Sunday Experiments!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles here!

Wot a Super Day it has been today. Holly and I were having a chat this morning after Old Two Legs had got up, Holly said that we didn't see Archie Babe yesterday at the Master Class. Seems he was planning to come down but something turned up and he couldn't make it, shame!

Still, maybe next time he can make it down we will have to show him the rabbit ground where we almost got a rabbit this morning! Mind you, when we first arrived it was all misty and OTL was worried that he wouldn't be able to compare the sky with yesterdays pictures!

Never mind, we have plenty of time! The yellow filter will have to wait until tomorrow!

All this mist, could we call it 'Soft Focus'?

So, Dramatic Landscape were out this morning, OTL, not being down hearted, decided to try some 'Street Photography', so, when Bryn's Mum stopped to say 'Hello' OTL he quickly took her picture before she could say no!

What the...............................?

Then he tried a shot of the ferrets and with the Red Filter they look almost like the ones he took using the Infrared Red camera!

IR or Not to IR!

Then, at last, there was a break in the mist and the sun poked its face through the clouds and OTL clicked off this one. By the way, can you spot the doggy?
 

Even into the sun the Red Filter seems to do its job!

Back home, Brambles headed straight into the kitchen and in no time he was 'Nose Down and Tail Up' stuffing his face full of our biscuits!

After clearing up, OTL settled down to some work on his printer, like trying to unblock the jets on the black section of the printer head. We won't know for a couple of days so, keep your claws crossed!

So far he has got inky claws, inky rags, inky desk top and ink on his nose!

No, don't ask!

Lunchtime arrived and the sun was out, trouble was, so was the mist!

Never mind, OTL kept clicking and after a while we agreed that the Yellow Filter gave us better results and maybe the Red should be used when it is bright sunlight!

Shame about the mist!

 It will be fun trying it out in the Summer!

Mmmm, maybe!

Then, after the landscapes he tried some shots of Holly and me, as normal, OTL is making funny noises trying to get us both to look at him. Holly and I were looking everywhere except at OTL!

No, I'm not looking either!

 Then it happened, OTL says 'Rabbits!'

Sorry, I couldn't help it, he said 'Rabbits!'

So, tomorrow it will be the Yellow filter and maybe a Graduated ND Filter!

Tonight we don't hold out too much hope of some muggings, The Missus is making up a large cauldron of curry for OTL and it will be stored in containers in the freezer for when TM doesn't fancy cooking and OTL is hungry!

So, it's back to Doggy Scoff and raw carrots for us!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Saturday, so it must be experiment time!

Hello Woofers!

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

We were up a whole hour earlier than normal today. You see we have to get The Missus and her ton of card stuff up the hall by seven thirty so she can get prepared for her 'Master Class'!

We were still half asleep, so were the ferrets and Old Two Legs was bumping off the walls, until he got out in the cold morning air!

It was looking like the rain was about to descend on us, so OTL decided to leave the camera at home.

We all had a game on the beach, Holly and I played a game of 'Chase' while both ferrets played 'Chase OTL'!

They both chased him up the beach and onto the grass path. We didn't meet another woofer, it was just too early!

Back home, Holly and I headed for our snooze cushions!

Snoozy Time!

Miss Snowflake and OTL had a game of 'Chase The Squeaky Ball' and we could hear both her and him going 'Ho, Ho, Ho'!

When ferrets do that it is called 'Dooking', when it is OTL doing it, it's called 'Being Soppy'!

Mind you, when Brambles disappeared, Snowflake said that she gets embarrassed when he gets caught in our food bowl!

He's off again!

It wasn't too long before he was found, and as usual, there he was 'Testing' our biscuits!

YumYumYumYumYumYumYumYumYumYumYumYum........Again!

Now, OTL has been sorting out some of his cupboards and came across he 35mm film camera and of course that has sparked his interest in not only film but Black & White film!

Now, the first thing you have to do with B&W is to get a Yellow Filter, 'cos that helps the clouds stand out. Of course, with film you have to get it developed and printed before you can see if it all worked. So, OTL, being a clever old stick decided that he would do some practise with his small digital camera, just to see what the filter would do to a B&W picture.

He found a couple of filters, Yellow and Red, and they arrived in the post today, so lunchtime there we were, on the beach, sniffin' and clicking!

The first one shows you what it would be like if you didn't convert it to B&W in the camera!

Almost an ethereal!

Having switched it all over to B&W, off he went clicking away, checking, then deleting and trying again!

Not Bad, Not Perfect but Not Bad!

