A Day Working With OTL

Hello Woofers,

Daisy & Holly here again!

We have been very good puppies today, we have been helping Old Two Legs get through all his jobs today.

First of all we decided that he should get up good and early so he can get some work done before it gets too hot, so, at about four this morning we both jumped onto the bed, wrapped ourselves around his head and gave him a 'good morning lick'.

I licked behind his ear and Holly licked his bald patch on top of his head!

You know what?

All he did was give us both a tickle behind our ears and went back to sleep!

We didn't make too much fuss when he finally got up and we asked The Missus to take us out for our morning walk.

On the way back, there was a house with a load of cucumbers outside the door with a notice 'Help Yourself for Free!'

Well TM took one and we went over to see if there were any carrots there, well, you never know your luck!

OTL took us out when he went delivering stuff and we dropped into Trosley Park on our way back. It was super, a long long path with trees shading the path, which was just as well, 'cos it was hot this afternoon!

Shady Path!

We went chasing rabbits and squirrels and monsters, I ended up with a load of seed pods on my nose and head, so OTL had to spend a long time picking them off. Holly was not as bad as me but she had a few on her tail!


The path looked pretty in the sun light and Holly just had to climb up onto an old log and go 'Boo' to OTL just when he was taking a photo! It really messed up his focusing!

Boo!

There were some very old trees there and a few had fallen over in the storms last winter.

An old tree and it looks spooky!

We saw a climbing thingy for the children and OTL challenged Holly to climb to the top, she said that was impossible and the only thing she could do with them was to try some pole dancing!

Pole Dance Holly?

We got back to TM at home, just in time to see the chicken pulled from the oven, all well cooked and crispy, just like we like it!

Trouble was, we were just too worn out to eat it

After a snooze it was a different story!

We have been cuddled up with OTL on his chair this evening and he has given us a good brush to get rid of the nasty seed pods and other stuff, so we look all super smart and clean again.

As it is the beginning of the month, that means we get our anti flea stuff squirted onto our backs, just in-between our shoulder blades, it's all damp and runny for a few minutes and boy does it pong!

Off to bed now, and as the window is open, that means we will hear everyone who walks past. That gives us a good excuse to have a woof at them, mind you, it makes TM a bit grumbly!

However, it does show we are alert and on guard, doing our job!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly (ex pole dancer)

Night Time Japes!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy and Holly back again.

Did we have some fun last night! After a super meal and an 'after dinner snooze' we spent some time watching the TV, well about two minutes, then we fell asleep again!

It was difficult getting to sleep proper 'cos Old Two Legs was not here to tuck us in and tell us a good night story. The Missus is OK but it's not the same, she doesn't tell us a story!

We tried very hard to sleep but kept on waking up. So, Holly says, 'as we're awake, why not let's see who else is awake'!

So, off I went and scratched at the door, like I wanted a wee, TM woke up 'cos she is on 'auto pilot' regarding midnight wee's!

She opened the door and we were off!

First stop is Boss Man & Lady, Yahoo, up on the bed, lick lick, jump up and down, woof woof and off the bed and into The Boys bedrooms, up on the bed, lick lick, jump up and down, woof woof!

Oh boy was that fun, and all the time TM was chasing us!

We love it when she joins in the games!

She also told us it was three in the morning, so, what's the problem?

We were a little late getting up this morning, we just fancied an extra hour or so in bed!

Later we went out for a walk and we met up with a young pup called Sonny, he wasn't too sure of himself, so Holly put him in his place and told him to be a good puppy!

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black, she is the naughtiest I know!

OK, not too close now!

We were off to the lakes later and had some fun chasing the rabbits, although it was a bit of a struggle getting TM to let us off the lead!

Come on! We can see rabbits!

Holly said that rabbits are too fast for her, so she went to try out the sheep dog stuff on the ducks, but none of them would play with her, especially when she asked who tasted most like chicken.

No one put their wing up for that and they all stayed in the water!

Who tastes like chicken? Put your wing up!

