Happy Birthday Archie Babe!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly ,Snowflake and Mr Brambles here again!

First of all a Big Wet Slobbery 'Happy Birthday' to our mate Archie Babe! A whole two years old!

I remember when we were two years old, little young whippersnappers we were getting into all the trouble we could!

Just for Archie, we have got a present here for him and Holly's been guarding it!

Happy Birthday Archie!

There now, doesn't that make your mouth dribble!

Now it may be Archie's birthday but down here it's grey and cloudy with very little sunshine at all!

A Little Bit of Blue!

We went on our morning walk, and again had to leave the ferrets at home, they are not happy about that and Mr Brambles is kicking the water bowl around again!

You know yesterday, Mr B started the kicking bit, so Old Two Legs took it out and put the bowl on the floor, Mr B jumped out of the cage and ran over to where OTL was resting his fingers on the bowl, Mr B jumped at it and gave it such a kick that water sloshed everywhere, all over the carpet and OTL's hand!

So, OTL still reckons it is too wet and damp out but has had an 'Idea'!

That normally is good for a laugh!

OTL has decided to get a carry bag designed for ferrets so he can take them out and if needed, pick them up and carry them in their bag! This is a picture he got from the web site.

A Ferret Carry Bag with Padding and Harness Clips!

Now, OTL may look a bit of a tart with it over his shoulder, but at least the ferrets will be safe and dry!

Who knows, he may even have it under his coat just to keep it dry if it rains and to stop other Two Legs from pointing their fingers at him and laughing and calling him names!

Now all this talk of 'Going Out' has made Snowflake spend time rattling the cage and coming out to chase OTL and the 'Cat Tease' which Snowflake thinks is great fun! So, OTL says to Snowflake, 'Fancy a run out?' and before she can say another word, she was packed up and in the travelling cage!

Mr Brambles stayed asleep or pretended to be asleep! He didn't move a muscle, not even a twitch of his whiskers!

So, OTL left him alone and off we went with Snowflake for a walk.

Well, Snowflake is not a great lover of cold, wet or windy days and we had two out of three, it was windy and colder than the office, so she stayed in OTL's pocket until we got to the beach!

This is NOT ferret weather!

 Even then she was not too happy about walking and spent a long time sniffing the air.

I Sniff Woofer!

What she didn't realise was, she was sniffing us! In the end OTL had to pick her up and quick as a flash she was back in his pocket snuggling up and keeping warm!

Back home and Mr Brambles woke up long enough to have a chat about the beach and then he was back asleep!

If it is sunny tomorrow I think we will all be going out down to the beach again, now that will be fun!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Snowflakes New Hobby!

Hello Woofers!

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

Old Two Legs was awake early this morning, he had to get up and attend to Holly, she wanted to get up on the bed but it was still dark. Well, it would be at three in the morning!

Once OTL is awake he never really gets off to sleep properly again and of course, when the alarm goes off he is more awake than normal! Up he gets and off to the office for his morning exercise.

Mind you, not everyone is happy about that!

The ferrets were complaining that the Mary Celeste makes more noise, since OTL mended it, than it ever did before!

Holly reckons it is OTL who is making the noise, not the  Mary Celeste!

Our walk along the Sea Wall was very pleasant, very little wind, not very cold and dry!

We met up with Max and Oscar who of course were all over OTL like a rash!

We Love OTL!

 One of the problems OTL has with Max & Oscar is that when they jump up to greet him, they always seem to have wet paws, so OTL ends up with wet trousers!

That will teach him!

Back home we were entertained by Snowflake playing around with OTL's camera. You see, he had left it on the floor while he was clearing up in the office and Snowflake said that this camera stuff is no big deal, she could do just as well as OTL!

So she had a go!

Say Cheeeeese!

She told Mr Brambles to 'Get into the middle of the floor' and 'Strike a Pose'! However, Mr Brambles said he felt all embarrassed tarting around in front of the camera and really he preferred Landscape shots!

Snowflake got all 'Huffy' and said that she was an artist and she 'Painted With Light' and Mr B had better get his tail into the middle of the floor or she'll sort him out!

You know, the more she told him off the more embarrassed he became and I don't suppose it helped having Holly and me telling him to 'Stick his Tail Out!' or 'Bristle Yer Whiskers!'  or 'Show us Yer Butt Big Boy!'

I'm Shy!

 In the end Snowflake gave up and flounced off saying 'She can't work with Amateurs!' Holly and I burst out laughing and we both went,........... Oooooooooo!

Poor old Mr B, in trouble again, I don't suppose he will get a cuddle tonight when they go to sleep!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr (I'm a Star) Brambles!

It's Wet Again!

Hello Woofers!

We're back, Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles!

Poor Holly has got a tummy upset and has been eating grass. Old Two Legs has been washing her backside 'cos she was a bit poo'y! She is spending most of the day on the sofa feeling sorry for herself. Maybe next time she will leave the Rabbit Poo alone!

This morning we left the ferrets behind again 'cos it was too wet on the ground and would you believe it, as soon as we got out of the car, it started to rain!

OTL went back to the car and left the camera under the seat 'cos he didn't want to get the camera wet!

Holly and I went off to look for some fresh grass to eat and OTL got chatting to Barney's owner. Barney was mostly interested in chasing a ball and not eating grass, so we let him get on with it and carried on chomping!

Back home Holly took up her position on the sofa and I crashed out under the desk 'cos it is nice and warm and cosy and I can watch the ferrets rushing backwards and forwards to the Poo Pot!

OTL has been busy on the computer getting everything ready for the accountant, something to do with VAT, what ever that is?

Our lunchtime walk was fun, we heard a big load of woofin' and stood waiting till we saw who it was!

OK, Whossat Woofin'?

It wasn't long before we met up with Bella who just loves OTL and she is always woofing at everyone. It's not that she is showing off or anything like that, it's because she wants you to throw the ball, which she doesn't have 'cos she is always loosing it!

OK, Who's Got Me Ball!

We had a little run and a chase but we have to be careful of Bella 'cos she gets a bit rough sometimes and she is a lot heaver than us!

Mind you, she had a shout at OTL 'cos she thought he may have a ball and maybe he could donate it to Bella's ball collection!

Come on, you must have a ball for me?

You know I could swear she showed off when OTL said 'No'!

Back home to an afternoon of snoozing and listening to The Missus telling OTL that she may be doing some demonstrations of Glue Pot Slapping at the Ally Pally Show in April! It's a good job we don't have to attend, too much Glitter floating about!

Mind you, she did say something about taking the ferrets to act as 'Crowd Controllers'!

Yeah! Right! More like Crowd Eaters!

Talking of ferrets, OTL was saying that the ferrets will have to go out for a walk soon 'cos they are going 'Stir Crazy' being stuck in the office all day. You know, Mr Brambles deliberately did a Poo on the carpet, twice, instead of using the Poo Pot! He rushed into the corner, lifted his tail to have a poo and OTL spotted him, rushed over, picked him up, put him back on the poo pot in the cage.

Mr Brambles gave OTL the 'Ferret Stare' rushed out of the cage, back to the corner and did a poo before OTL could stop him!

What was worse, he did it twice!

OTL says ferrets do that if they don't get a good run out!

It's a good job us doggies don't do that, well, not on purpose!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr 'Poo'y' Brambles.

Back to Work!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles here and ain't it good to be back to work again! I mean, these long holidays get a bit boring in the end!

We were up good and early this morning, well, Holly was, she did her 'I wanna get on the bed' woof which really means 'Come and lift me up 'cos it's too dark for me to see where I'm going to land!'

So Old Two Legs lifted her up and put her on the bed, trouble was, I was sleeping there and she landed on top of me! That's when the Grumbling started!

Once we got that sorted OTL had a look at the time, three thirty!

Ooooops!

Of course, that means OTL doesn't go back to sleep and ends up doing his paddling the Mary Celeste around the office and waking the ferrets up!

We had a good walk along the Sea Wall, even though it was earlier than we would have wished for!

Never mind, the sniffs were all good and there was even a Light Show to please OTL as well!

The Light Show!

 We met up with a new woofer, he was a bit unruly, but being just three months old we didn't mind too much.

I had to give him a warning grumble when he stuck his nose under my tail without asking permission!

I don't know my name, I keep forgetting!

Our lunchtime stroll was a bit boring really, no doggies to chat to, the tide was almost in, so no birds to woof at, except the one that flew overhead squawking that 'We're all going to Drown in the Flood'!

Soppy Seagull, we are nearly over the flood here in North Kent!

Holly reckons that he is a bit bonkers 'cos it has lost a leg. That was confirmed when he said his name was Long John Silver II!

Long John Silver II

 Back home to Doggy Scoff! You can tell Christmas is over, it looks like we're on short rations until Easter!

As we expected, OTL has been playing with bits of paper and messing about on the computer, you can tell everyone is back at work today!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

A Doggy Day!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles here again!

We saw some sun this morning, not much but there was blue sky as well, for a short period!

Strange Clouds!

 We had never noticed those sort of clouds before but that is because us doggies mostly go around with our noses sniffing the ground!

 We had some fun when we met up with some of the lads and of course, Holly decided that we could have a 'Committee Meeting' to discuss the local sniffs!

Order, Order, Order!

 We were walking along the Sea Wall and Shep, (Wot a Name for a Sheep Dog!) his owner threw the 'Ball on a Rope' but missed the Sea Wall and sent it into the mud! Of course, Shep went charging after it and came back with a super set of 'Boots!'

Yay! Girls! Look at me Boots!

Now we thought we owned the only dopey two legs but when we looked over the Sea Wall, there, crouched down behind a camera was another camera totting two legs trying to get the 'Perfect shot', no chance!
  

Another Bozo with a Camera!

As we were laughing about Shep's Boots there was a yapping behind us and when we turned around, there was 'Puddles', all of six months old and full of  Yap!

When I grow up I'm going to be Fierce!

Back home the rest of the day was spent snoozing and Holly decided that the best place was under Old Two Leg's desk with me 'cos it was nice and warm!

Snoozing with Sis!

Now, Holly has been keeping a eye on the Rat Trap and so far has not seen Ratty again. We reckon that Ratty was thinking about setting up home but the fact that Holly and me are always charging around the shed has scared off Ratty and he has decided to make his home in another garden!

OTL says he is going to keep the trap baited and see what happens over the next month, he may catch a mouse or a marauding worm!

See you tomorrow Woofers!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

The Mary Celeste is Refloated and Sails Again!

Hi Woofers!

Here we are, back again!

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Last night we all followed Old Two Legs up to the office where he was disassembling the Rowing Machine. The rope that was attached to the handle had snapped where it joins the handle and OTL had fallen off the back, much to all our amusement!

Well, OTL, being an 'Old Engineer' he said he could fix it with the aid of a screw driver, adjustable spanner and a big hammer!

True to his word, the machine was reduced to bits and the rope re-threaded through the pulleys and guides and re attached to the handle using one of OTL's special knots!

Before long it was put back together and OTL was showing off by doing a few stroke with Mr Brambles on his lap!

This morning he was up before it got light and thrashing away on the Rowing Machine! Snowflake says that we should rename the Rowing Machine and call it 'The Mary Celeste'!

Holly said it should be called 'The Titanic' 'cos the way OTL rows it is bound to sink again!

Our morning walk was horrid! It was raining and wet and windy! Of course, Holly objected and was dragging her paws all the way around!

Can we go home yet?

After breakfast we went back up to the office to watch OTL clean the ferrets house. Mr Brambles had been having great fun digging in the wooden pellets that OTL put in the Poo Tray. The bottom floor of Snowy Towers was covered with pellets and of course, where Mr B had been kicking the water bowl around, all the water had sloshed about and the pellets had soaked up all the water!

It was a bit messy!

It took OTL some time and both Snowflake and Mr Brambles escaped from Snowy Towers and had great fun charging about the office kicking the boxes and other stuff all over the floor as fast as OTL was clearing it up!

Mr Brambles says it's a 'Ferret Thing'!

Lunch time we went out just before High Tide and today it is a Spring Tide, we could tell that because the water was rather high up the beach and at times it completely covered the beach!

Spring tide!

 We reckon on a day like this the only ones who are enjoying themselves is the birds!

High Speed Oyster Catchers

Now, with all this stormy weather and reports of Two Legs getting washed out to sea and drown you would have thought that messing about dodging the surf would not be the best game to play on the beach.

There are some real twerps about!

Twerpy Two Legs

We met up with Bonnie going out for a walk and we joked about going in for a swim, in a puddle!

I'm daft but not that Daft!

Back home we crashed out, as only we know how, and Holly spent the afternoon relaxing in OTL's chair!

This is the life!

 So, Monday comes and the world should be back to work again, including OTL, so we're making the most of the last couple of days!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles

OTL Has Sunk The Rowing Machine!

Hello Woofers!

Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles!

We have had some fun today, first of all Old Two Legs was woken up early this morning by some Quadraphonic Snoring! The Missus and Holly and Me were all laying on our backs, mouths open and giving some stick! Poor OTL just couldn't get back to sleep, mind you it was his own snoring that woke him up! In the end he got up and crept off to the Office with plans to spend some time rowing around in circles and waking the ferrets up!

No such luck, the ferrets were awake and scampering around Snowy Heights having an early breakfast!

So, he sat down on the machine, strapped his feet into the foot rests, took a deep breath and started to row. In, Out, In, Out, In Out, In, Out, In, Out, In Out, In, Out, In, Out, In Out, PING, Whoa! Thud! OUCH!

OTL had fallen off the back of the machine holding the handle that was supposed to be attached to the rope that he pulled on the make it all work!

OTL was not a Happy Puppy! He now has to take it all to bits to make repairs before he can get going again!

Of course, being up so early means we got out for our run early as well!

The Infrared Camera Whatsit Thingy was the first camera he put his hand on and decided to try some 'Early Morning' photo's.

The Path from the Car Park.

 It looks dead strange in Infrared! Holly is looking forward to the snow 'cos she says that the snow should look black!

I don't think so!

Would Frost look black?

 Once we got onto the beach OTL took a picture of us and our brown rain coats come out looking blue! Mind you, the sky which should have a blue tinge to it looked brown!

Blue?

 The sand on the beach, which is a sort of brown looking stuff looked brown when it should have looked blue!

Brown Sand that should have come out Blue!

 Now all this is confusing OTL like mad!

What with all that rain last night the ground was getting really soggy and on the way out to the beach it was all Quaggy everywhere so OTL came back on the concrete path!

It's just Too Quaggy on the way out!

 One good thing about the path was, No Puddles and Holly stood next to OTL and she reckons the picture should be called 'Holly & Old Two Legs'!

'Holly & Old Two Legs'

All along the path there were patches of Lichen with a yellow colour but when we used Infrared on it the colour changed but the yellow Bug turned Pink!

Spot the Pink Bug!

 OTL thought that possibly there were good pictures that he could convert to Black and White!

Sand Waves!

Holly spotted a pyramid on the beach and asked if it was called The Grain Pyramid?

The Grain Pyramid!

TM got a Happy New Year Present in the post this morning from Archie's Mum, a super 2014 Calendar, with three Fairy's on it and flower thingy's around the edge!

TM has hung in in her craft room and taken down the calendar that OTL gave her saying she never liked pictures of coaxial cable!

At lunch time, the wind got up and when we went down to the beach wearing our Waggles Jackets, which was a good thing 'cos it kept us good and warm!

Holly says that OTL would look good in a Waggles Jacket!

 Mind you, we do look rather smart when we are all dressed up.

Looking Good Miss Holly!

You know what, when we went along the Sea Wall there were some Two Legs who were thinking of going for a paddle in the water but the doggy with them said that if they wanted a swim, they are on their own!

What Part of 'No' don't you understand!

 It wasn't too long before there was a yapping around the corner that signalled to arrival of Max and Oscar! Of course, as soon as they saw him they were all over OTL like a rash!

Yo OTL!

Back home we crashed out for the afternoon listening to TM and Auntie Shela playing with the glue pot and a box of glitter!

Not sure what is for dinner tonight but it's just got to be better than the Doggy Scoff we got served with this morning!

Now, we want to know how Archie Mate got on at the vets. He went in for some blood tests and was expecting to get loads of cuddles and nibbles all day long! Lucky lad, it's got to be better than Doggy Scoff!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Is That The Sun?

Hi Ho Woofers!

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

Old Two Legs was up early, waking up the ferrets with his rowing machine and after saying 'Good Morning' they went back to bed.

So that left us to enjoy a morning walk along the Sea Wall. The sun was above the horizon and it was only OTL playing with the camera controls that makes it look an hour or two earlier!

Morning!

 One of the good things is that we could have a good run around on the beach without worrying about loosing a ferret or two!

Holly and I dug some holes and chased each other around OTL who was trying to take some 'Action' pictures!

OK, Can we run now?

 Silly OTL tried to get us to run together and then run to him or run away, none of which we took any notice of and did our 'Own Thing' and had a super time!

Catch Ya!

 OTL gave up in the end and went off looking for something to photograph that didn't move!

First of all was Mr Corvid who was watching us having a run along the beach!

Mornin' Girls!

Then he found the ideal subject, a solid, non moving, colourful subject with an interesting pattern!

Concrete!

 We had a good laugh about that, poor old OTL, reduced to taking pictures of rocks and pebbles!

Next we suggested he try photographing sand or better still, 

Mud!

Patterns in the Mud!

We headed back to the car and Holly mentioned that she thought it was taking too long for the elastic to stretch on our new coats, maybe we should get them washed a bit more often 'cos The Missus has a knack of stretching or shrinking OTL's clothes, so we have a fifty percent chance of having the elastic go in the right direction!

Still tight!

In the afternoon we had Auntie Zoe and Paul and Finley and Megan and Ethan visit which was great fun except that when they 'Stroked' us, they grabbed our hair which made both Holly and me rather 'Grumbly' so OTL told us to have a snooze on the bed so we wouldn't get stroked!

Sneaky that OTL!

Then OTL had to get the ferrets out so they could be stroked and given some Ferretone, which if your a ferret you don't mind being stroked as long as the Ferretone keeps pouring!

So we had a good time and of course, the sun was shining as well. I'm not  sure what the weather is going to be tomorrow but we hear there are flood and wind warnings!

I think we will stay in bed until Spring arrives!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles

Yuk! Yuk! Yuk!

Hi Woofers!

Us again! Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles!

Wow! What a night, there we were all getting ready for the 'Magic Hour', Old Two Legs was doing damage to his bottle of Finest Single Malt, The Missus was slurping away on her bottle of Champagne, Holly and I were well into the 'Nibbles Tray' and the Ferrets were stuffing their faces with Ferret Nibbles!

About nine thirty some Dozy Bozo Two Legs started letting off some very loud Whizz Bangs!

Of course, that set Holly off and pretty soon she was quivering and shaking and pacing up and down, not able to settle at all!

Well, we know what to expect now and by ten we were in bed cuddling up to TM while OTL had his 'Good Night Cuddle' with the ferrets before coming to bed.

So, there we all were just like the Babes in The Wood, all cuddled up with our heads under the duvet!

This morning all the Whizz Bangs had gone and OTL was up early, for the first time since he went down with the cold!

Next thing we heard was the Rowing Machine being worked by OTL. Looks like he is back on the Keep Fit and Loose Weight plan, this will be fun, especially after all the chocolate he has been stuffing down his throat over Christmas!

The ferrets woke up and saw what he was doing, both raised their eyes to the ceiling and went back to bed!

That all means we were up early and out down to the Sea Wall. Before we left home OTL said it was windy and a bit of rain in the air so he said we could wear our new coats!

Us in our Waggle Coats, looking dead cool!

 They were very warm and covered our chest as well so the wet grass landed on our coats instead of soaking our fur!

We met up with Max and Oscar who were seriously impressed and said we both looked wonderful!

You two look Good!

You know what? Even Max and Oscars owner stopped and gave us a stroke and said how smart we looked! Holly said that we must be the best looking dogs on the Sea Wall!

Just look at us getting all the attention!

The ferrets had stayed at home 'cos it's too wet out on the beach so we could have a run around and that threw up a bit of hitch with our coats!

The elastic is a bit tight under the legs innit?

 When we got back home we stayed down stairs for a woof at the birds while OTL went up stairs to do some work on the computer. The ferrets woke up and demanded they were let out of the cage for another run around the office! In the end they were whacked out and fell asleep on my sleeping cushion!

Cheeky Ferrets!

Shall we keep this bed?

 The rest of the day was horrid, it was wet and windy and not very nice. Our lunchtime walk was delayed 'cos we thought it may stop raining but in the end Holly and I couldn't hang on any longer, so, OTL took us over the field behind the houses and we did a quick wee then legged it back home as fast as we could!

So, here we are all snug and warm and ready for a snooze before dinner! Not sure what is happening tomorrow, it all depends on the rain, if it keeps raining then we will stay tucked up at home!

We must say a big thanks for all the emails and comments about our little blog and we are ticked all the way through to our tail tips that you all enjoy reading about our world!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles