A Wet Saturday, Just For A Change!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy & Holly back again!

What a day today! It started off being wet, then it got colder, then it got wetter and colder!

A typical English Summer!

We went for a walk along The Sea Wall this morning and where the workmen moved the beach shingle, they left a dip between the shingle and the Sea Wall. Well the tide was so high and the wind so strong that it blew the water right over the top and made a big puddle!

Having a Paddle!

Holly and I just had to have a paddle in that, just for fun!

Next Stop Hamburg?

We watched a container ship heading out to sea after unloading and loading up again at the Thames Port Port. Sometimes they get big container ships in there!

Old Two Legs got all interested in taking pictures of the sea crashing against the shore and splashing up in the air!

Splash!

Another Splash

And Another One!

Holly and me did some chasing of rabbits but by the time we got down to the bushes, they had gone down their Rabbit Holes!

OTL says that one day we will catch one and then be so surprised we won't know what to do with it.

Holly says that there are only two things you can do with a rabbit,  Roast or Boiled!

Nearly!

Still it's fun trying to catch them!

We spent most of the afternoon in the caravan, well, we were supposed to be away in it this weekend but the site was too wet so we couldn't go.

What we did do was to help OTL with some 'Tarting Up' of the inside and general maintenance. He spent some time fiddling with the satellite television system, mumbling and grumbling when it didn't do what he wanted it to do!

In the end he sorted it out and declared that it was now 'Working as it should'!

This evening was spent watching the Harry Potter movies and falling asleep cuddled up to OTL.

In fact a very relaxing evening!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Do Parakeets Taste Like Chicken?

Yo Ho Woofers!

Daisy & Holly back again!

It was good to see Mr Goodes is feeling better, but we still don't know if he looks like a Panda!

Hey! Guess what? Yep! No rain today!

No Sun either but at least we kept dry, not counting the puddles we walked in!

Holly found a Whelk Shell and asked Old Two Legs if he could make it fit her 'cos she fancied being a Hermit Crab for a day!

Holly The Hermit!

I said that she would look daft and anyway she was too big to fit in properly and on top of that, she didn't have the legs for it!

Holly called me a Spoil Sport and No Fun and a Rat Bag as well.

That was when the fight started!

OTL got all upset and shouted at us both to 'Act our age!' then he threatened to take us home if we were naughty again!

So, we behaved ourselves, for two minutes!


We went on a bit further and came to where a Fisherman was setting up his fishing tackle, Holly went up and woofed a 'Hello' and 'Caught anything Mister?'

All he did was to shout 'Clear Off!'

Old Misery Guts!

OTL told him that she was just saying 'Hello' but the Fisherman turned away and ignored us. OTL said we should not expect everyone to think we are friendly if we bark our 'Hello' 'cos people don't always understand Doggy!

OTL also said that he was a Misery Guts as well!

So Holly had a wee on the steps where he was, that will teach him!

We saw the Kestrel again looking for mice and voles and this time we could hear him calling!

Here! Volly, Volly!

OTL says that one day he will come down with his big lens and spend all day on the Sea Wall photographing the birds!

Boring or Wot!

After lunch we went out with OTL and visited The Forest again!

Off we went sniffin the sniffs and hunting squirrels, OTL was doing his normal thing, walking along looking at the trees for the Jay so he can take a picture of it.

Then suddenly he spotted a couple of birds high in the tree but they were not Jay's.

Well it's not a Jay!

 OTL said that they were Rose Ringed Parakeets and that this was the first time he had seen them in the woods.


OTL said they were looking for a house so they can build a nest and raise a family, then sure enough, one of the birds was inspecting a hole in the tree trunk to see if it was big enough for them and the eggs!

This is not big enough! I said I want Five Bedrooms!

Holly was sitting beside OTL and we knew just what she was thinking.

She was licking her lips and saying Mmmmmm?

We watched them for a little while until they flew away.

We also saw some Nuthatch and a big Mistle Thrush who was sitting on top of a tree singing!

I spotted several squirrels but the were not interested in playing 'Chase' with us 'cos we play too rough!

Squirrel Spotting!

It made a change to get back into the car with muddy paws instead of being wet all over. Mind you, OTL still didn't like us climbing onto his lap for a cuddle, I mean, what is a little muddy paw now and again!

Back home to a chew and a snooze before dinner.

I think OTL plans to go out over the weekend, if it doesn't rain, to visit Canterbury Marshes.

Now that would be fun!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly (Plus Muddy Paws!)

A Damp Day.

Hi Ho Woofers!

A Damp Daisy & Holly here again!

It is May, sun shine and warm weather, building sand castles on the beach, sun bathing in the garden.

In your dreams!

It was cold, damp, rainy and wet under paw this morning, we were not looking forward to our run out.

We've had better Weather!

Old Two Legs got all excited 'cos he saw his first Swift this year, it was flying low and fast and the picture he got was Terrible, but we went Ooo and Ahhhh! when he showed us, well, he seemed excited and we didn't want to upset him!

OTL's Swift

We carried on along the Sea Wall, sniffin the sniffs, when in the distance we heard 'Hellooooooo Girlies'   'What's That?' said Holly without raising her nose from a fishy sniff. I looked up and then along the Sea Wall and saw Barney racing along towards us!

'Hellooooooo Girlies'

'Hellooo Girls!' He called out again as he got close, 'Terrible Weather Today!' then he bounded past us and gave OTL a big Hello welcome.

Hello OTL!

It wasn't long before his owners arrived and they had a chat with OTL.

Barney and us had a game of 'Chase The Ball' which he won mostly, but some times Holly or I got to it first and had fun being chased by Barney!

Holly Got It This Time!

Well, it was his ball!

Back home to a super breakfast of Lambs Heart and biscuits followed by a snooze in OTLs office where we keep our Day Beds!

Lunch time came and off we went again to The Sea Wall, no chance of getting the rabbits and again it was raining, that sort of damp misty rain that seeps into your coat and makes your ears all wet and cold!


Back home as soon as possible and back to our beds!


OTL was back working as well and we spent the afternoon snoozing and mugging The Missus for some of her late lunch!


This evening we are going to mug OTL for some of his shortbread and maybe even get him to let us have some Chicken Fillets that were meant for our holiday that has been cancelled because of rain!


We're getting fed up with all this wet stuff!


See you tomorrow!


Luv,


Daisy & Holly

Twice around The Forest and Back for Dinner!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy & Holly back with more adventures!

This morning we woke Old Two Legs up early, just for fun! Both Holly and I jumped onto the bed after The Missus had got up.

We sneaked up to his head that was poking out from under the duvet and gave his ears a good licking!

After he woke up, we crept down to the bottom of the bed and fell asleep!

Success!

 Our walk down on The Sea Wall was a little misty, not very cold but lacking in other interesting stuff!

I mean, all we saw were two Shellduck racing along above the beach looking for a place to land 'cos the tide was right up to the top of the beach!

Looking for a place to land!

After lunch we went with OTL down to The Forest, more squirrel chasing and sniffin for Foxes!

About half way around OTL got a call on his mobile phone, it was TM jumping up and down 'cos OTL had taken the small car. Seems she had to go off baby sitting and needed the car!

OTL did suggest she find her bus pass and go that way but it didn't go down too well.

So, that was it, only half way around our walk and we were on our way home all glum and unhappy with our day!

It was bad enough being served Doggy Scoff this morning instead of real food but to have our walk shortened was just too much!

OTL drove home and as we pulled up outside, TM came rushing out of the front door. OTL got out of the car and opened up the big car and told us to 'Get In!'

To our surprise and great joy, off we went back to The Forest again!

Off we went, sniffin for squirrels and chasing foxes and we didn't even show off when OTL wanted to take pictures of the Bluebells again!

A carpet of Bluebells.

Both Holly and me were really impressed with OTL, he managed to creep up on a squirrel who was digging up some nuts he had hidden. OTL got really close and it was only the camera noise that scared the squirrel off!

A Squirrel and Bluebells!

We will be glad when the warm weather comes back 'cos at the moment the paths keep going all boggy and it gets between the pads on our feet and OTL has to spend time cleaning our feet before getting in the car!

Dry to the left, boggy to the right!

We hear that tomorrow there will be rain down here, so we hope it will all fall on us over night, that way the ground will be wet but we won't get soaked by the rain when we go out in the morning!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Hunting Cats and other Things!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy & Holly back again!

When we go for our walks with Old Two Legs, there is a 'Standard' procedure we go through when leaving the house.

First of all OTL makes us sit down while he puts the lead on us, as he says, it is not as though he doesn't trust us to go straight to the car, it's just that he doesn't trust us!

We sit down and start to get excited, Holly is doing her 'Come On' woof and I am having a little whine and trying to push in front of everyone!

OTL, having got in front, opens the door and us doggies fly out!

Our little paws hardly touching the ground, we dash into the bottom of a big conifer tree in the front garden. Now, we know that the local cats hide under the tree when it rains or is getting cold.

Holly and I go crashing into the tree, woofing and howling like Banshee's on the hunt!

The cats try to scatter in all directions, bumping into the tree, the branches, each other and the brick wall separating our garden from next door!

There is howling from the cats, woofing from us, 'ouching' from the cats, snarling from us, yowling from the cats and thuds from the wall!

You would have thought by now they would have learned the lesson of 'Don't hang about in our Tree!'

Cats must be really stupid!

The morning walk was OK, not a lot happening, Holly found a bit of 'Decking' from an old sailing ship and said that we could build a boat and sail the seas looking for Cat-amarans, instead of looking up trees for the cats!

We can build a boat!

OTL thought that joke was terrible but it didn't stop him from laughing!

We saw a Wheatear flying along the Sea Wall and landing on the railings!

Wheatear.

We also saw the Kestrel hanging on the wind looking for voles and mouses with a death wish!

Here Mousy Mousy!

Our afternoon run was great, we went down to The Forest again and OTL was looking for Jays but they didn't come close enough to get a good photo.

A passing Green Woodpecker stopped for a moment to see what we were doing, but he didn't stay long 'cos he was busy looking for dinner!

Can't stop, dinner is calling!

I found some more Bluebells but Holly said we should not tell OTL or he will be hanging around for ages trying to take a picture!

Better not tell OTL!

We shouldn't have bothered, he was trying to stalk a couple of Jays that were flying  around the trees, first OTL went left and then he went right and then he sat down to wait, so, we still had to wait for him!

Waiting for OTL, Again!

While we were sitting there, waiting, Holly whispered, 'Look Up!' I did, and there, sitting on a branch was a young squirrel nibbling a nut!

Nuts to You!

Hey, says Holly, come down and let us share a nibble of your nut!

The squirrel didn't think that a good idea, instead all she did was to carry on nibbling and say 'Nuts!' to us!

Holly said that she would climb up and unscrew the squirrels tail if she didn't show some 'Respect' to us.

To which, the squirrel blew a big, long, loud, wet, raspberry at us and tossed a nut shell down at Holly, saying 'Nibble on That Then!'

Raspberries to you!

Well, now we have her picture we will be able to recognise her if ever we catch her on the ground!

Back home for a snooze before dinner then a warm cuddle with OTL while we mug him for a nibble of his shortbread!

Bye bye for now, see you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Monday and not rain until later!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy & Holly here!

Wot a Super Day today! No rain, no Cold and Long Walks! Well in the morning anyway!

It makes a change to feel the sun on your back even if there is a small breeze blowing as well!

We went down to the Sea Wall and met up with a new doggy, his name is Bobby and he is a show off!

Well he doesn't get let off the lead much and doesn't get to meet other dogs off the lead, so, he doesn't know all the signals.

Like, Tail Sniffin and 'Chase' and not to show off unless you are good at it!

First of all he took Holly by surprise and got a quick Woof for his troubles, then he tried showing off and got told wot by Holly!

Look! I can stand on my front Paws!

Still, I suppose that if you don't know the rules you will make a Plonker of yourself!

We saw Mr Corvid looking for some snails, he said that after all that rain the snails and worms should be floating on the grass!

Mr Corvid Hunting Snails.

Holly reckons the snails are crunchy to eat but taste a bit funny plus they are not good for us dogs 'cos they got wormy things that could turn us blind!

On our way back to the car we met up with Vinny, now here is another dog that doesn't get off the lead much and also gets too excited when he does!

Vinny!

He got the Short Shrift from me and a Woof with Snap from Holly! He's pretty harmless really and we ended up having a game of 'Chase' before running off to chase rabbits!

Driving back Old Two Legs suddenly drove off the side of the road and wound down the car window. We thought it was a 'Troublesome Thing' that was about to attack us, so both Holly and I rushed to the window, stood on OTL's lap and set up our 'Defensive Woofing Barrier'.

OTL was struggling to get his camera in between us woofin puppies then started to take pictures!

We couldn't at first see what he was snapping at, then we saw it, a Hen Harrier flying over the marsh looking for food!

Boring or Wot!

Marsh Harrier!

Back home for a brush, breakfast and a snooze in the back garden in the sun!

Lunch time we were down The Forest again searching for Squirrels and Jays. We found a few squirrels and even saw a couple of Jays but neither of them hung around to pass the time of day with us!

Mr Jay in the Tree Tops!

Holly and I got a good running start on one squirrel.

Chaaaaaaaaarge!

It got away, but only just, it turned left and we turned right!

It Gone?

It was good fun, and the sun was still shining down, so we have our paws crossed for sun shine for the rest of the week!

That was until late this afternoon. We had to get some stuff down to the carriers late afternoon, so, off we went with OTL and then on the way home, we stopped at the Sea Wall for a last bit of a run before going to bed.

Guess what? It started to rain again! It started slowly and then got worse and wetter and windy!

We even had to cut our run short, just to get out of the rain!

Then to make things worse, we got an email from the caravan site owner saying it would be too wet for caravans this weekend, so our booking was cancelled!

Holly and I will now have to sit down and work out a cunning plan to get The Missus and OTL out for day time visits to interesting places!

I wonder if Mr Goodes has got Internet access in the hospital? If he has, a big get well soon woof from both Holly and me, and Barney as well!

Bye bye for now, see you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Sunday, Rain Day!

Yo Ho Woofers!

Daisy & Holly back with you again.

Wot a day! This morning we went out for our normal promenade along the Sea Wall, instead we were blown back, soaked to the skin and blown almost inside out!

Well, we did our business in double quick time, in fact it could even be a record!

Then as we turned to go along the Sea Wall Path I jumped up and saw the car back in the car park, 'Hey! Holly!' I called 'There's the car, lets go Home!'

Look What I See!

That was it, we both ran up the path and stood round the back of the car where we normally get in.

It didn't take Old Two Legs long to find us and he was laughing and called us 'A Pair of Wimps'

Wimps or not, at least we're not Stupid!

Back home for a warm cuddle and a snooze in our Day Bed until lunch time!

We looked into the back garden and saw a Collared Dove sitting on the Bird Feeder, he was not a Happy Birdy, poor thing looked Cold, Wet and Miserable!

Not Happy!

What made it worse was the feeders were all empty!

This afternoon the sun came out for a little while, so off we went again for a walk and it made a change not to get wet!

This evening it was all cuddles and mugging OTL for nibbles!

We must wish Michael well for his operation tomorrow, he's off to get his sinuses sorted. That will mean he can enjoy the sniffs better than he can at the moment!

The Missus said that he will come back with two black eyes, does that mean he will look like one of those Panda's they have in the zoo?

Mr Goodes?

Bye bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy & Holly

Wet Rain, Wet Weather, Wet Doggies!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy & Holly here!

What a day! I reckon that if they managed to save all the rain that fell today, shove it into those reservoir thingy wotsit, the hose pipe ban will be over!


We went out first thing with Old Two Legs and it was raining and windy and we just were not having our normal fun.

We don't do Wet!

We tried telling OTL but he insisted we did the whole two mile run! We were soaked when we got back to the car but luckily he had got one of our Doggy Towels with him so after a rub down we didn't feel so bad. 


It was even better when he put the heater blowers on and got the heated seat warmed up as well!


The morning was spent clearing up a few things in the office, our rawhide chews needed to be hidden and the teeth cleaning chews tucked under our bed blankets and of course, our squeaky toys needed to be put in the play box as well!


Lunchtime was no better as far as the weather was concerned, horizontal rain, no rabbits, no squirrels and no other dogs!

No Rabbits To Hunt!

We tried telling OTL we only want a short walk but did he listen?

Holly protesting!

Holly tried to tell him that she would rather have a snooze on the sofa but OTL was too busy trying to get a picture of a Black Headed Gull who was flying overhead!

Hey! I do Rain and Wind!

We got a bit further on and both Holly and I decided we had to take things into our own paws. 


We ran ahead of OTL and then turned towards home at a short cut we know.

I Don't Care, I'm Going Home!

We both ran off and of course, OTL had to follow!


Soon we were back in the car, heater on, heated seats on, towel wrapped around us and OTL drying our tails!


Back home it was a pleasant afternoon, snoozing, mugging OTL for some of his lunch and having a chew on our rawhide chews!


We haven't seen tomorrows weather forecast but I reckon we got some more rain.


Roll on Summer!


OTL is going to take us away in the caravan again next week, let's hope the sun shines 'cos we don't fancy sitting in a caravan woofing at sheep all week!


Claws crossed for sun shine and that means you as well!


Bye bye for now and see you tomorrow!


Luv,


Daisy & Holly

Funtastic Friday!

Hi Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy & Holly back with you!

After yesterdays mooching around with nothing too exciting to do, we made up for it last night and today!

We spent some time in Old Two Legs office having a chew on our rawhide chews, making a noise by gnawing and banging the chew on the floor.

The Missus was not happy!

She came stomping into the office saying, 'Will you keep those dogs quiet!', then she stomped off to bed again.

OTL didn't take any notice, but he did close the office door and we just carried on chomping!

During the night I wanted to tell OTL about a dream I had dreamt about running on a beach but he was asleep. So, I very gently stroked the side of his face with my paw, unfortunately, I stroked a bit too hard and scratched his face, it was OK 'cos I started to lick the blood off his cheek but he turned over and told me to go back to bed!

Come the morning I'm sure he couldn't remember a thing, but he did have two scratch marks on his cheek!

The sun was shining and the wind was gentle when we went out for our morning walk.

We first met up with a noisy little Bozzo who just could not stay still, we think he doesn't get out too much! In the end he flopped down in front of OTL and said 'I'm Whacked!'

I'm Whacked!

Next thing we knew was a Big HELLOOOO Girlies! and Barney came crashing into us!

HELLOOOO!!!!

Holly walked up to him and said 'Bonjour Monsieur Barney, comment allez-vous?'

Well, I nearly fell back onto my tail! Holly talking French!

Barney replied 'Bonjour Miss Holly, vous regardez belle ce matin ensoleillé!'

Holly got all embarrassed and I said 'What did he say?' 

Dunno, says Holly but he sure does know a lot of French!

As we were walking back to the car I asked Holly how she knew how to speak in French and she said that last night she had been woken up by someone talking about running on a sandy beach. So she had gone into the office and had found a translation site on the Internet and had learnt some things in French!

That Holly Dog can be clever, sometimes!

Lunch time came and OTL was off to the carrier to send off some stuff, so, next stop, The Forest!

Squirrel Hunters is Us!

Hunting Squirrel!

 We managed to chase three squirrels but as normal they were too far away to stand a chance of catching them but it was still good fun trying!

We were stalking through the forest and we came upon an arch made out of a couple of trees. Holly said it was the Woodland Folk making a doorway to the forest and OTL said it was a bit too big for a Fairy Arch and maybe it was a Witches Front Door!

Who's door is this?

Holly and I stayed away from it, just in case!


OTL spotted a Mistle Thrush up in the tree and took a picture, not a brilliant picture but he had trouble deciding if it was a Mistle or a Song Thrush, in the end the size and lack of Yellow Buff colouring on the chest decided it.

Mistle Thrush

Holly asked if it tasted like Chicken?


Due to the lack of squirrels, OTL wandered off and found a Fairy Arch made of Bluebells, but we said that we thought his imagination was running wild again!

Boring Bluebells!

It was good to be out in the sun shine and the smell of the forest growing. The Woodpeckers were banging away on the tree trunks and making a dreadful din!


After all the chasing Holly said we had Run Out of Squirrels! OTL thought that was funny!

We've Run Out of Squirrels!

Back home to a prospect of mugging OTL for some of his dinner then curl up on the sofa for a cuddle and a snooze!


Life is good!


See you tomorrow.


Luv,


Daisy & Holly