It wasn't long before we headed for home, Holly and me made a plan of what we would do to OTL when we got in. I was to lick his ear and Holly was to nibble his nose!

It was good to see him again and tell him of our adventures and of course, cuddle up to him as he has a slurp of his Single Malt Whisky, just to celebrate our home coming!

Mind you, we did have a bit of his shortbread as well!

Ho Hum, an early night tonight just because we are back in our own bed tonight, it's much softer that the one we slept in last night!

Tomorrow's Friday, so we are expecting an 'Adventure' from OTL, maybe a car ride and a long walk, providing the rain stays away!

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Over to see The Boys

Hi Woofers,

D&H back again, well almost.

We are on a sleep over at The Boys house today.

We left home really early this morning and have been out for walks around the lakes, then we got back and decided to have a little dig in the garden, then we found some of Holly's old toys and dug a hole and buried them again!

A sort of doggy time capsule!

It's a funny sort of day, no Old Two Legs to mug for some shortbread or have a game with our chews or tickle our tummies or give us a morning brush.

Hopefully, we will be back home to see him tomorrow afternoon.

That should give him plenty of time to do his work and get it all sent off to his customers.

Holly reckons we should creep up on him and surprise him with a BIG WOOF and a severe ear licking!

He will then give us a big cuddle as well and a good brushing to get all the garden out of our coats!

Sorry about the no show of photographs, it seems that The Missus doesn't know how to down load the pictures so I can select some showing our day's adventures!

Maybe tomorrow I'll have a look and see what the instruction manual says!

Bye bye for now, we're both off for an early'ish night.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Back to Work!

Hello Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy & Holly.

We have been with Old Two Legs today, keeping him company as he tries to catch up with all that paperwork that has been building up while we have been on holiday!

We keep telling him to have a break and jump up onto his lap and climb onto his leather chair and give him a cuddle around his shoulders!

Lunch time we went out and delivered some 'stuff' then on we went to the Riverside Park, brilliant!


We chased the Gulls as we ran along the path.

Black Headed Gull just before we chased it!

Then we went to the end to have a look at the ducks by the sea wall.  We had a good woof at them and watched them fly off!

Woof Off Ducks!

On the way back to the car we had two sets of children ask OTL if they can stroke us!

Well, we don't mind that, providing OTL agrees and calls us to him so we can say hello without the children running around.

Doggy Stroking!

 Now don't get us wrong, we like being made a fuss of, especially by the Two Legs, however, I do draw the line at unruly little puppies that can't be trusted not to give you a nip on the ear when you are not looking!

Well, Holly being all friendly like, went up to a couple we met and forgot about my warning, yep, she got the 'Puppy Kiss', it jumped up and made a grab for her ear!

Here comes the 'Puppy Kiss'!

I know that OTL says we used to do it as well when we were puppies, but I don't like it done to me!

We are off to do some Baby Sitting  oops! Child Minding, tomorrow and will be sleeping over at The Boys House, so we have asked that The Missus takes her camera with her so we can get some pictures of the fun and games, hole digging and plant wrestling!

We may even go down to the lakes and say hello to the geese and ducks. Holly says she wants to try some 'sheep dog' stuff on them but I think that they will just fly away, as normal!

So, early to bed 'cos we're up early in the morning.

Bye bye for now.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Washing, Unpacking & Putting Everything Away!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy & Holly here.

We have been very busy today, first there was the 'retaking' of our territory from Hissin Chrissy, that was a short but noisy skirmish!

Holly spotted Chrissy sneaking down the shed roof and onto the fence, we crept out of the house and keeping close to the garden edge we were able to sneak up behind her. Then as she jumped down from the fence, there was the most horrendous woofing and howling from Holly and me, Chrissy shot across the garden and up the fence in one bound!

She certainly had the wind under her tail! She landed in next doors garden, that is where Buster lives and he heard the commotion, rushed out to investigate and came across Chrissy landing in his patch. That was it, off he went after Chrissy who was now heading for the next fence. That got cleared in one bound as well!

We had a good laugh about that and we could hear Buster chortling away on the other side of the fence, 'Welcome Back Girls' he called!


Old Two Legs gave us a treat, instead of going around the Farm Fields, he took us for a drive to the Sea Wall, just so we could check out all the sniffs that have appeared while we were on holiday.

Sea Side Sniffs

We saw one of the local crows and Holly remembered that one crow had been rude to her on holiday, so she decided to give this crow a good woofing off! Poor thing didn't even know what she was going on about, but he didn't hang about to ask questions!

Crow Chasing, Holly Style!

We were stretched out on the sofa, having a sort of 'rest', not a 'snooze', if you know what I mean, and Holly said she had so many memories of our holiday it was hard trying to remember just one that sums up everything.

There was the Otter we saw or maybe it was Angus not eating us for lunch, maybe it was the sandy beach where we dug holes to trap OTL!

I reckoned that OTL had taken a picture that will always remind me of the holiday, it was along side the path in the forest, on our last walk on the day we left.

Misty Ardmore Glen

Holly had a long think and said that it was difficult but the bit that stood out in her mind was the fun we had on the beach, digging holes and chasing each other. So the picture with us running with a bit of  sea weed in our mouths does it for her.

Calgary Bay Beach!

Maybe we will go back again next year, or maybe even Gairloch where the beach is even bigger but the wild life is a little scarcer.

We have lots of other things to look forward to before that, like Chris Richards getting a puppy in September! You know, one doggy is great fun but two are more rewarding, ask OTL & TM they'll tell you!

Then there is Christmas and before that, our Birthdays, Holly, Me OTL & TM!

Then we have booked to go away at Easter and we may get a  week or two in the Spring Time and of course, there are all the adventures we expect OTL and us to have, just to 'fill in' the blank spots!

So much planning and so little time!

Bye bye for now, we're off for another early night, this coming home stuff is pretty tiring!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Home Again!

Hello Woofers,

Daisy & Holly here again,back in England and dodging the rain!

We did nearly four hundred miles from Gretna Green back to home. On the way back we got a message telling us there were long delays on the M25, as usual! So, Old Two Legs decided to go the long way around the M25, past Heathrow Airport. It was fun looking at the planes as they took off, what a loud noise they make!

Finally we arrived in our little corner of the world, it was really super to be back.

We rushed around the house checking out every room to make sure it was all as we had left it, it was!

Then there was the garden, loads of sniffs, mostly of Hissin Chrissy that bad tempered cat that keeps chasing the birds.

Just wait until tomorrow morning when she walks through the garden, we'll make her jump out of her fur when we give her our 'WE'RE BACK' woof!

But now we are just two tired little puppies looking forward to getting to bed good and early so we can get out tomorrow and check the neighbourhood out for any changes that might have happened while we have been away!

Tomorrow we will have to sit down with OTL and plan where we will go for a holiday next year!

Bye bye for now,

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

P.S. We are going to read all the kind comments you have all left, but tomorrow, we just can't stop yawning at the moment!

Are we there yet?

Hi Woofers!

McDaisy & MacHolly here again!

We are writing this from inside Gretna Green, which is still in Scotland. We have been down to see the boarder, we were not impressed, no barbed wire, big trenches or big walls.

Just a sign saying 'Welcome to Scotland'

We arrived at two in the afternoon, The Missus wanted to dash off to the 'Designer Centre' to splash out some of Old Two Legs money!

He was not a happy OTL!

So we went for a walk over to the football pitch with OTL and played a game of 'chase the feather' 'cos there were loads of feathers all over the pitch!

We tried to upload yesterdays blog but the Dongle, signal and the system was not up to it, so we will post both yesterdays and today’s in one go tomorrow!

Two for the price of one, what a bargain!

OTL has been driving, we have not had a chance to take any photo's, so you will have to imagine the car being driven by OTL with TM asleep next to him. Holly asleep on the cushion on the arm rest and me asleep in my bed or on TM's lap.

Yep! That's it, we slept most of the way from Tobermory to Gretna, 240 something miles says OTL!

