig a big hole but it looks like they are re designing the garden so Holly got the warning from TM, 'dig and you'll sleep there tonight'.

Spoil Sport!

See you tomorrow!

Luv

Daisy & Holly (above ground still)