You can see what the clouds look like. Normally you would expose for the Sea Wall and the clouds would be all white and no definition but with a filter, boom! There they are!

Now, just imagine what it would be like with a Graduated Neutral Density filter! 

Maybe an ND Filter?

Next he tried some shots of Holly and me at the bench. We were wondering where the Wormy Men had gone, maybe they got the quota for today and gone home to watch the rugby!

OK, where are they?

So, not bad as a 'First Try' tomorrow we will try the Red Filter which should darken it a bit more and then at lunchtime, providing it's not raining, we may try the Yellow Filter and the Graduated ND Filter!

Ooooooh! Don't you just love it when he gets all 'Technical'!

Back home to a snooze and then OTL went off to collect TM and her stuff. We sat in front of the window and pretty soon back they came!

Holly and I got a little excited and woofed all over the house!

Tomorrow OTL plans to clean the printer head on the printer 'cos there are some jets bunged up and it's a two day job believe it or not!

Now, we are off to do some mugging!

Bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles!

Sort of Back to Normal'ish!

Hi Woofers!

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

Well, this morning we got up and did our normal thing. Holly and I went back to sleep, Old Two Legs went in for a shower and the ferrets went on a rampage!

Brambles went tearing down stairs and straight into the kitchen!

What could he want in there you ask!

YumYumYumYumYumYumYumYumYum!

Then he paused for breath and told us that he has decided not to be dog any more, except at feeding time, when he can be sort of 'Half Dog'!

I think I'll stay Ferret, except at meal times!

So that's it, we are back to Two Dogs, Two Ferrets and Two Two Legs!

I think we are all pleased Brambles has returned to being a ferret, we can excuse him pinching our biscuits 'cos as Peter said he is a 'Little Thief', it's part of his DNA!

It was very pleasant out on our walk this morning, even though it was a bit drafty! I even went hunting rabbit but they all gone back to bed.

Maybe if we found their warrens we could let Brambles loose and he could chase them out, just like a proper ferret!

Here Bunny Bunny!

Down on the beach there was Mrs Curlew and Holly called out 'Hello Curly!'

To which she replied 'Ha, Ha!

Oh Yes! Very Droll!

Mr Brambles was diving into the grass and ferreting around like a young kit. He said that he much prefers the ferret sniffs to the Doggy Sniffs that were a little too strong for him!

These sniffs are Ferret Sized!

Lunchtime it was getting a little colder and the wind was picking up. We met up with young Dave the Westie who was jumping around with excitement.

We think that he doesn't get to meet too many dogs and he is always pleased to see us and he goes potty over OTL!

Yo OTL!

Holly and I climbed up onto the table to have a look out to sea, there was a Wormy Man digging away searching for fresh worms.

Do you think he found any?

We decided to have a race back to the car, OTL said 'Ready, Steady, G...........' Holly started off on 'Steady' being the little cheat that she is!

I reckon if she got any sneakier, she could change to being a Ferret!

No, No, that doesn't even bear thinking about!

Sneaky Holly getting a head start!

So, back home for an snooze and then we plan to mug OTL for some of his dinner!

Saturday tomorrow, The Missus is off to her Master Class for a bit of Glue & Glitter Slapping!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles (Born again Ferret!)

More Doggy Lessons for Butch!

Hey! Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr 'Butch' Brambles back again!

Y'all know Brambles is trying to be a Dog, well, it's not working very well!

Seems like he really only starts being Dog when he has his nose in the food bowl!

Take this morning, now,  y'all know that dogs like to be stroked by Two Legs and tickled up behind the ears. Well, up comes this TL and says 'Hello Mr Brambles' and then proceeds to stick her leather gloved finger in his face to give him a stroke on his forehead.

Normal thing to do for a 'Doggy Contact', but Butch didn't see it like that!

He took one look at this Big Black Monster Worm heading his way, so he bit it!

Maybe a lesson learnt for the TL but a 'Black Mark' for Butch!

It didn't help when he started a-hootin' and a-hollerin and saying that 'Next Time it's all Yer Finger!'

Next Time!

While we were on the beach Bryn, Max and Oscar came past, Max and Oscar had their coats on 'cos they had just had their hair cut.

Butch took one look at them and said that there was no way was he going to wear one of those, absolutely no way!

It's all the Rage darling!

Butch looked rather concerned that he may have to wear a coat and he kept quiet and kept looking at Old Two Legs out of the corner of his eye, just in case OTL should produce a coat from out of his pocket!

Half way up the grass path Butch suddenly stopped and sniffed, 'Mouses!' he said and then stuck his nose into the long grass.

Pssst! Mouses!

Snowflake stopped and gave the air a sniff, Mouses or Rats?

Could be Rats.

The pair of them started hunting around in the grass looking for these rodents. We of course were just a little bored, I mean, we just don't do Mouses, that is for Pussy Cats and Owls!

I think he should stay a Ferret if he is going to behave like this!

Back home we tucked into some nice warm chicken and then headed for the cushion in OTL's office.

Both ferrets were having a game of 'Chase' all over the house while OTL did the 'Poo Shoveling' !

When he had finished he went looking for them and guess where they were?

Y'know, it ain't too bad!

OTL chased them both back up stairs and into their cage and they both had a slurp of Ferretone before getting into bed for their snooze!

Come lunch time we called out to Butch that it was time for our walk and he should get up and get his harness on!

'Butch' told us to 'Woof Off' 'cos he was warm and comfortable and cuddled up to Snowflake and he didn't want to go walking along the beach in this cold weather!

When we told him it was very 'Un Dog Like' to refuse a walk he mumbles that being a dog had its draw backs!

Down on the beach we met up with a Brent Goose who was having a little paddle.

Afternoon girls!

 Holly said that if we did a quick sprint we may be able to find out what goose tasted like but I was too interested in a sniff to bother!

Don't even think about it!

Next we spotted Mr Corvid on a post and before Holly could say anything, he turned around and looked at Holly and said...........

Well, that put paid to any feathered nibbles!

I found some rabbit fur that had been dropped by one of the foxes and for some reason both Holly and OTL were laughing at me!

Holly said that I looked like an old Southern Gentlemen with my beard!

Wot Beard?

Now, have you noticed that I have shoved a few 'Southern American' words in this blog? Well, young Sandy is moving to Florida soon and that's in the Deep South and she has got to start learning to speak like the locals.

So, I've been studying the Wikipedia pages on Southern American Language!

So, Bye Bye for now and Y'all come back real soon!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr 'Butch' Brambles!

Stinker Butch?

Hi Woofers!

Us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr 'Butch' Brambles!

Well, what a day!

We got up early this morning and had a look at the comments on yesterdays blog.

Mr Brambles a stinker? Never has he been known to cracked one off! He is a well behaved, (sometimes) gentle ferret with impeccable manners!

Mind you, we did have a lost ferret here once, her name was Twinkle, and she let off a few 'Crackers' whilst she was here, made every ones eyes water!

Now, Butch says that he might just own up to being a little bit of a 'Tea Leaf' but that is in his DNA and he can't help that, all dogs are opportunists!

He says that he has never tried mouse, does it taste like chicken?

Do they do Mouse Tasting Biscuits?

Butch was a bit worried this morning about the size of the Doggy Drinking Bowl, he didn't know if he had to drink it or swim in it!

Swim or drink, Drink or swim?

On the way down to the beach we met up with that Big Bouncing Bozo again but this time he didn't come bounding over to us, instead he sat down and called out to us............'You got those Ferrets there?'

Miss Snowflake stayed curled up at the bottom of the bag but 'Butch' stuck his head out and said that he should come over and see!

I ain't going anywhere near ferrets again!

Miss Snowflake stuck her head up and asked if he tasted like Mouse? And, could she have another nibble of his nose, just to check!

That was it, he was off like a rocket!

On the beach, Mrs Corvid was bashing away at a Winkle shell and said that sometimes she just didn't think it was worth all the effort!

I think I'll go back to carrion!

Down on the beach, instead of having a wee behind the rocks, as normal, Butch tried cocking his leg, like a real dog does.

He fell over onto his back, on top of the wet sea weed!

Miss Snowflake was so terribly embarrassed and stood there shaking her head!

Oh No! He can be SO Embarrassing sometimes!

Back home, we all had a chase around the house and Snowflake said that she was going to make a card today, but not with the Glue & Glitter, instead she would use the 'Bleeding Tissue' method that The Missus was teaching at her Master Classes.

That was if she could keep Butch from swimming around in the drinking bowl!

I think I'll make a card today!

Old Two Legs has been peeking into the bird box, there is a camera in there and we can see what the birds are doing. Well, the sparrows have started to build their nest for this year and there is new bits of grass all over the place.

The male sparrow is the one who it seems has taken charge of nest building and spends lots of time pushing and shoving the grass around and in and out. We just hope that he doesn't cover the lens like he did last year!

See you all tomorrow!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr 'Butch' Brambles!