Up early tomorrow and home by about three if the traffic is kind to us.

So, bye bye for now, were off to get a Chinese meal and we have got chicken for dinner, (and some Chinese if we can mug OTL)

Luv

McDaisy and MacHolly

Leaving Tobermory!

Hi Woofers!

McDaisy & MacHolly here again!

Today we have been busy packing everything away in the caravan. We had to put all our toys in the cupboard and Old Two Legs has put most of his camera stuff away as well. The Missus has been very busy packing up all her card making stuff, there is LOADS of it!

It was a good job that TM brought so much stuff 'cos she made two and a half cards in the whole three weeks!

We went for our walks in the forest and said goodbye to the rocks.

Good Bye Rocks!

Then we said goodbye to the forest.

Good Bye Forest!

Then we both said goodbye to the smelly thing underneath the rock!

Bye Bye Smelly!

On the way back to the caravan we played at chariot racing down the path, we went so fast we nearly knocked OTL over!

A Racing Chariot!

We went down to the harbour and had some fish and chips and TM got us a big sausage to share.

Well, OTL chopped the sausage into bits and we shared it together!

After eating the sausage, we said goodbye to the harbour and the boats and went back to the caravan.

Bye Bye Harbour, Bye Bye Boats!

At the caravan site we had met Tessa who is up here on holiday with her Mum and Dad. She played with us, throwing our Frisbee and our ball, it was great fun chasing after her and our toys.

Mind you, her Daddy tried to get us to chase the ball when he threw it, but we were not having any of that! We wanted to play with our New Friend Tessa 'cos she can throw the ball better than her Dad!

After dinner of chicken and biscuits we had an early night 'cos we have to be up early to catch the ferry at Fishnish and head off to Gretna Green.

OTL has promised us a nibble of his King Prawns that he will have tomorrow evening!

Bye bye for now.

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

McDaisy & MacHolly

Come By, Darn, Lay Darn and other stuff!

Hi All You Woofers!

McDaisy & MacHolly here again!

Today has been very sunny here on the Isle of Mull, blue sky with a few fluffy clouds. We went for our normal run in the forest to chase the rabbits and big scary monsters!

Looking down to the trees.

Old Two Legs was more interested in photographing the trees and the plants by the side of the track, 'whatever floats yer boat' as Zoe says!

Bumble Bee

As we were going down the hill, there came three ladies and five doggies running up the hill! The doggies looked OK but the ladies looked as though they were about to collapse!

One dog stopped and said that they do this for 'fun', he said he could have more fun with a good bone!

I'd rather have a bone!

After breakfast of chicken and biscuits we all piled into the car to go to Pennyghael in search of Otters and other sea monsters.

Well that was the plan, we saw a notice by the side of the road, it said 'Sheep Dog Trials' 25^th August 10:30 am start!

We had never heard of that dog thing before, so we asked OTL if we could see what it was all about.

He in turn asked The Missus if we could drop in to see what was happening.

OTL never does anything without asking TM first, especially if she in in the car with us!

So, in we went to this big field. There were sheep dogs tied up to the fence under the trees. We had a chat with one and he told us about his work and the problem he has with Sheep Ticks!

Foods OK but the Ticks!

He explained that all he did was chase sheep around when the man gave him instructions. He was going to be in the competition, so we wished him well and went to sit with OTL and TM to watch.

Watching the action!

OTL said that the shepherd was in charge and in the field there was a post with a man standing next to it and that is the shepherd.

Further up the field there were some wooden fence panels made to look like gates, but with no gate, if you understand what I mean!

At the other end of the field four sheep were let loose from their pen and the sheep dog rushed up there and by listening to the man shouting and blowing a whistle, moved left, right, stop and lay down.

What it sounded like was, Awarry, Coomb Bye, Darn, Lay DARN! Then there was tweet, Tweet Tweet, Tweeeeeet!

The sheep dog seemed to know what to do, even if the man was getting it wrong 'cos he couldn't see where the gates were!

Come Bye, Darn, I wish he'd make up his mind!

