Squirrel Hunting Fun in The Mud!

Hi Woofers!

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

I don't know about where you are but here the weather just can't make up it's mind! Like, this morning it was sunny but cold and at lunchtime it got all overcast and then just as we got back in the car it started to rain!

Before we go out in the mornings, the ferrets and Old Two Legs spend some 'Quality Time' together, in the office having breakfast, together.

Well, OTL has his Rabbit Food, a glass of Orange Juice and a cup of tea.

The ferrets have a bowl each with some Lactose Free Milk in it and a desert spoon full of hot water, just to take the chill off!

Both ferrets just love the stuff and it's 'Nose down and Tail Up' until they have finished both bowls, then it's over to OTL to try to mug him for the last couple of drops of milk from his bowl.

They only get a couple of licks each 'cos Full Fat Milk is not good for their system!

After they have finished, there is a game of 'Explore' all around the office and sorting out any new stuff on the desk top, which normally ends up on the floor!

Today there was something newish on the floor!

It's OTL's Spare Feet!

Both ferrets were in there like a greasy rat up a drain pipe! Mr Brambles was even standing on his head at one time!

Then he announced that 'Someone has Poo'd in here'!

Of course, Miss Snowflake came over to have a sniff!

Nah! Sniffs like Wee to me!

Mr Brambles wanted to know just how do you wee in there?

This is how it's done!

Trust Miss Snowflake to know all the answers, just like Holly Dog!

Down on the beach, the tide was out and the sun was shining and there was a cold wind blowing as well. Miss Snowflake said she didn't mind the wind, especially as she was dry after her wee!

Look! No Water Today!

Now, us woofers don't hang about on the beach too long, there aren't too many sniffs to be investigated but the ferrets seem quite happy to sniff every crack in The Sea Wall, just in case there was a Stoat Sniff to be had!

What are those Ferrets Doing?

Finally we were all back home and of course, Brambles pigged out on our biscuits, as normal!

I'm wondering what will happen when the bag is empty, will The Missus buy him a bag all of his own?

Lunchtime we were down the carriers again and OTL asked if we fancy going to The Forrest?

Does a Doggy Love Sniffin?

OTL put his wellies on 'cos he said it might be a bit quaggy but Holly and I said it hadn't rained for ages!

We came across a load of Snowdrops growing in between the trees and of course, OTL just had to take a picture!

First Snowdrops of the year!

On we went and as the path turned the corner what did we see?

QUAGGY!

Do they do Doggy Wellies?

Holly and I had to dance around the edges but OTL just went squelching through the middle!

There were some Puff Ball Fungi that looked well past their 'Sell By' date and OTL cracked a funny, he said that they were 'All Puffed Out'!

Oh yes, Ha, Ha, Ha, very droll!

All Puffed Out!

Holly and I were ducking and diving all over the place looking for squirrels but all we found were droppings, and we couldn't chase them!

No Squirrel here!

Then, high in a tree, OTL spotted a squirrel!

He gave us our secret 'Heads Up' call and there, sitting up on a branch, eating a Hazel Nut, was the fattest squirrel we have seen this year!

Of course, it saw us and started to give us some 'Verbal'

Yeah? Just come down here and say that!

Pretty soon it had finished the Hazel Nut and dropped the shell down on us and laughing, ran off across the branches!

I'm not that Daft!

Just as we were considering giving chase, OTL spotted a Nuthatch on another branch, obviously looking for the squirrels store of nuts!

A Nuthatch looking for some nuts!

We left him to it and headed off back to the car park. It was a bit slow going 'cos around the back of the forest there was more quag than normal!

We really do need Wellies!

Back home for a snooze and then off to mug OTL for some of his dinner!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

OTL and The Wrong Camera!

Hi Woofers!

The Gang is Back, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

We have been busy today, this morning we were chasing around woofing at Old Two Legs to hurry up, even the ferrets were giving him stick!

He got chased all down the stairs and out to the car!

When we got to the car park we spotted a couple of rabbits on the green and as soon as OTL had opened the door we were off like a couple of Puppy Powered Rockets!

OTL was clicking away but when he stopped to check, he found out he had grabbed the Infrared Camera!

Not what he wanted to bring this morning!

Miss Snowflake almost got her self in trouble.

There she was, on her rock, doing what a ferrets does in the morning, she finished and then moved towards the beach when, splash!

Her back end landed in the rock pool and she just stood there.

Next she called out 'OTL, HELP!'

Pretty soon she was lifted up and she wiped her back end on OTL's coat sleeve to dry off!

Stuck between a Rock and a Wet Place!

 Not to worry, she was back and running around and even spotted a sniff on The Sea Wall. We all had a go at identifying what it was!

Well, I reckon it is a Stoat!

Back home to find that The Missus had gone out shopping. Holly and I sat up at the bedroom window watching out for her but as lunchtime got closer she still hadn't come back.