Brambles tries to be a Woofer!

Hi Woofers!

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

You know what? He has been at it again! That sneaky Brambles was caught raiding our food bowls again. This time he had both front paws in the bowl and tipping it up so he could get right inside!

You know, these are really tasty!

Holly stuck her head in, just to check he wasn't eating the chicken but he was too busy chomping away on the Chicken Biscuits!

I have decided that I'm going to be a Dog, especially if I can eat this stuff!

That was it, Mr Brambles has now become a Dog. He has always been a 'Woofer' 'cos he is one of our family but now he wants to become a Dog!

Holly and I had a bet on how long it would last. Holly said it would last until he got fed up with our Doggy Biscuit!

We headed out for our morning walk and when we got to the car park, Old Two Legs let us out then opened the ferret travel cage.

Mr Brambles stuck his head out, said 'Woof' and then asked it there were any cats around he could chase!

OK, where are the cats?

Brambles then told us that in future he was to be called 'Butch' 'cos that is what a serious dog should be called!

'OK', we said, come on Butch, let's find some sniffs!

Butch said that he would stay with Miss Snowflake to keep her safe in the Ferret Bag until we came across a good 'Doggy Sniff'!

Come on Butch, there's a really good sniff here!

'Butch' stuck his head out and asked OTL to put him down. Over he ran and had a sniff, then he fell over onto his back, 'Pheeew! Wot A Stink!' he said and rushed back to OTL to be put back in the bag!

Mmm! says Holly, 'I think we may have lost a Doggy!

Down on the beach 'Butch' was acting more like a ferret now, running backwards, cuddling Snowflake and asking OTL for a cuddle!

Miss Snowflake said that it was good to have her Ferret Mate back 'cos she didn't fancy snuggling up to a Dog for the rest of the day!

I'm staying a Ferret thank you!

Miss Holly saw a strange new thing on The Sea Wall, it was a load of rocks!

I bet it was a shower of Meteorites says Holly, she knows these things does Holly Dog!

Mmmm! Meteorites!

OTL said that he thinks that someone has dragged some of the rocks from the rock pools, up the side of the sea wall. Holly on the other paw says that they come from Outer Space!

Back home we all did our duties, us eating breakfast and OTL shoveling ferret poo!

He gets all the best jobs!

We had some stuff to deliver so Holly and I got to sit in the front seat of the Big Car!

On the way back we stopped off at The New Park! We haven't been there for a while and it was great to catch up on the 'Sniffs'!

There were a couple of Woofers who were a bit 'Yappy' made so much noise that Holly had to give them a 'Woofers Growl' which is Doggy Speak for 'Shut The Woof Up!'

That's better! We don't do loud!

Further on we came across a couple of young heifers who told us that they had been told that they mustn't talk to woofers!

We don't Do Dogs!

We met up with a load of woofers out there in the park and I was getting a bit tired of being chased around!

Quick, pick me up!

Back home we enjoyed a good snooze after finishing off the chicken and Holly asked if we should take some of our biscuits up to 'Butch' but in the end we decided it might look as though we were making fun of him!

Us? Make fun of 'Butch'? Never!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr 'Butch' Brambles!

Brambles is getting a taste for Doggy Biscuits!

Hi Woofers!

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

You know, life can get so exciting here in North Kent! Take today for example. It started when we got down to The Beach.

First of all Mr Brambles fell into the rock pool and got his paws and tail all wet!

He looked all bedraggled and so sad that Snowflake gave him a cuddle and even Old Two Legs picked him up to dry off his paws!

I really do need a cuddle!

 While the ferrets were messing about in the rock pools, Holly and I were playing 'Bookends'.

This is a game where we both sit very still, looking at each other and the first one to move looses!

Sometimes I fall asleep playing this game!

We were heading back along the top path when the Big Bozo Doodle Dog was spotted further down the path. He is a Very Big Woofer who is just six months old, full of bounce and absolutely no manners!

The Two Legs who was with him couldn't control him and he bounded off down the path towards us!

I Legged it onto the lower path leaving Holly, the Ferrets and OTL to sort it all out!

The speed of the Bozo''s approach meant that OTL didn't have time to pick up the ferrets so he decided to 'Sort The Bozo Out'!

As Bozo arrived OTL grabbed him by the harness and held him next to OTL's leg, the ferrets came closer to see what it was and the Bozo shoved his nose down and into Miss Snowflakes face.

Not the most sensible thing to do!

Miss Snowflake did what any ferret would do when confronted by a 'Big Bounding Bozo'

She gave him a nip on his nose!

The Bozo jumped back three feet and stood there wondering what had happened!

By then the owner had arrived on the scene and grabbed the lead and harness and wrestled the Bozo away!

That sorted him out!

I was still down on the lower path, I'm not stupid!

Back home there was Lambs Heart ready and waiting for us but Holly and I decided to leave it for a while and have a snooze first.

That was our mistake!

While Holly and I enjoyed a snooze, OTL cleaned out the ferrets quarters and the ferrets went 'On The Rampage'!

Both ferrets headed down stairs and chased around for a while, until OTL came hunting for them.

Yes, you have guessed, they were in the kitchen pinching our biscuits!

I was only looking, Honest!

Mr Brambles was tucking in and having a great time chomping away and he said that the biscuits were so tasty that he was thinking about becoming a Dog!

I could easily convert to Dog!

I think he may have trouble being a dog 'cos he doesn't like the doggy sniffs we do!

OTL sorted both ferrets out and soon they were back in their house and in no time were fast asleep!

Lunchtime we headed off to the beach again and had a great time. First we had to find a suitable bit of beach.

Fancy a dig here?

Once we had selected a bit of beach it was all go!

First I dug, then Holly dug and then we both had a dig all in the same hole!

Shove over Sis!

It was warm and sunny, in fact it was almost like Spring, blue skies and warm balmy breezes!

Just like Spring!

Back home again for a bit of lunch and then a snooze, well what else are we going to do, work?

OTL was busy 'manufacturing' which we will be delivering tomorrow and with a bit of luck, we'll have a run in a new place!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

P.S. Hello to Sandy over the other side of the pond, lovely to know we reach North Carolina!

Brambles the Tea Leaf!

Hi Woofers!

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

Wot a super day today! First of all we got an extra hour in bed this morning, not 'cos the clocks went back but rather The Missus, waking everyone up by getting up at two thirty and stomping around all over the place and as we were just getting back to sleep, back she comes and it feels like she is practising her trampolining on the bed!

So, because of this, we all over slept by an hour! Mind you, it was fun waking up to the sun shining through the window!

The ferrets weren't too happy about us messing about with the time, they said they were an hour late in getting their Lactose Free Milk and an hour late in going out for a walk!

That TM has a lot to answer for!

Mind you, it wasn't so cold today and even the ferrets enjoyed the beach, but not for too long!

Mr Brambles managed to get a lift and a cuddle from Old Two Legs, until they were off the beach and Miss Snowflake just couldn't understand why she had to walk!

OK, What about a lift and a cuddle for me?

We met up with some of the gang and at one point there were so many woofers and Two Legs milling around that OTL had to pick up the ferrets for their own safety, not that they minded that!

Back home we got served up with Posh Doggy Scoff, Holly got her nose stuck into that straight away, especially as it was my bowl she had her nose in!

Holly and I headed off to the bedroom for a snooze while OTL cleaned the ferret house and the ferrets went off for their morning 'Rampage' around the house, just to see what mischief they could get into.

We did note that Mr Brambles turned left out of the office and headed for the stairs, going down to see TM?

Well, after the cleaning up OTL went looking for Mr Brambles and guess where he was?

I'm only counting them, honest!

The little 'Tea Leaf' was chomping away on our biscuits for all he was worth!

I mean, it's not as if he has no food in his own bowl!

Holly says we will need to mount a guard on our food in future, especially when the ferrets are on the Rampage!

Mr Brambles then had a great time chasing Miss Snowflake around, the pair of them were in a great mood, I suppose it was the Doggy Biscuits that did the trick!

Out of my way, She's after me!

By the way, just to let you know, the term 'Tea Leaf' is a sort of rhyming London slang. it means Thief. So, Thief rhymes with Leaf and leaf goes together with Tea. So if you hear someone say that 'He's a right Tea Leaf' they mean He's a Thief!

I hope you had a 'Giraffe' about that!

Work it out!

After a mornings snoozing under OTL's desk we headed off down the beach again. The sun was shining and the cold wind had dropped right the way down, it even felt warm!

There were loads of fishermen down on The Sea Wall throwing worms into the sea. There were so many that we couldn't walk along The Sea Wall, so OTL took us up on the top path.

It was the warmest day for ages and the sun shining made us think that Spring and Summer isn't far off.

Then I can go swimming in the sea again!

Back home and an afternoon snooze before dinner and a good mugging of OTL for his shortbread!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, and the two Tea Leaves, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles!