Another Estuary Morning!

Greetings Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles here again!

You know, sometimes The Missus and Old Two Legs leave us behind, and it's not right! Like today, they just upped and disappeared in the car, but I'll tell you more later!

First thing OTL, the ferrets and us went off to The Beach for our bit of exercise on the sand. It was a little dark to begin with but the sun was shining on the sea and OTL said it looked 'Ethereal' , what ever that is!

Ethereal? Wossat?

Mr Brambles had asked me to teach him how to Line Dance and you know me, being an expert, I was only too pleased to help!

One thing I have found out, a ferret doesn't know his left paw from his right paw!

There was I trying to teach a simple 'Step & Kick' with the right paw.

I gave up counting the number of times I showed him, look, this is your right paw!

Right Paw, Lift And Kick!

No, no, No, This is the Right Paw, Step & Kick!

This is the Right Paw!

Mr Brambles just couldn't get the fact that he was kicking with his Left Paw 'cos he was kicking the same side as me, but in mirror!

Holly started off laughing but even she got bored in the end and said that we should sing out 'Step & Kick' and not mention left or right!

Come on, Forget Left and Right, just Kick!

I must admit, in the end I was glad when OTL said we should be heading back home, it gave me a good excuse to stop teaching!

We had some fun sharing sniffs with the ferrets on the way back to the car and we introduced Mr Brambles to the 'Rat Wee' and the Vole Wee and he showed us some Grass Snake Poo!

Yep! That's Snake Poo alright!

Back home we had hardly got our noses into the food bowl when TM and OTL headed out the door, taking Both Cars with them!

About an hour later they returned with just the small car, the big car was having it's MOT!

OTL had a big bag of Bird Seed over his shoulder and a big bag of Peanuts in his hand, also for the birds!

Holly and I stood guard by the back door to make sure that no other Peregrine landed in our garden to scare the birds or attack OTL!

Lunch time we were out again and we found the Two Legs who cuts the grass charging about on a small tractor with some grass cutters on the back, Scary!

Mind your Claws Girls!

 The wind was getting up and although it wasn't cold, it was blowing the waves about a bit!

Is there a Storm Coming?

OTL stopped to have a chat with a couple of Two Legs who had a Bearded Collie on a lead. We couldn't see his eyes, so we weren't too sure if it was friendly or not, but OTL said 'Hello' and tickled it behind his ears and soon he stopped woofing at us. Mind you, Holly and I stayed well away from him, just in case!

You know it takes two hours to brush me!

He had such long hair, Holly said that she wouldn't like hair like that especially as you couldn't see where you were going!

OTL got the Ferret Travelling Cage out and set it up so the ferrets can have some time inside playing with it so they are used to it by the time we go on holiday!

Once again, off TM & OTL went and picked up the big car without us! We had to sit by the window and wait for them to come back, it was Soooo Booooring!

Not sure what is for dinner tonight but we plan to have some from each of them!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

A Peregrine Falcon visits our garden!

Hello Woofers!

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

We have had an exciting day today, loads of stuff going on!

First of all, last night Old Two Legs had a dream and it involved jungle and trees and Big Monsters and Small Monsters and they were all chasing OTL! He was managing to escape their murderous teeth when he ran around a corner and had to duck under tail of a Monster looking the other way!

Trouble was, OTL was still in bed and as he ducked his head, he didn't see the bedside cabinet and managed to collide with the corner of the cabinet with his eye brow!

Well, there was blood everywhere! I'd never seen anyone bleed so much! OTL had to wake The Missus up from her dreams of  'Fabulous Eileen Godwin's Fame & Fortune'  to inspect the damage, just in case he needed some stitches in it!

Luckily enough it was a 'Straight in Cut' rather than a 'Slice' and with the application of cold water and a little pressure from his hand, the blood stopped and after clearing up the mess he went back to bed!

We cuddled up to him to make him feel better and Holly even licked his hand in sympathy!