OTL had to do some deliveries so it was into the Big Car and off we went!

After dropping off the last delivery, we stopped at a church called St Mary Magdalene which was in a place called Stockbury.

Very pretty it looked as well!

St Mary Magdalene.

We stopped down the road at a park we had visited before. Last time it was full of rabbits but this time there was nothing, not a rabbit or a woofer anywhere!

OTL looked at the sky and started to cry, he still hadn't changed his camera over, so it is still Infrared!

He was saying that with the other camera and the filter he could have had a 'Dramatic Sky'

Just what would it be like with a Red Filter?

 On the way back home we stopped at our favourite place, The Doggy Shop!

We helped OTL fill up the shopping basket with goodies for us, Chicken Fillets and Chews and Nibbles and Teeth Cleaning Chews!

Then, on instructions from TM, we stopped at the farm shop and got a big bag of bird seed ans big bag of peanuts.

That should keep them all happy for a while!

OTL was back to work while Holly and I settled down for a snooze, until dinner time!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

A Super Sunny Day and OTL is Not Happy!

Hi Woofers!

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

Down on the beach this morning we discovered signs of alien visitations!

It was a sort of 'Crop Circle' but in the sand and with the help of some sticks and sea weed it looked just like a visitor from Outer Space!

Holly said it looked more like The Missus without her makeup on!

TM or ET?

 It was so sunny that I got all big and brave and went in for a sort of Deep Paddle, the first time this year!

Old Two Legs wouldn't let me go right in 'cos he says it was too cold and if I got into trouble he wasn't coming in after me!

First Paddle!

Holly stayed well away from the water and met up with a Doodle Dog who was so happy to see another woofer that she danced around Holly and even gave Holly a kiss on the nose!

Do you get out much?

Lunch time we were down on The Sea Wall again and there were two Holly's on the wall.

OTL took this picture and you can see it shows, Holly, Holly and OTL!

It's Me Again!

Now, you know OTL has been playing about with this B&W camera and the filters and how he was looking for dramatic clouds and how he was going to try the ND Graduated Filter?

Well, with all this weather we have had of late all he has got is mist, which wasn't what he had in mind, mist does not rate as very dramatic!

Today there was no mist and just One Cloud!

Not exactly a Dramatic Scene either'!

You know, I felt so sad for him that I even stood still long enough for him to take a picture of me!

Go on then, just the one!

 On the way back home we stopped at our local village church called All Saints. This church has been here since the Twelfth Century, not all that we see today but there are bits there that date from 1100 AD!

With that in mind, OTL has done some fiddling with the computer to make the photo look old, a bit like him really!

Seriously Old and so is the church!

TM has been out all day today at some Glue & Glitter Gathering, so she will be home later, dripping glitter all over the place!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Monday Mists Again!

Hi Woofers!

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

Poor Old Two Legs, he has been looking forward to going out with the camera again today but there was loads of mist all over the place, so, bang goes the 'Dramatic Landscapes!'

Instead we have Mr Brambles................

Are We .............................................?

Miss Snowflake nearly got washed off her 'Wee'ing Rock', if another wave washed over the rock she would have been washed out to sea!

Errr! This Rock is wobbling!

We didn't hang about on the beach for too long 'cos OTL was telling us off for rolling in a super fishy sniff!

Mind you, Holly and I were sniffing around when Mr Brambles ran up and asked us if we had come across any good sniffs!

Hey Girls! Got any good sniffs?

Along the top path we came across some woofers we had met before and we had a chat about the local sniffs and some of the problems of living with Ferrets!

He thought is was one big laugh, the things we have to put up with!

Oh No! Eating your Biscuits? It's Just Too Much!

Back home we had chicken but couldn't eat it until the ferrets were put to bed! Mr Brambles was in our biscuit bowl chomping away and wouldn't leave it until OTL took some biscuits out and put them in his food bowl!

Lunchtime it was still misty, no definition in the clouds, so it was back to trying to catch us looking at him!

No chance! Every time he put the camera up to his eye we turned around and waved out tails at him!

I found some egg sacks on the beach, so, Holly and I had a game of 'Chase' and I kept throwing them up in the air!

Gerroff!

 OTL was taking pictures of  steps No. 9 & No. 10, why they have to number them I'll never know!

Steps 9 & 10

OTL sat us down on the bench and tried for another photograph of us and this time he got all crafty and asked me if I wanted a Ferret for Christmas!

I thought he was daft and turned my head to say so when 'Click'!

Well, I'm not smiling, so there!

Holly didn't fall for that trick and kept looking at the horizon until OTL gave up and said 'Back to The Car!'

No, I'm not looking, I'm not, I'm not, I'm Not!

By the way, the printer cleaning didn't work out, so he has sent an email to the people who deal with printing machines and stuff asking for help!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

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!)