Finally the man and dog had to get these sheep into a pen, now that was funny! All it took was one sheep with attitude to spoil the whole thing.

We saw one dog go up to the sheep and the sheep just stamped it's feet and then got it's mate to stamp her feet as well. Poor dog wanted to go up and give the sheep a good telling off but the man just told him to Lay DARN!

Sheep with Attitude!

Well, we stayed for some time watching all this, it was a real eye opener on what to do with sheep, a new way of chasing them I suppose!

Holly and I are going to practice on the ducks when we get back home!

After the sheep trials, we went off down to the coast and had a good run on the beach, I even went in swimming, by mistake, after misjudging the depth of the water!

Someone nicked the bottom!

No real problem, I just swam to the shore and shook myself dry, all over OTL and Holly!

That was good fun and by then it was getting late, so OTL never did get to go otter hunting with his camera.

Tomorrow, OTL says we are going to take down the awning and pack up ready for our homeward trip on Saturday. We are staying overnight at Gretna Green, that's where OTL and TM got married, OTL says they got married three times, one real one and twice more over different anvils.

That sounds like serious weddings!

Lets hope the rain stays away so we can get the awning down and packed away in the dry!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

McDaisy & MacHolly

A Mish Mash Day!

Hello Woofers!

McDaisy & MacHolly here again!

Today has been a bit of a mish mash of a day.

First of all we went out for our morning run, but today, Old Two Legs took us up a big hill that had radio masts at the top, the view was terrific, all across the sea to other islands and other bits of our island as well.

Our Holiday Back Yard!

Then he said he wanted to take a picture of us to put on the Christmas card this year.

So, we sat still for all of ten seconds, then rushed off looking for any stray Haggis that may be hiding in the heather!

Looking Good Miss Holly, Feeling Good Miss Daisy!

We had super fun chasing each other 'cos there were no sheep or cattle to play with and we couldn't even find just one Haggis!

Back we went for breakfast, the remains of the Rump Steak from last night and a gnaw on our chews,

After which, Holly rushed around all the cushions and seats wiping her snout on each to get the bits of steak off her chops.

Holly wiping her Chops!

OTL said he was off to take some pictures and does The Missus want to look after us today!

Not blooming likely, we were in the car like a shot and had no intention of getting out again!

First of all we stopped by a golf course 'cos OTL wanted to try and capture the sun beams lighting up some small islands off shore. It was OK, but he let Holly and me off the lead. I was off chasing rabbits across the golf course with Holly following close behind. After a while Holly got fed up with chasing rabbits and went back to OTL who was jumping up and down calling us back!

He managed to get one shot off, hand held camera, sun just going in.

Just across from the Golf Course.

He tried again but with his landscape lens and tripod and ND filter and remote shutter release, but the sun wouldn't come out again, in fact it started to rain and then it came down like a waterfall! We sat in the car and couldn't even see the shore line it was so bad!

Where did the sun go?

 We drove off down the road, splashing in the puddles to try and wash off all the earth and stones that were stuck to the underside of the car after OTL had to be pulled out the other day, there were loads of stones!

We ended up at Duart Castle, ancestral home of the Clan Maclean. It looked all dark and dismal but that was only because the sun had gone!

OTL tried to take some picture but what with us running around on the lead and tripping him up and knocking the tripod over, plus customers ringing him up, in the end he gave up!

He said he had a few pictures that he could 'mess about with' but nothing earth shatteringly good!

Duart Castle home of Clan Mclean

Back into the car and off home!

What we didn't know was, when OTL walked up to the entrance to the castle, he asked if he could take us with him to hotograph the castle from the rocks. The lady said that should be OK providing we were well behaved, on a lead and OTL had to buy a guide to the castle for £3.

OTL said that we were not well behaved and felt that he had been robbed of £3 and was going to take it out of our chew money!

We think he will forget, especially when we got back to the caravan and give him a cuddle and a lick in both ears!

I think it will be an early night tonight and a fun day tomorrow searching for more otters at Pennyghael!

Bye for now,

Luv,

McDaisy & MacHolly