It's Rabbiting Season!

Hello Woofer Mates!

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

Holly got up this morning and decided that the 'Rabbit Hunting Season' was 'Open'!

I wasn't sure about what she means by 'Open' but it sounded like fun, so I didn't argue!

We got to the car park and I could see a couple of rabbits dancing around on the grass in front of the bushes.

There I was, up at the windscreen doing my 'Grumbly Grumble' that I do before setting off after a rabbit. Holly was doing her excited 'Let Me Out' woof to Old Two Legs that she normally does before he lets us out of the car.

Both ferrets were rattling the cage door to get out, you know, it was getting very 'Busy'!

Finally, OTL opened the back door and out we flew, rushed through the bushes and after the rabbits!

They had gone!

I blame the Ferrets for making too much noise!

It was a super walk today, the temperature was down to a very pleasant level which means we could have a run about without getting too hot!

Down on the beach Miss Snowflake had a quick wee and climbed back into the bag while Mr Brambles set off to explore the beach.

The sea had piled up the sea shells into a cliff face and he had trouble climbing up to the top.

It's a bit of a climb today!

When he arrived at the Rock Wall, he found one of those plastic cup the Two Legs leave on the beach instead of putting them in the rubbish bin.

So, Mr Brambles, being Mr Brambles, just had to have a look and inspect it!

In he went, sniffing and snuffling, as ferrets do.

Then we heard............'Help! I've gone Blind!'

I can't see a thing!

Soppy Ferret!

OTL had to pull the cup off his head!

Back home we all settled down to some breakfast and followed it up with a well deserved snooze.

Holly was dreaming of rabbits, I know that 'cos she was woofing in her sleep doing her 'Rabbit Chasing' woof!

Around eleven thirty, I got fed up with snoozing or woofing at the passers by, so I gave OTL's chair back a good shove with my front paws.

It's our secret sign, well mine actually, and it means, 'I want..............'!

OTL knew what the blank spot was.....'Walkies'!

I had this feeling the tide should be in by now and I just fancied a swim!

When we got down to the Sea Wall, the tide was about an hour away from being 'Swim-able' 

Of course, Miss Know It All said that we were just too early and kept asking where the water was!

Come on then, where's the water?

 She can be right annoying when she does that!

So, no swimming or splashing about, so let's go hunting some rabbit!

Well, we hunted and hunted and hunted, of course Little Miss Know It All Silly Knickers kept asking...

Come on then, where's the rabbits?

I was not a 'Happy Puppy'!

It's not my fault, honest!

Back home I headed for OTL's desk and collapsed into my cushion and had a snooze where I dreamt I had gone swimming and chased rabbits all over the place and Silly Knickers Holly had got left in the car where she couldn't scare off the rabbits!

You can't win them all, as OTL said, still, once in a while would be nice!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Two Legged Bozo's and We Go Rabbit Hunting!

Yo Ho Woofers!

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

We were all out good and early this morning, Old Two Legs said that it was a little 'Chilly' and said it seemed like the first sign of Autumn!

Holly, who knows about these things said it was just a Low Pressure traversing over South East England and would soon pass!

That told him!

We met up with Bryn and the Gang and he was complaining that he wasn't let out of his owners sight this morning, that'll teach him to go chasing sniffs on his own!

We got down to the beach and OTL was getting the ferrets out of the Ferret Bag and onto the sand. There were three Two Legs on the bench having a rest after doing their morning cycling up and down the Sea Wall.

One of the Two Legs said that OTL aught to put the ferrets down the rabbit holes to kill off the rabbits 'cos there were too many of them and they were eating all the crops!

What a Bozo! As OTL pointed out, the crops grown around here were Grain and Rape and even that was a couple of miles down the road! He said that they 'Enhanced' the area and were a treat to see!

They also provided the fox population with a source of food as well!

Plus of course, a great game of 'Chase The Rabbit' for us Woofers!

We do meet some real Bozo's on our walk!

 Miss Snowflake did point out that the Working Ferrets' job is to chase the rabbits out of the holes so the Two Legs can do the 'dispatching' and she should know 'cos she was a 'Working Ferret', before she arrived in our back garden and decided to become a 'Retired Ferret'!

All this talk of working has made me tired, can I get back in the bag?

We headed back towards the car and Holly and I ran ahead 'cos I wanted to see if the rabbit I nearly caught yesterday was still around and did he want to come out to play?

Well, we hunted about all over the place, in and out of the bushes and down the path a bit but they must have gone back home for their breakfast 'cos we couldn't find any of them at all!

Holly and the ferrets got back in the car but I thought I'd hang about, just in case one popped his head out and wanted to play 'Chase'.

Me, waiting for a Rabbit!

In the end, it was only OTL who popped his head around the bush and told me to 'Get in the Car!'

Never mind, there is always lunch time!

But Lunchtime was different today. We headed off for some deliveries and of course, The Forest!

The notice on the gate said that the Heeland Coo's were in our part of the forest, so Holly and I kept a look out for them!

I Spy Heeland Coo!

 We got past them with no trouble and OTL says that they were brought in to eat all the bracken in the forest and generally tidy it all up!

Did the Coo's do All This?

 OTL explained that the forestry people had been in with a big mowing machine and cut down loads of the brambles and stuff like that. So, we're not seeing these wide open spaces because the Coo's were hungry!

OTL spotted this in the undergrowth and said that he hadn't seen any other place where this was growing. It's called 'Cuckoopint' and while it's not dangerous, it doesn't taste very nice!

OTL reckons someone planted that in the forest 'cos it's 'Not Natural'

Cuckoopint

We had a great time hunting squirrels, didn't see one at all! As we got closer to the car park Holly said she had spotted a squirrel on the path, being walked by a couple of Two Legs!

Wot?

You Going Potty Girl?

When we got closer we saw it was a little four month old puppy! It was so very polite and even asked Holly not to eat her!

Please Don't eat me Miss!

Back home for some Lambs Heart and a snooze before this evening fun and games. OTL says that he might let the ferrets out for a run around, providing they wake up of course!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

A Monday Morning Rescue!

Hi Woofers!

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

On our way to the Sea Wall this morning, Old Two Legs pulled the car off the road and jumped out with his camera saying 'Just Look at That'!

Look at wot? Just a few clouds, no birds, woofers or coo's, just what had he seen?

Cumulonimbus incus

Wot? It seems that this 'Cumulonimbus incus' or Anvil Cloud could turn into some serious rain or stormy weather!

It's a good job it was passing us by!

Back to more interesting things!

We've had a little excitement this morning and it was 'Ferrets to The Rescue'!

We were out on our normal walk and came across Max & Oscar and their owner plus Bryn's owner, but no Bryn. We think he was investigating a sniff back down the path.

Well, the ferrets got a stroke from Bryn's owner and off we went again, heading for the beach. After a little while, who should come up behind us, Bryn!

We all said hello and had a sniff and the ferrets said hello as well 'cos they had met Bryn before and rate him as 'Friend but Watch Out'!

Bryn's owner was calling him and off he trotted ahead of us, looking for a path back to his owner. OTL was looking after the ferrets 'cos they had just got down for a wee before getting to the beach.

When we looked up, Bryn had disappeared and we thought, heading off to see Max & Oscar!

On our way back from the beach, we could hear Bryn's name being called and thought he had either found some serious sniffs or was chasing rabbits, both things can turn a doggy deaf you know!

We headed back towards the car and the ferrets were sniffing both sides of the path. Suddenly they stopped and did their 'Wassat?' pose which means there is something around that could hunt ferrets!

Just then, Bryn jumped out of the bushes and said 'Hello Girls, Have I found a Sniff to Die For'!

We all had a chat and decided to go back to the car and drive around to Bryn's house, but, before we could do that we saw Bryn's master walking along the Sea Wall and OTL called over to him. So, Bryn was back with his family again and the ferrets said it was a good job they had spotted Bryn in the bushes or he could have missed his breakfast, and that would be terrible!

A Gold Star for The Ferrets!

Lunch time we were out again and down the beach. You know I love the summer, so much swimming time!

Holly still won't come in for a splash about, instead, she sits on the beach catching the rays and claiming she is a 'Life Guard'!

She says that if anyone gets in trouble, she will borrow OTL's phone and call the Coast Guards!

Keep Paddling, I can't find the phone!

It's a good job OTL doesn't throw the bone out too far. It is not so far that if there was any trouble, he could come in and rescue me!

I got fed up with waiting to be rescued, so I've swum back instead!

On the way back to the car I went ahead and around the corner and almost fell over a rabbit! Well, I gave my 'War Cry' and chased it all over the place but by the time Holly had got here to help me, the rabbit had gone to ground! Curses! Next time I'll get it!

It was the same for OTL, he reckons he saw a Weasel run across the path but it was so quick he didn't have time to get a picture!

Curses! Next time he'll get it!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

A Day with Archie Babe and Bertha's Backside!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles here!

What a day we've had, rain, sniffs Archie, more sniffs!

It started off with taking The Missus up to the village hall with all her stuff ready for her Master Class, then off to the Sea Wall for a walk with the ferrets before Archie Babe arrives!

Archie will like this sniff!

Holly and the ferrets were busy sorting the sniffs out while I looked for any new ones that had appeared overnight!

That's a new one!

Towards the end of the walk it started to rain and Old Two Legs said it was the last bit of Hurricane Bertha and as Holly said, if that was the last bit, it must be her backside!

The ferrets said that they wanted to get into the dry and have a snooze, so OTL sorted them out and we were back in the car again!

We went back to the village hall and pretty soon Archie arrived! That was it, a quick 'Hello and Goodbye' and we were all off back down to the beach again!

We introduced Archie Babe to all the sniffs we had set aside and he reckons that there were some seriously special sniffs that he doesn't get at his home.

Wow! This is Good Girls!

We then took him down to the beach which he said he had never seen before! He was sniffin' an sniffin' again at the sea weed sniff. He had never sniffed it before and was getting excited!

Oh Wow! Just look at all that water and the Sniff is better than I imagined!

We went down on the beach and showed him the sea weed and the water and the mud and told him about the Wet Smelly Thing the ferrets are hunting!

Can I eat this?

 Once we had finished on the beach Archie asked if we could play 'Puppy Patrol' up the hill!

It's a triple 'Puppy Patrol'!

We headed back home just in time 'cos the rain started again as soon as we had got back to the car!

Back home we had a bite to eat, well, Archie got his nose stuck in our 'Day Biscuits' which we like to nibble sometimes. He woofed down loads and finished off with a teeth cleaning chew!

We all had a snooze and I even let Archie cuddle up with OTL on his favourite chair!

Back down the beach it was just right for a swim, I chased after the Red Bone and Archie said that he Doesn't Do Swimming!

No, This is as far as I want to go thanks!

Further along the beach the tide was well into retreat so we all enjoyed some 'Beach Sniffing'.

Archie was looking for the 'Wet Smelly Thing' but we suggested that instead, he should have a roll in the mud 'cos his own Two Legs would be very impressed with a coat of mud!

Go on, have a roll!

 Archie, being a Sneaky Puppy, went off to OTL and asked if he could have a roll?

No, you can't roll in the mud!

Having his Mud Roll stopped, Archie went off in search of frogs and other things. He found some small shrimps in the pools and some wriggly things under the weed!

Got any frogs here?

Then something caught Archie's eye, it was a sea gull plonking around in the mud looking for some food. Archie said that he doesn't get many real sea gulls where he lives and was speculating on whether or not it tasted like chicken!

I wonder?

 Heading back to the car Archie was saying that he wished he had a beach where he lived, he would spend all day sniffing along the shore!

I wish I had a beach!

Back home, Archie did some investigating of our garden, he said that it had some brilliant sniffs and a good few holes to investigate!

This is great!

Then we suggested he have a drink from the pond which we reckon tastes better that the stuff that comes out of the tap!

He stood on the rock and then put his paws in the water and Holly reckoned that just one more inch further in and he would be swimming!

Just One More Inch!

Pretty soon Archie had to leave us and head off home. He said that he had enjoyed his visit and if we didn't mind, he would just love to come down and visit again and spend some more time on the beach!

We waved him Bye Bye and went in search of our dinner, Ox Heart, Yum Yum!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Saturday with OTL

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles here!

Last night we had a load of rain, you know, it even woke Old Two Legs up, but he went back to sleep quickly!

Loads of big puddles in the road, which is always a good gauge of how much rain fell overnight!

Just over the kerb means a normal rain shower but if the water spreads to the centre of the road, well, then it was a lot of rain! Right across the road, we have to find an alternative route!

This morning the water was up to the centre of the road, so we know it was wet last night!

We had fun along the Sea Wall and Miss Snowflake sneaked back into the ferret bag until we got off the beach. The tide was out, so no swimming!

Back home OTL was mending The Missus computer that for some reason had decided to go all wobbly!

OTL says it's 'Finger Trouble' like, she keeps touching it!

Lunch time the tide was in and of course I went in for a swim!

Today, instead of searching around for a stick, OTL had brought one of the rubber toys from the ferret toy box!

It was a rubber chew in the shape of a red bone!

The squeaker had fallen out, so, no danger of swallowing the squeaker!

Up Periscope!

 We were having a good game with OTL throwing it and me fetching it! Then a little girl stopped with her daddy and she asked if she could throw it for me?

Well, it made a change from OTL and she threw it out a bit further than OTL!

Rebbecca gives it some wellie!

A bit further along the beach Holly tried some mugging on a couple of fishermen but they had eaten all their sarnies and only had worms left!

Wot you doing Mister?

They had eaten all their food and still not caught anything! One of them hooked up another worm and threw it back out again!

Go on then, get out and swim!

We headed down to the beach and OTL was throwing my bone again!

Holly sat on the shore and was taking the mickey out of me every time I got back to shore.

Mind you, there was one time when I stopped and shook water all over her!

Do you know just how wet you are?

Back home in time for TM to get back from her Master Class and we are looking forward to a good brush from OTL so we look our best for Archie Babe tomorrow!

Bye bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

TM's got a New Pinny!

Hi Woofers!

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

Not so hot today, that means we can have a good run and chase on the beach. Holly and I were running up and down the beach, digging holes and winding Mr Brambles up!

It starts off with Brambles coming over to see the hole Holly was digging!

This is My 'ole, so Ferret Off!

 I dug a deep hole and called out that there was something big and smelly down here!

Ear! There's Summat Smelly Here!

Of course, that means Mr Brambles must have a look and investigate the source of the sniff!

I moved off to the side and he was in there as quick as a flash!

Well I can't sniff it!

That caught him out! Holly and I were rolling on the beach laughing our tails off!

We had a visit from Auntie Chris and husband Pete and Chris brought The Missus a new pinny!

Dead smart it is as well, and it started off with a bit of advertising!

Book Early to avoid disappointment!

Then there was the 'Warning', not that we paid it any attention!

Oh Yeah! In Yer Dreams Missus!

 When we turned it over there was more embroidery!

This is Super Special!

This is it in close up!

Good Luck Words!

 Even Snowflake and Brambles got a mention!
 

It's A Ferret Thing!

Of course, the best bit was the Daisy & Holly tracks!

It don't get much better than this!

OTL said that the way TM was dancing around in it, he reckons she will even be wearing it in bed tonight!

It was still cool when we went for the lunchtime stroll on the beach and half way around it started to rain!

It was a 'Quick Trot' back to the car and by the time we got home the Thunder & Lightening' had started! Boom, Crash!

Holly and I had a woof at the thunder but OTL said it was a waste of time woofing 'cos the thunder can't talk Doggy!

Silly Thunder!

We finished off the Lambs Heart that TM found in the bottom of the freezer, so, not such a bad finish to the day, well, anything is better than Doggy Scoff!

OTL has promised us a 'Good Brushing' so we look our best when Archie Babe comes visiting on Sunday. OTL says that Archie Babe has not only had a bath, but he has had a hair cut as well!

Holly asked if he sniffed like a Tarts Handbag, like wot we do when we come out from the Parlour?

OTL said he would sniff but sort of 'Manly Sniffs'!

Holly said we will have to show him where all the good sniffs are so he can have a roll in them before he goes home!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

A Sea Weed Wrap for a Pair of Smelly Nelly's!

Hello Woofers!

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

Just for a change, when we got down to the Sea Wall this morning, Holly was hanging behind so I had the 'Pole Position' to get after the rabbits, I did my 'Slowly Slowly Creepy Up Stalk'

I See Rabbits!

At the last moment Holly came crashing around the corner and scared them all off!

It was a sunny start to the day, the tide was in, so I took a dip but we couldn't find any sticks for Old Two Legs to throw!

I was right disappointed and had a little sulk!

Mind you, Mr Brambles nearly got caught by a wave as he strayed too close to the waters edge!

It's Behind You!

Out to sea there was an Escort Tug type looking for a big ship to guide in but as far as we could see, there was nothing at all!

Maybe they got the wrong day!

I See No Ships!

We had a good run around and both ferrets found loads of sniffs, Mr Brambles reckons they were mostly Weasels but Miss Snowflake says that some of them were Stoats!

Back home the pair of them went on their 'Morning Rampage' and chased each other all over the place.

Mr Brambles got all exhausted and fell asleep behind the bottom draw in OTL's office but OTL knows that is his favourite place, so he was lifted out and put to bed while Miss Snowflake carried on 'Rampaging'!

One of their fun places to explore is The Missus's card store room 'cos there are loads of boxes and shelves and little places to explore. Miss Snowflake has found that she can climb up and through the shelves and into places you wouldn't think was big enough for a mouse!

There is just one small problem, she has a bad memory for re tracing her route through the shelves, so that means she must call OTL when she gets stuck!

I really need a Wee, can you get me down please?

It's a good job that OTL keeps an eye on the pair of them!

Lunchtime we were down the beach again but all the water had dissapeared into the distance, so I still didn't get my swim, although, Holly and I had a rest on top of some really smelly sea weed!

OTL called us 'Smelly Nelly's!' Like, I mean, do we care?

Yes, I fancy a cool Sea Weed Wrap!

 OTL gave up shouting at us and went back to chasing a Four Spot Chaser!

A Four Spot having a breather!

Almost next to it was a Buff Tailed Bumblebee, having a buzz around the flowers!

Yet another 'Buzzy Bee!'

Holly and I were really looking forward to a good feed tonight but what did we see on the kitchen work surface?

DOGGY SCOFF!!!!!!   YUK, YUK, YUK, YUK!

No more cuddles for her, we're going to stick close to OTL, who knows, he may get some meat tonight!

See you tomorrow, if we don't just fade away with hunger!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.