Wot a FEAST!

Hi Woofers!

It's Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles here!

We have had some fun today! It started off this morning when we decided to wake Old Two Leg up 'cos he was over sleeping!

Holly and I jumped up on the bed and gave his head a good lick and Holly set about his nose and between us we woke him up.

Then he rolled over onto his back and went to sleep again!

Holly and I were just about out of licks so we snuggled down next to him and had an extra hours snooze! Holly, cheeky Pup, snuggled right up under his arm and put her head onto his shoulder, now that's a 'Serious Cuddle'!

Mr Brambles and Snowflake were busting to get out 'cos they missed out of their walk yesterday so they were rattling on the cage  door to be let out!

It was a bit muggy down on The Sea Wall, dull, overcast and a misty rain.

Not that it worried Holly and I but Snowflake did protest a bit and Mr Brambles didn't make such a fuss about getting down onto the ground until OTL had got almost to the beach!

Come on, do a wee and let's get back to the car!

While we were on the beach a couple of Boarder terriers came past us on the Sea Wall and they were on a lead. So we woofed at them and they woofed at us and we woofed at them and they woofed at us!

It was great fun!

Snowflake and Mr Brambles couldn't see the woofers so were a bit worried in case they wanted to jump down from the wall and land on top of them!

Woof Off or I'll be up to Sort You Out!

Snowflake got all big and brave, she fluffed herself up as far as she could go and shouted out that they should Woof Off!

We are not sure if it worked or not but at the moment she had finished shouting, the dogs stopped woofing and were dragged away by their owner.

As Mr Brambles said, 'You don't mess with Snowflake when she Fluffs Up!

I must admit, we were very quiet as well!

No, I didn't say a woof, it must be someone else!

Now, yesterday Michael said that we would have loads of Fungi photo's to look at, well, just so he is not disappointed here is one OTL took on Sunday, just the one you will get today!

Stag's Horn Fungus

We got back home and The Missus put down a bowl of Lambs Heart for us but neither Holly or I felt hungry, so we left it for later. As normal, TM took it as a personal insult that we didn't eat the heart straight away. She stomped off mumbling about us being too picky for our own good!

Do we care? If you're not hungry, then you're not hungry, nuffin' we can do about it!

Well, as some sort of punishment we were left at home while OTL and TM went off to do some shopping, not that it worried us 'cos we both had a good snooze on the bed while they were out!

Lunch time we were down the Sea Wall again but the weather hadn't got any better and Holly reckons that we could even get some snow later this week!

OTL had brought his big camera with him but had forgot to change the lens over, so all he had was the 50mm f1.8 which as he says is a 'Fast Lens' but not good for zooming in on distant things. So, just to help out, Holly and I went ZOOOOOM1 towards OTL while he crouched down to take our picture!

Me, doing a ZOOOOM!

We were having fun Zoooming for OTL but around the corner we bumped into that Bozo Labrador that always wants to sniff our bottoms and when we growl at him he starts to get all 'Showy Off'!

Well, this time OTL was down on his knees waiting for us when The Bozo ran up in front of OTL saying 'Wot You doing Mister?'

Just at that moment OTL pressed the shutter release and 'Click' we got a Bozo's nose and everything else is fading into Bokeh!

Woof Off Bozo!

For some reason OTL liked this photo of the Bozo and his Big Nose!

 Holly and I get past him and carry on our ZOOOOMING for OTL. This time we all voted that Holly did the best Zooom  on the Sea Wall!

A ZOOOM with Style!

 Back home TM had been busy, no, not making cards but instead she had cooked up the left overs from OTL's massive 'Batch Curry Cook Up' that TM did yesterday or was it Friday? Well, anyway, she cooked these scraps and put them down in our bowls for us to find and of course, we found them and they didn't hang around for long, chomp, chomp and there we were with big full tummy's and an empty bowl.

Now, if only she would do that instead of dishing up that Doggy Scoff, you know she would get a cuddle every night!

Not sure what's for dinner tonight but we will have fun mugging OTL all the same!

Michael and Sue plan to drop in tomorrow, so that will be fun, more chance of some muggings!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake & Mr Brambles!

Wot A Day!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles here again!

We have had a real 'Mix Up Day' today!

It started off with The Missus taking us for a walk across The Fields instead of Old Two Legs taking us and the ferrets down the beach!

Then, when we got back, OTL had disappeared! I mean, like Gone!

We were left in the house all alone until the Boys ( Matt & Tom) came in from the caravan where they have been sleeping. We had a bit of a game and watched a bit of TV (Boring) before going up the Village Hall where TM was doing one of her Master Classes.

No sign of OTL but we had some fun running around the hall and sliding on the polished floor on our bottoms!

TM was doing her 'I'm in charge' bit and we had to sit on our blankets (boooring!)

Holly started to show off and began to woof at every noise, so much so that TM got all 'Showy Off' and said that Holly was a Naughty Puppy!

Still no sign of OTL.

In the end we sort of gave up and had a snooze, but we weren't happy, no games and no walkies on the beach and no ferrets and no OTL!

The afternoon was long and boring and Holly got into trouble again!

In the end we were taken home and had to spend the afternoon snoozing on the sofa (hard work), but at least we could go up stairs and have a chat to the ferrets who wanted to know why they didn't get their walk this morning.

We couldn't help them 'cos we were mystified as well!

About ten minutes ago OTL came home, it seems he has been out with a load of other photographers taking pictures of fungi, all day!

He has been crawling around the forest, on his knees, in all the mud and bracken taking pictures!

He says we can have a look at this one but he needs time to 'Process' the others!

Stag Horn Fungi

Now we are off to do some mugging 'cos all we have had today is DOGGY SCOFF!

YUK! YUK! YUK!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly Snowflake and Mr Brambles

Food Wonderful Food!

Hello Woofers!

It's Us, Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles back with you again!

What a wonderful day today! We got Old Two Legs to do the cooking of our breakfast, Chicken & Biscuits, he cooked it just how we like it. It was warm and all the skin was there and he had cut it up into doggy sized bites, then to finish off he drizzled some of the chicken stock over it all and there was enough left so we could lick it off the bottom of the bowl!

We went out for our walk this morning and the ferrets came as well, as normal, but they didn't want to get down until a bit later than normal 'cos it was a bit drafty!

Snowflake fluffed herself up to keep warm but in doing that she looked twice the size she normally is, in fact Holly said she could even be expecting babies!

It's just a Fluffy Belly, Honest!

 We all had a game on the beach, then it was back to the car before we got cold again!

Come on, back we go!

 At lunch time, we stopped off at the Master Class to drop some stuff off to The Missus, there were all the Glue & Glitter Gang there sloshing the glue pots about!

Holly wandered around saying 'Hello' and 'Got any Sandwiches?' but it looks like they had eaten them all!

Food? No Food, No Strokes!

We tried on some rain coats but they were not what OTL wanted for us. Then Archie's Mum got out his rain coat, it was great! It slipped over our heads and then went under our chest and strapped across our back! That way we wouldn't get so wet running through the grass!

So after trying them on OTL asked if he could buy two coast, Medium sized and we could  have them for Christmas!

Now, there was one thing that I was puzzled about, what was Archie's Mum doing with Archie's coat and no Archie!

Still, we tried the coats on and when she gets the coat back to Archie, he will have our sniff on it!

After the lunchtime walk, OTL went off to play with his camera stuff. Boring I know but last night he was reading up on the instruction manual for the 'Close Up Flash Light' he brought a while ago. Now, OTL is not really into Instruction Manuals, but you can tell just how bored he must have been last night! Still, it did him some good 'cos he learn't two new things and one of them was to do with the flash light.

You see, normally when you use the camera and the flash unit, the light spreads all over the place and it is difficult to control. So OTL had read somewhere about Auto FP High Speed Sync. Yeah, I know, boring innit!

What it means is he can use a much higher shutter speed than normal 500th second instead of the 125 or 250th second. Now this setting gives you a shallow depth of field and just  highlights the subject and it also gives good Bokeh, (fuzzy background)!

Have a look at this.

Mr Snoozy!

 I think OTL is going to be playing with this a lot over the next few days!

TM has to be taught a lesson and Archie's Mum reckons that if we shove the ferrets up the duvet when she is asleep, that should get her attention and that way we will not get any Doggy Scoff again!

We'll try that tonight!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles!

We are alive................just!

Hi Woofers!

We're back again, Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

You know, it was touch and go if we would have made it through the night, we were starving, we didn't have the strength to move at all. It was only Mr Brambles and Snowflake tossing Ferret Nuggets out of their cage that kept us going, It was Hell, but we survived, Just!

We went out for our morning walk and although it wasn't raining, it was windy! It was also cold and you could tell how cold it was 'cos both ferrets stayed tucked up together in Old Two Legs arms all the way down to the beach!

Even Mr Brambles said it was cold and normally a bit of chill doesn't worry him!

This sand is as Hard as Ice!

 We all had a good sniff around and Holly found a fishy sniff on the beach that we were both tempted to have a roll in but OTL was just too close!

Wadda You reckon? Squid?

 Mr Brambles suggested a game of 'Chase the Sea Weed' but every time he threw it in the air the wind blew it away!

Well, you try to throw it then!

 In the end we all decided that a warm bed and some breakfast would be a better bet, so off we went and headed back to the car!

I've had enough, I'm off  home!

 When we got back there was some lambs heart in our bowls, it was a bit cold, not like the warm stuff OTL serves up, still, it's better than Doggy Scoff! Still, we still reckon it is a good idea to give The Missus a good 'Hand Bagging' just so she remembers to feed us properly!

You know, in the mornings OTL has breakfast in his office 'cos he lets the ferrets out for a run around and a bowl of their Lactose Free Milk. You know what? Mr Brambles finishes his milk first, goes over and robs Snowflake of the last few licks of milk in the bottom of her bowl and after that, he goes and mugs OTL for a drip or two of OTL's milk from his 'Rabbit Food'!

You know, Mr B is really good at mugging, almost as good as us doggies!

Go on, just another Milky Finger, Pleeese!

Holly says that the way he is going he could be put forward as a candidate for the title of 'Honorary Dog'!

I'll have to think about that one!

Back from the walk OTL got going again on the decorating bit, not his favourite job! In the end he had to give up 'cos his back was hurting!

So, here we are, OTL has gone out for the evening and TM in cooking up a batch of curry!

We are waiting for Matt & Thomas to come 'cos they are staying the weekend, so that should be fun and we are going to be allowed to go to visit TM's Master Class as well!

Must dash 'cos there must be some off cuts from the curry meat that we can mug!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles

Back to decorating...........again!

Hi Woofers!

We're back again, Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

This morning, we were curled up on Old Two Legs bed, gently snoozing when OTL rolled out of bed and headed towards the office! The alarm had been turned off, (We're sure The Missus did it!) but OTL is conditioned to wake up at the same time each morning if he wants to get his daily dose of pain and sweat!

Just to get him going, Holly and I crept into the office just as he was sitting down on the rowing machine. We both jumped up onto his lap and gave him a 'Good Morning' lick!

That got him going and we headed back to bed, well we're not all that daft!

The sun was up so after OTL had thrashed around for forty minutes wearing himself out, he had a shower and got dressed and then had breakfast with the ferrets, afterwards we were off to the Sea Wall!

Snowflake was doing her 'Cuddle Me' bit but Mr Brambles was all up for a game.

First of all he crept along the bottom of the Sea Wall, we were all doing our own thing and didn't take too much notice.

Here we go..........creepy creepy!

 Mr Brambles had it in his mind to creep up on one of us and do his 'Nip Yer Legs' trick!

So, there I was, sniffin' the sniffs and checking out the sea weed stuck in the rocks when........

I've almost gotcha!

He came flying up at the last moment but I was just too quick for him! In a flash I had jumped forward and left him looking at a rock instead of my back leg!

Next he went off to Holly and the pair of them had a game of 'Grab the Sea Weed'! The idea is that you both stand six feet away from the Sea Weed Ball and count down 3-2-1-GO!

3  -  2  -  1   -

Mr Brambles is a 'Past Master' at this game and has developed a trick of letting you get to the ball first, then he jumps up and bangs his head on your nose!

He always wins!

Holly and I had a game as well and I tried the trick, but Holly had decided to use the trick as well!

It's the Mr B Move! On Yer Head Mate!

 Mr Brambles was watching and was chuckling away to himself, in the end he called out that he would play us both, at the same time!

I'll take both of you on........at the same time!

We declined, we're not that brave!

Back home it was Doggy Scoff, again, Yuk! YUK! YUK!

Will she never learn? She opens a tin of scoff, puts it in our bowl, we don't eat it, she throws it away.

Wast of money buying Doggy Scoff, should have spent it on Chicken bits, especially as they are the same price!

Lunch time we were off down the town with OTL, then afterwards we stopped at the New Park. Loads of fun chasing a tennis ball OTL found in a puddle! It was OK until OTL threw it and it bounced in a pile of poo. Now, with that on the ball there was no way I'm picking it up with my mouth! So OTL had to wipe it off and wash it in another puddle!

We spotted a couple of dogs in the most colourful jackets we've seen for a long time, Holly just couldn't stop herself from laughing!

I bet you support Manchester United!

OTL started taking 'Moody' shots of The Watchers, we just carried on chatting to the other doggies we met!

Here's Watching You Kid!

I don't know what it is with OTL, he suddenly stops and pokes the camera towards the clouds and clicks away!

Another 'Moody' shot!

While he was playing with the camera I had a word with one of the young cows and told her all about TM and the scoff, 'Well' she said, 'There's no way you would get me eating that stuff!'

No Scoff for me!

Holly whispered in my ear that some of the scoff might be cow and wasn't that a bit like cannibalism?

That Holly is so terrible sometimes!

It was a good run and although it is getting a bit colder it was still worth going all that way 'cos there is so much grass we can run on and it's so full of sniffs!

Mind you, OTL kept us away from the Swimming Hole, spoil sport, I just fancied a quick splash but I suppose it would have been a bit cold afterwards and we didn't have a towel with us either!

Back home and the scoff sniffed just as bad as when we left it to go out.

Looks like we will be starving tonight, wasting away, we'll be a couple of transparent doggies tomorrow, we will have faded away to nothing!

See you tomorrow, if we make it through the night!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles

A Right Mix Up Day!

Hello Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles!

There we were, snoozing the night away, getting up every so often so we could cuddle up to Old Two Legs or The Missus, then back to our beds, you know, the normal sort of night!

Well, about five fifteen, an alarm went off! It was OTL's mobile phone, and you know what? OTL got up and headed for the shower! Most strange!

You know, he didn't even have a paddle on the rowing machine, instead he got dressed and was soon getting his coat on!

Next thing we knew, he had said goodbye and disappeared out the front door!

Well, that was it, TM had to take us out for our morning walk and for a change she took us over The Farm, which is a place we haven't been for ages!

We met up with a couple of doggies and sniffed all the sniffs we haven't sniffed in ages and even had a look for the horses, but they weren't anywhere to be seen, I suppose that's a bit like the squirrels or the rabbits!

OTL didn't get back until nearly midday, so we had plenty of time to snooze the morning away on the sofa! Mind you, the ferrets were not happy, TM left them in their cage and said that OTL had to be in charge if they wanted to go out 'cos she wasn't going to carry the ferrets on the main road through the village and have Holly and I on a lead at the same time!

Sorry Ferrets, she just won't take you as well!

She has no sense of adventure, OTL does it all the time!

When OTL finally did come back I told him about the ferrets not getting a good run and how we hadn't been down on the beach either!

That was it, off we all went, me, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles!

 First thing Mr Brambles does is to dig a big trench to run up and down!

Who needs a JCB when you've got A Ferret!

Snowflake told him to stop showing off and to behave himself!

Act your age!

 We had some fun sniffing the beach and I found a sniff that I'm sure was a rabbit, but what's a rabbit doing on the beach?

Well, it sniffs like a rabbit!

 Both ferrets joined in the sniff and traced it back to the beach, they of course decided that it wasn't a rabbit!

We reckon it could be a Weasel!

 In the end we couldn't agree so we all gave up and headed back home!

So, today we have been all mixed up, no paddling, no long morning walk, no lunch time mugging!

Still, there is some good news, OTL has got a new DVD, it's The Hobbit, (Extended Version) and we plan to watch it tonight while having a slurp and some shortbread!

That's after we mug some dinner from OTL's dinner!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles

The Ferrets get Wet & We Get Muddy!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles here!

What a start to the day! It was raining from the moment we got up this morning!

When we got to the Sea Wall it was still raining, though, not so heavily as before. Old Two Legs decided that we should take the ferrets to the picnic ground for a run and then they were to go back in the car 'cos they don't have rain coats like wot we have got!

About half way around, it stopped raining, so OTL picks up the ferrets and heads for our normal path. It was after about ten minutes when the rain started again! So, back the ferrets went to the car to get a rub down with a dry towel and put back into their travelling cage.

We didn't get any choice, we were marched back out and instructed to 'get on with it'!

I just don't do rain!

I really don't like this!

Thankfully it didn't last long, the walk that is, not the rain, that lasted almost all morning!

Still, to make up for it we had some juicy chicken for breakfast followed by a snooze on OTL's bed!

It was a bit late, our walk at lunch time, 'cos OTL was busy 'Manufacturing' but he finished and we were off to the carriers. Now, just along the road a bit was The Forest! One of our favourite Squirrel Hunting Grounds!

When we got there it looked a bit muddy, it fact it was really Quaggy! We didn't mind, as long as there were some squirrels to chase we would be happy!

So, the first thing we came across was..........

Afternoon Doggies

 Of course, if there is one, there is bound to be another!

In fact there were a few and these two were Banging Heads!

Wot You Looking At?

Holly and I were a bit put out that these cattle had scared off the squirrels!

OTL was diving into the leaves and stuff clicking away at bits of fungi that were poking their heads up above the leaves!

Err, Boo!

He was down on his knees trying to hold the camera still so he could get it in focus, maybe he will bring the tripod next time!

A Fungi Doesn't wobble you know!

We had to stay away from the path, too muddy, but in the forest it wasn't so bad, but we still didn't see a single squirrel!

It really was a bit much!

No matter how hard we looked, they seemed to have vanished into the tree tops!

No, can't see a single squirrel anywhere!

Holly suggested we try sniffin' in the leaf litter but that didn't work either!

It's could be squirrel or maybe a rat!

It was most frustrating 'cos we know they are here somewhere but we just couldn't find them!

No! Not up there either!

 This was getting bad, you know we were even helping OTL find different fungi! Here's one he hasn't seen down in the forest before, Puff Balls, but these weren't ready to Puff Yet!

All together lads, Puff!

 Then we found this one hiding away on an old tree trunk, pretty we thought, reminds us of squirrels!

Pretty Colour and has a sniff of squirrel about it!

 I jumped up on top of the log for a better sniff but in the end decided that it wasn't just right, you know, nearly but not quite squirrel!

Almost had me fooled then!

 To add insult to it all, OTL spotted a squirrel scampering up a tree trunk while Holly were having a chat with a Bozo Scruff Bag who reckons he has chased a hundred squirrels today, yeah, right!

We did however spot a spider who wasn't talking to us 'cos he was waiting for a fly to land so he could have some dinner tonight. All he would say was that he was 'Jus' Hanging Around'!

Jus' Hanging About!

 We carried on the path way getting very muddy, in fact we were almost black with the mud! As we came through the last gate, there in front of us, stretched out by the side of the path, chewing slowly was the Highland Coo, again!

It turned its head and said, 'You Two Again?'

Again?

Holly reckons that if they were to get rid of the cattle then the squirrels would come back.

Wonder what a Highland Coo tastes like?

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Mr Brambles didn't bite the vet!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles here!

Wot a damp, cloudy, wet and Yucky Day today! It is a sure sign that Winter is on it's way!

We were all out this morning on our run along the Sea Wall. Mr Brambles was having great fun winding Old Two Legs up. You see, what Mr Brambles does is to have a wriggle in OTL's arm so he puts Mr Brambles down, then Mr B turns around and makes like he is going to run back down the path. At the moment OTL grabs the lead to stop him, Mr B raises his tail like he is going to do a poo, but he doesn't, instead he walks backwards in the direction OTL wants to go. As soon as OTL starts walking in that direction, Mr B runs back down the path, the way we had come!

Mr Brambles thinks it is great fun, OTL doesn't!

It was still early when we got down to the beach, OTL wanted to get the morning walk over with early 'cos Mr Brambles had an appointment with the vet this morning!

The sun had got up and was over the horizon by the time we got to the beach, we would have been earlier but Mr Brambles was busy playing his game with OTL!

Now, today we have decided that our pictures should have a musical theme, so here's the first one!

Morning Has broken, over Sheerness!

Come on, you have got to join in the chorus!

I had some fun digging a hole on the beach, the sand was flying everywhere, that was until Snowflake came running up and said.........

Hey! You! Get Outta My Hole!

Yeh! Come on, sing the next line!

Mr Brambles was digging and exploring all over the beach, on top of that he was also getting his lead caught around OTL's legs!

Then he headed for the rocks and started to climb all over them, until he stubbed his claw then it was..........

A Rocky Mountain Breakdown!

OK, we'll let you off this one 'cos it is an instrumental on the banjo!

All the time Holly had been down the other end of the beach doing her sniffin' and poking about amongst the sea weed. Hey! says Snowflake, who is that down there? Is it a.....................

Stranger on the Shore

Bet you can't remember the words!

By then Snowflake had rushed off to catch up with Mr Brambles, that left me and my hole all to myself and......................

There I was, digging this hole, hole in the ground, so nice and sorta round!

You may remember this one, OTL does!

On the way back to the car the ferrets were having fun diving in and out of the long grass but Holly and I preferred the short grass, that way it didn't get our tummies wet and it felt more like..................

The Green, Green Grass of Home!

Yes, They'll all come to meet me................

OK, that's enough of that!

You will be pleased to know that Mr Brambles got the 'All Clear' from the vet who did the inspection.

Because we had come straight from our walk, Snowflake was in the travelling cage as well.

That vet didn't put his hand inside to drag Mr Brambles out, he waited until OTL had called Mr B out.

Snowflake was most disappointed, especially as she had been sharpening her teeth with a honing stone, just to make them extra sharp for the vet!

While we were there, OTL put us on the weighing machine and we hadn't gained any more weight since being weighed before!

It's all that hard work snoozing on the sofa that keeps us in trim!

Not sure what OTL has tonight but it sniffs like curry, so that means no serious mugging for us, we will have to wait for the shortbread later!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.