After all that, we were up late, it was half past seven before we got up, terribly late for a Sunday!

Soon we were down The Beach and when we got to the steps, there was a family already there with an English Bull Terrier who we hadn't met before, so it was 'Gently, Gently' until we decided she was just after a game!

Lilly and her Family.

 Mr Brambles just couldn't wait to get out for a run and a dig in the sand and kept on asking.........'are we there yet?'

It's getting a bit 'close' in this bag I think Snowflake needs a run!

Soon we were dashing around and Holly even found some old egg sacks and pretended it was a ball!

Back home TM was catching up with the house work, well, even the 'Fabulous Eileen Godwin' has to get back to reality sometimes!

There we were having a snooze on the sofa when there was a big 'Thump' on the door window and we all looked to see what it was all about. OTL spotted a female Peregrine Falcon perched on the rocks in the garden with a little bird in her claws! She was only there for a brief moment before flying off with the little bird.

We then saw where the impact had happened and you can see the mark where the bird had crashed into the window when the Peregrine attacked and had emptied it's bowels at the moment of impact!

You can see the mark of the feathers of the little bird and just above that you can see the mark of Peregrines feathers as well!

Pow! The End of a Bird!

Holly said that when we are in Scotland OTL has to keep a watch out for Eagles and Buzzards who may attack us and now he has to add Peregrine Falcon to the list 'cos the ferrets would make a tasty meal!

Scary or Wot!

Lunch time came and we were out again with OTL. Holly and I went off Hunting Rabbit while OTL ran around like a Headless Chicken chasing a Peacock Butterfly!

It settled for just a second!

The wind had got up a little since this morning and Holly said that if she stood in a certain direction the wind blew her whiskers up in the air!

Just look, it's done it again!

We went looking for more rabbits but as normal they had retired to bed for their afternoon snooze!

It was still a good run and we both were glad when we got back to the car, you could see it on Holly's face!

That was a good walk, now I need a snooze!

OTL has been shoving pain killer tablets down his throat 'cos his eye still hurts, but, we will give him a cuddle and try to make it better!

See you all tomorrow, we're off to take the big car for its MOT so we have got some car riding tomorrow!

Bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

A Wet Saturday!

Hi Woofers!

It's us here, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

We were up early this morning, not that we needed to be up early but The Missus had been snoring all night long and finally the noise even woke her up!

Once she is awake she fidgets and turns over in the bed waking everyone else up and after that's done, she gets up and stomps around downstairs 'Tidying' all her card making stuff!

Today we have to take her up to the Village Hall for the 'Crop' and then we can  go off for our walk. Then we have to take the car back up to the hall and hand it over to TM so she can go off and do some demonstrations. We had a look at the web site and spotted the advert, laugh, we could hardly breath!

And last but not least the Fabulous Eileen Goodwin will be Demostrating from 1.00pm -3.00pm Memory box Stencils, inks,Blending etc....
Plus 10% off many Products..
Bargain Buckets.
Prize Draws.
Nibbles.
Fun..

It was a pity that they spelt her name wrongly, still, it's only twenty five bob to talk to her nowadays!

Holly wanted to know why there wasn't any 'Glue Slapping' in the advert!


While we could, we had some fun on the beach.

It started with Miss Snowflake complaining that some one had pinched her hole!

OK, Who's Pinched Me Hole!

Holly and I said we would dig her a new one providing she didn't try to take it over before we finished!

OK Sis, Start Digging and I'll stand guard!

Of course Miss Snowflake was getting all 'Twitchy' wanting to get into the hole to try it out for size!

Holly did her 'Guarding' and managed to keep Snowflake out of the hole, for a little while!

No! You can't have it yet!

When we finished the hole, she inspected it and was about to settle down when the rain started! That was it, she was out and heading back to the car at 'Ferret Fast' speed!

Obviously, it was Mr Brambles that held us up 'cos he is not so fast as Snowflake and as she says....

Your Brake Lights Are Broken!

Back home we had a super chicken breakfast followed by a snooze. We couldn't go out in the garden to woof at the birds 'cos it was raining, we weren't looking forward to our lunchtime walk!

Then OTL spotted a break in the weather and said that we could get a walk but it would mean we have to go at eleven fifteen and of course, we have to be back by twelve for the Fabulous Eileen Goodwin to take the car!

You would have thought that they'd sent a chauffeur driven limousine car to pick her up!

We got back in time and had to walk the last bit home through the village. OTL noticed that the church was going to be open for a 'St Georges Day' event, so he said he may come back with his camera but it means we would be left at home, not much fun there then!

While we were out on our walk OTL spotted what he thinks is an early St Marks Fly, it is supposed to arrive on St Marks Day (28th April) so this one is two days early!

Looks like a St Marks Fly.

Not satisfied with that, he spotted a snail racing along the Sea Wall and got down on his knees, well ahead and waited for it to fly past!

An English Racing Snail!

Then we found a Dandelion that had all of its seed head intact, so that just had to be photographed!

Waiting for the wind!

Back home for a snooze and a brush down with the Doggy Hair Brush!

Here we are, up at the bedroom window waiting for the Fabulous Eileen Goodwin to arrive back in the small car!

By the way, OTL fell asleep and missed the St Georges Day thing at the village church, maybe next year!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

What happened to the week?

Hi Woofers!

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

Last night The Missus announced that she needed the small car to get her and all her stuff over to Maidstone to do a 'Master Class' on 'Glue Slapping' and 'Glitter Spreading'!

Not only did she want the car but she wanted it by ten to eight!

Well, that means a very early start for Old Two Legs, The Ferrets and us Doggies!

In fact, it was so early that my body clock didn't recognise it was poo'ing time  and I had to visit the garden half way through the morning, but that's another story!

We half expected the rabbits to be out chomping away on some 'Early Morning Grass' but when we arrived at the Rabbit Ground, there were no rabbits to be seen!

Obviously it was too early for them!

OK, Where are they?

Down on the beach the tide was out but also the Sea Mist was still in and we couldn't even see Sheerness Docks!

Misty or Wot?

We all had a sniff along the beach and there was a moment when Holly said 'Where is Miss Snowflake? We all had a look around but couldn't see her anywhere!

Where is she?

We started calling out to her and we heard a little voice call out 'I'm Behind Yoooo!'

It was then that Mr Brambles spotted her tail waving above the sand, but he couldn't see the rest of her!

We all ran over to where she was and discovered her down the bottom of a big hole. She tried to claim she had dug it but we knew it would have taken ages for her to dig that deep!

You Know, It ain't Too Bad!

Mr Brambles jumped in and they had a little snuggle out of the wind, until OTL called them both to 'Get a Move On' 'cos TM would be at the front door with her arms crossed and tapping her foot and scowling!

We waved 'Good Bye' to TM and went off to get some breakfast of Ox Heart. OTL started doing his work and I decided to have a snooze and let Holly woof at the Dustbin Men as they collected all the rubbish!

I had to woof at OTL half way through the morning to be let out into the garden 'cos my body clock had caught up with me!

I made sure I went where the 'Wild Flower' patch is 'cos I reckon that if we are going to have a 'Natural Wild Flower' garden then it ought to be able to survive a Doggy Poo or two!

Come lunch time we realised that we would have to go over The Farm for a walk 'cos the little car had gone and the big car was 'Too Clean' to let a couple of mucky puppies sit on the clean seats!

That was OK, it was fun sniffing the sniffs of so many of the local dogs who walk across the field!

Then, when we came back OTL found he had to go delivering and we passed the New Park on the way out and of course, we didn't pass it on the way back, we stopped!

This time we had brought a ball with us!

OTL was throwing down the path and I was running after it while Holly was looking for something to roll in!

Down at the Swimming Hole I was running in and out of the water and OTL was throwing the ball in just where I could get it, then he overdid it a bit and I got all worried and refused to go off the shelf and into deep water!

I tried and I tried to get off the shelf and all the time the ball was floating further and further away!

In the end we had to give up and let it float away!

Oh No! It's going too far away!

 While I was trying to get the ball a Wire Haired Fox Terrier arrived at the Swimming Hole and said his name was Baggins and sorry, he didn't do water!

I just don't do water at all!

I was not a Happy Puppy and it didn't help to have my sister walking behind me asking 'Have You Got The Ball?'

Got The Ball Sis?

 We would have had some fun chasing it on the way back to the car and I could have got dry as well but it ended up with me getting a towel down from OTL in the back of the car!

No Ball and now she has to have a rub down with the Doggy Towel if Mr B hasn't poo'ed on it!

Back home and TM still not back, she must  be having fun with the Glue Pot!

She is off again tomorrow for another Glue & Glitter Master Class, so we will be looking forward to some more fun with OTL, providing it doesn't rain!

Bye Bye For Now!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

OTL gets a new lens & Mr Brambles leaves his mark!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles here again!

Yesterday we had two parcels delivered for Old Two Legs, one was to do with work and the other was a new lens for his camera!

When we go out walking with the ferrets OTL has to take pictures without looking through the view finder, so it is more a case of 'Point and Hope'!

He has tried his other lenses and although the 12-24mm lens was good, it was heavy, and too big to handle one handed. So, he reckons that a 35mm lens will give him the magnification he needs for close'ish shots of the ferrets, more distance shots of Holly and me and the 'Landscape' shots of the sea and the shore.

Well that's the plan and this morning was his first outing with it on the little Nikon D200 camera.

Wassup 'ere?

His first shot was of Miss Snowflake doing some exploration after her breakfast of Kibble and Lactose Free Milk. She had already tried jumping up twice and twice she had fallen off!

We headed off to The Beach and OTL tried a Landscape picture of Sheerness and the Isle of Sheppy.

Good Morning Sheppy!

We got onto the beach and as OTL was getting the ferrets out of the Ferret Bag, this load of Bozo's walked past and one of them just had to ask.........Are those Ferrets?

One day OTL is going to answer back............No, they are Ninja Hedgehogs!

Bozo's R Us!

Miss Snowflake was the first out of the Ferret Bag and stood very still sniffing the sniffs on the air. 'Mmm' says Snowflake, 'I can sniff Kebab!'

Mmmm! Donna Kebab!

OTL showed Miss Snowflake the picture and she asked for another, but from the other side, just to see what is her best side.

Is this my better side?

Holly said that that Snowflakes best side was her backside 'cos it means she is going away so we are safe from being bitten!

Before  Miss Snowflake could answer, Holly found a stick and we had a good game of 'Chase The Stick' along the Sea Wall!

My Stick!

Miss Snowflake went back to sniffing the shells and said that she would 'Sort Holly Out' later!

Mmm! Sniffy Shells!

Back home OTL was hard at work so we left him to play while we had our morning snooze.

We heard him call out that he had seen a baby sparrow in the nest box, just one. It is difficult to see 'cos the nest is a real ball of mess and the camera can't show the whole nest 'cos the grass goes over the top of the nest, so all we see is a very out of focus blur with just a little bit of sparrow in between the bits of grass!

Lunchtime OTL tried to sneak out without us, fat chance!

Off we went to the town where he had some stuff to drop off, then afterwards, The New Park!

We hadn't been there for ages, they had built a Cafe with seats outside so the Two Legs can have a drink or something to eat and still keep the woofers by their sides!

We didn't stop for any food, it was the swimming hole that interested us! There was however, one small problem. We had forgotten the ball! We couldn't find a stick on the way down and there were no sticks or lost balls around the Swimming Hole!

OK, So Now What Do We Chase?

There we all were, wondering what to do when this Spaniel type just happened by with his own ball! Do you think he would share it with us?

No Way!

He went splashing in the water, and fetching it back and splashing out again and bringing it back, well it almost made us dizzy!

What was worse was the smirk on his face as he headed off back to the Cafe!

I'smyballandI'mnotsharingitwithanyone!

Well, if there is nothing for us to chase then we might as well have a run to dry off!

Off we went and had a run and then it was sniffs all the way back to the car!

A Super Place for Sniffing!

 Back home to have a snooze, via The Doggy Shop!!!!!!!

OTL got some Chicken Fillets and Holly and I had one each! It was super, chewing away in the back of the car, having a slurp of water from our travelling bowl, then back to the chicken fillet!

While OTL did the chauffeuring bit while we looked out the back window!

We know how to live!

So, we are looking forward to mugging OTL tonight, providing he has something we like!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

P.S. It was Mr Bramble who poo'd on OTL's towel, seems like it's called a 'Marker Poo' a bit like an Otter doing Spraints, well, they are all of the same family!

OTL Sniffs of Dustbin Lorry!

Hi Woofers!

Us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

We had a really good time on our morning walk today.

First of all we had fun laughing at the ferrets attempt to dig a hole, well, really it was Holly who was doing the 'Jokey Bit' and saying that they couldn't dig their way out of a wet paper bag!

Mr Brambles said that she had better watch her behind 'cos if he got close enough she would feel how he could make holes with his teeth!

Mind you, it still didn't stop Holly, she then started on about the hole Miss Snowflake was digging!

Just Look at this Bozo Ferret!

 It was at this point that Miss Snowflake leaped out of the hole and chased Holly Dog down the beach!

She only stopped when she put her foot through the harness and had to ask Old Two Legs to put it back on for her!

'ere! Me Harness has Slipped!

On the way up the path Mr Brambles spotted a big black slug and asked what they tasted like. Holly said they tasted like chicken and he should have a bite!

Well, Mr Brambles had never tried Slug before and took a bite.

YUK! YUK! YUK! YUK!

It was Horrible and Mr Brambles spent the next five minutes licking dew off the grass to wash the taste from his mouth!

YUK!

Then it happened, Holly and I spotted a Rabbit, sitting in the middle of the path, chomping away on some grass, and it had it's back to us!

Do you see wot I see?

That was it, we were off like a flash!

OTL said that it was a good job he was walking the ferrets or he would have chased after us! Still, we got a good rampage around the rabbit grounds and the ferrets got a chance to ferret around in the undergrowth!


Lunchtime came and by then OTL had disappeared off to play with the dustbin lorries and we got a walk with The Missus over The Farm.

We met up with a couple of Bozo Labradors, one was a youngster and the other a bit older and not too friendly, seem she woke up with the grumbles this morning and it was still there at lunch time!

We gave her a wide berth and headed off to Sniff the Sniffs.

Talking of sniffin' OTL has just turned up and he 'HONKS' we reckon he has been playing with all the rubbish in the lorries! Still, it's a good job he has his 'Boiler Suit' to keep most of the muck from sticking to him!

Still, it was straight in and into the shower with him!

He is due to come out soon so I'm off to find one of our Doggy Towels for him to have a rub down 'cos we have just noticed that the ferrets have pulled his towel down off the rail and one of them has had a poo on it!

Both ferrets are asleep at the moment but we will ask who the culprit is later on!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

It's Tuesday, so it's Back To Work!

Hello Woofers!

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

It rained last night, we know that 'cos we heard it. It rained a lot, we know that 'cos there was a whopping great puddle across the road that leads us to The Beach!

When we got there, we saw some mighty big puddles along the path as well!

There were rainy sort of clouds blocking the sun, so it all looked a bit gloomy!

Gloomy or Wot?

Miss Snowflake didn't look too happy 'cos she said she was a bit cold and really fancied going back to sleep again and could she get back in the ferret bag again!

Go On, Just a Little Snooze Again?

Of course, Old Two Legs said that she needed some exercise and suggested a jog along the beach, just like wot Mr Brambles was doing!

I tried to cheer her up by pretending I was the last Easter Bunny!

Look! I'm The Last Easter Bunny!

That made her laugh! Then we found an underground sniff, so I set to work digging it out while she stood at the edge of the hole giving me instructions!

OK, Now Move over there and go deeper!

You know, she can be a right Bossy Ferret when she puts her mind to it!

OK, Now Deeper!

Thanks to PeeJay for identifying the brown tail moth caterpillars and Peterc for confirming the observation, OTL looked up the moth in his book and saw that they can launch their hairs into the air if threatened! The location and nest was as described in the book and you can get a nasty rash from those hairs as well!

We stayed well away from them!

Back home it was Doggy Scoff again, I really don't know why she does it to us, I mean, we are always giving her licks and saying how pleased we are to see her after one of her Master Classes, and what do we get as a reward?

Doggy Scoff Yuk, YUk, YUK!

OTL  took us out for our lunchtime walk and spent most of the time on his mobile phone, really boring!

We had to sit there while he waved his arms about, as if the person on the phone could see him!

Then it was back home and off he went leaving us with The Missus!

When he came back he had some funny sniffs on his boots! Cow Poo!

Seems he has been up to a farm to look at something or other and the not only grow stuff but they keep animals as well!

So, he is back and we are off to see what he has for dinner and then mug some, anything has got to be better than Doggy Scoff!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

The First Swallow!

Hello Woofers!

Us here again, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

You know, today has been pretty good. Like sunshine almost all day, chicken for breakfast and a nibble of Old Two Legs Marmite Toast at lunch time!

Holly and I have been snoozing on the bed for most of the morning after our 'Rush Around' the beach first thing. The ferrets were enjoying the sun shine as well, even though there was a brisk wind blowing in off the sea. Mr Brambles got under the Sea Wall and managed to get out of the wind and enjoy the warm sun.

I've never found a full shell!

 Miss Snowflake was too interested in chasing around the beach looking for new sniffs!

I joined her for a while, that was until Holly woofed that she had something really smell and worth a roll in!

Any Good Sniffs?

OTL heard her and warned both of us of the perils of 'Sniff Rolling' which may include a cold water hose down and a scrub with the kitchen floor scrubbing brush!

We got the message!

It was at that moment that OTL said 'Look!' and pointed to the sky, well, that's a funny place for a rabbit I thought! Then he said 'Swallow!' And it was! The first swallow we had seen this year, Summer is on it's way!

It had been raining overnight, so we all got a bit damp, especially the ferrets 'cos their tummies are closer to the ground than ours! Even so, they got wet and Holly and I got wet as well from jumping in the grass and stuff!

It was a good job OTL had our Doggy Towel in the car and we all got a good rub down to take the damp off out hair, ferrets first of course!

Lunchtime it was still sun shine but the wind was still blowing and as hard as he tried, OTL still didn't get any good pictures of the insects that were flying around. That was until the end of the walk when he took particular interest in a sort of spiders web that was crawling with caterpillars!

Not sure but we will keep our eyes on them!

We've had a look in his insect book and also on The Web but still couldn't identify them. Still, they were all awake and wriggling about, so it won't be long before they leave the nest and head off to chomp their way through the hedgerows!

Back home OTL has been teaching The Missus how to create a PDF file and email it. Seems TM had no idea what a PDF file was to begin with, but now she does!

While he was with her laptop OTL ran an Anti-Virus program that showed up over ten thousand broken files in the 'Browser' section and a ton of other dodgy files that would slow up the computer!

Still, it's all nice and clean again and she is back on the Internet racking up the broken links again!

So, a Clean Computer and the First Swallow, it's been a good day today!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.