All polished and shiny new!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret here!

It has been a good day today. First we were out a little earlier than normal but the dawn was just about to break. Old Two Legs didn't take the camera 'cos he thought there wouldn't be enough dawn to photograph!

OK, it wasn't a big blast of sun but there was a bit of red there!

The reason we were early was because OTL had to get his eyeball polished!

That means The Missus was in charge of our walkies.

Well, she thought she was!

Normally OTL takes us to the car park and lets us chose which way to go. Now TM didn't know this but we soon rushed off ahead and we led her up the hill and down to the sea shore.

She loves this exercise!

We then ran along the top path and she chased after us thinking we were going to get lost, as if!

The best bit was the game OTL and I play. You see, we get to the football field and OTL walks off towards the car and if he forgets me, I sit down and watch the birds flying overhead.

OTL gets back to the car and calls me to follow.

I still sit there looking at the clouds and the birds.

OTL shouts some more, then he starts jumping up and down and yelling.

I still sit there watching the aeroplanes flying towards Heathrow and the birds and the clouds.

OTL gets fed up with shouting and starts stomping over the football field, heading towards me wot is still looking at the planes and the birds and the clouds and the bushes where the rabbits hide.

I let him get to within ten feet then rush past him and run all the way back to the car!

TM didn't know the game so I had her running all over the field chasing me!

Do you think that is why I didn't get any treats when we got home?

OTL arrived back home and as I type, his eyes are getting better and he has got to wait six weeks before he can get another test at the optician and some new lenses in his glasses.

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret.

Let's try another lens?

Hi Woofers!

Here we are, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret.

It's been rather quiet today, Old Two Legs has been messing about with spread sheets and clearing out his clothes cupboard.

That is a good task and the ferrets enjoy it as well 'cos they love rolling about his old shirts and burrowing into his socks 'cos they go in where OTL puts his paws. Then they can poke their noses out of the holes that OTL's big toe has dug a hole!

It is so funny to see a ferret nose sticking out of a sock end!

The morning walk was rather dark and chilly and it wasn't worth taking the camera.

After cleaning the ferret cages OTL set about deciding on what lens to take with us at lunchtime.

In the end he decided to try the 105mm Close Up Lens, just so he could see what would happen when he pressed the 'Close Up' button on the camera and this is what happened!

His name is Rocky!

This picture of Rocky is really a model of a ferret that was presented to OTL last year!

Our lunchtime walk took us over the old fort and through the bushes down to the sea shore.

As we worked our way around the big hill we spotted a cat! A big mean looking cat who was after catching a bird or two. He spotted us at the same time and for some reason decided not to hang about to say hello!

Oi!

 Us, going to 'Discuss Bird Hunting'

Tally Ho!

 We didn't get the cat 'cos it disappeared into the trees, scaring all the birds!

OTL started working on the leaves and stuff, mind you, it didn't help having the wind blowing the leaves around!

Some moss and a bramble bush leaf!

 Next we found an Ivy Leaf that looked like it was in the out of the wind so, switching on the 'Close Up' button he ran off this shot.

Ivy Leaf.

 As we headed off towards the car there was a chugging and puffing and one of the wardens came along the path driving one of the tractor things they use to take all the waste wood and branches to be shredded and spread on the muddy paths!

Hi Woofers and OTL!

Back home OTL finished his work and then decided to clean both Holly's and my eyes 'cos they were a bit crusty, too much wind blowing in our face!

Tomorrow OTL is off to get his eyeballs polished! Should be fun!

See you tomorrow and we'll let you know how OTL gets on!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret.

Technology 'aint always best!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret here!

Now, you know that Miss May has got Insulinoma and is on a course of pills to help control her trouble. To start off, she wouldn't take her pill when it was crushed in a spoon full of Ferretone. Old Two Legs changed over to adding a couple of spoonfuls of Lactose Free Milk. The vet said it wasn't good to give her the milk 'cos it contained sugar. Well, OTL tried and tried but Miss May is a stubborn little lady and in the end OTL gave up and mixed the pill in the milk.

Miss May now drinks the milk and the crushed pill and she has improved no end. OTL says it's a case of quality of life over the vets instructions!

We had something similar today when we were out. You remember I told you that OTL has found some buttons on the camera that is supposed to make taking a picture easier. Well, he has tried another setting today and...........well you decide.

We were out early this morning and for a change the clouds had all gone and the stars were out. By the time we got down to the shore the dawn had begun.

On the camera there is a button labelled Dusk/Dawn and another marked Sunset. Ho Ho thinks OTL, let's see what the camera does against what OTL thinks the setting should be.

First of all, we pressed the button for Dusk/Dawn and this is what popped out of the camera. Now, honest, you will have to believe OTL when he says he has done nothing to these pictures except crop to size.

Honest, no fiddly diddly on the computer!

Next he switched to Sunset setting and rattled off another shot.

Dunno about you but it looks the same to us!

And now OTL sets the camera as he would do normally and again, no fiddly diddly just crop to size.

Now, wot do you think?

Holly and I prefer the OTL setting! Mind you, there are times when he gets it all wrong and makes a right cods of it!

Still, we can't be perfect all the time!

We have been out this afternoon delivering stuff and while OTL is out of the car we stand on guard and tell anyone who gets close, to 'Woof Off'!

Later this week OTL is off to get his eyeball polished with a laser. I'm not too sure what they do but we are crossing our claws that he will be able to read his magazines that have been piling up. At the moment the pile is about six inches high!

Doggy Scoff today, I think I'll go on strike, no cuddles for anyone!

See you all tomorrow and with a bit of luck we may try OTL's Close Up Lens and the button marked 'Close Up'!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret.

Back Again!

Hello Woofers!

Here we are again! Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret.

Sorry about yesterdays non appearance, we had a power failure that lasted a long time, in fact it was so long that we sent The Missus out for some fish and chips!

All OK now and we are all up and back running again.

Now we had a problem yesterday that got Holly Chops in a bit of a state.

Yesterday Holly had a small attack of the Grumbly Tum's and needed a Butt Wash when we got back from the lunchtime walk. No problem there, she was given the first water and soap wash but the power failure stopped the gas water heater from heating up the water 'cos it is electricity that controls it all.

So, after the first luke warm Butt Wash the rinsing was done in freezing cold water.

Have you tried a freezing cold Butt Wash or any freezing cold wash?

Holly will confirm that it certainly wakes you up!!!

So, it was an early start this morning, Holly's Grumbly Tum was still giving her problems but a walk along the sea shore was pleasant even if the last of Erik the Storm was leaving the UK!

Old Two Legs was giving us a brush and said that we both were looking 'Ragged' and in need of a hair cut!

We managed to convince him that it was far too early in the year for the first trim!  Well, Holly said that if he tries that she will bite his butt when he's asleep!

He'd better not come near me with that cloth or the clippers!

Now, on the lunchtime walk we were discussing just when Spring starts and we decided that it has nothing to do with with the calendar but rather when the woods started to have that green hue about it!

We have decided that Spring is here and the 'Green Hue' has started!

Yep! Springs here!

Just for a change we got attacked by a couple of Two Legs and a couple of butt sniffing woofers!

All they wanted to do was give us a stroke, Holly falls for it but I was off like a rocket, no one is stroking me without permission from OTL!

'Who's a pretty little woofer?

OTL has been playing with the little camera and has found some 'Special Effects' buttons and one is for close ups, so, with just a 35mm lens on the camera he took this picture of this bramble bush leaf.

It might be interesting to try a close up lens on the camera and the close up setting!

We were having a sniff about in TM's card room and found our ball that lights up when you throw it. Archie Babe sent it down as a Christmas Prezzie and those pesky ferrets thieved it!

Just wait until they next wake up, I'm going to have a serious word with them!

Today we had chicken for dinner and just for a change, it was warm and greasy, just how we love it!

Today, OTL is watching the rugby so I suppose I'll have to go down stairs and watch the game with him.

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret.

Windy, Wet and Walkies!

Hi Woofers!

Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Storm and Monty de Ferret!

We couldn't resist that one!

Someone told Eric that they had named a storm after him so he was doing his best to live up to the fame!

He spent all of his 'Rampage Time' tearing around the house, getting into the most terrible trouble. In fact he even got told off by Miss May for bonking her on the head as he rushed past!

When we went out for our walk Old Two Legs had pulled the hood over the top of his head and hat and tried to hide inside just 'cos the wind was so strong!

It didn't change much all day and even at lunch time the wind was still howling.

Talking about howling, we got down to the football field, Holly and I spotted those Husky Woofers and decided to give them a good woofing.

We ran down the field, Holly woofing and I was doing my 'Howling Wolf' impression!

I didn't get too close but holly went right up to them, it was at that point that they chased after her!

Luckily they were on a lead and the Two Legs almost got pulled off his paws!

I stood at a reasonable distance, I'm not going to risk getting to close to those hairy arsed monsters!

Just before Holly got told to Woof Off!

 We headed off into the undergrowth, trotting along in single file Indian Style so no one will know how many of us there are!

Indian Style!

 It makes a change to go through the trees 'cos it breaks the wind up and we don't get blown all over the place.

It also gives OTL time to gaze around the woods for any wild life or interesting things to photograph.

Today there was nothing scurrying about except us, so, he started to fiddle with his camera settings, first he found a B&W button.

A Monochromatic Woofer!

 Now this one is called the Miniature Effect which is supposed to look like one of those Tilt/Shift lenses. Holly and both think that 'Fuzzy Around The Edge is a better description!

We reckon it would look better if you got really close to the subject!

Back home the ferrets were fast asleep in their beds and Eric was so worn out he didn't even rattle the cage door to come out!

Who knows, he may just be saving it all up for tonight, just as OTL is going to bed!

Now, wot's all this about Archie Babes Boy and his Thyroids?

OTL had half of his Thyroids removed and it has left him with a super big scar around his throat!

He reckons that it took a couple of weeks to get him back up and running but it still makes him look like Frankensteins Monster! 

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Storm and Monty de Ferret!

There's a storm coming in!

Hi Woofers!

Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

Well, what a change from last week, blue skies, wind and sunshine!

Now I don't mind the sunshine and the wind but freezing cold and horizontal rain just 'aint my bowl of scoff!

Now, we have been looking on the BBC Weather web site and Holly tells us that there is a storm heading our way. Now, normally we wouldn't get too upset 'cos being down here in the South East we tend to get the best weather. I mean, we haven't even had any snow while the rest of the world has been running around in snow ploughs!

Back to the storm, out there in the Atlantic there is a low pressure system heading our way and the MET Office have declared it to be a storm and they have named it.......ERIK!

OK, it's not the English spelling but it sounds the same!

We reckon that Erik is a great name for a storm and if our Eric is anything to go by, we had better get everything lashed down 'cos it will feel like a hurricane!

Eric has started to get a bit demanding, you see, after his and May's rampage in the morning, we let Monty and Wendy out for a rampage but Eric wants to get out of the cage and go on another rampage!

He climbs up onto the cage door and proceeds to give it a good rattle, in fact Old Two Legs reckons that if he keeps going, the door will open!

That means he gets to have another run around in the office, with the door shut, until Monty and Wendy want to get back in the cage for their morning snooze!

Lunchtime we left the noisy ferrets and headed off for a run along the sea shore.

It was Holly's turn to decide which way to go and off she went, chasing sniffs and rabbits!

Come on, this way, I can sniff sniffs!

OTL got all fillysoffical about a new day and spring flowering and all that, then he took some pictures of the rose hips that hadn't been eaten by the birds!

A Rose Hip and some Double Cream, super!

 We passed a seat that a Two Leg family had put there in memory of Anthony, well, that's all there was on the cards hanging in little plastic bags.

Mind you, there was a bunch of twigs in the shape of a heart that had a funny sniff about it.

Come to think of it, it looks nothing like the lambs heart we used to get for dinner a few years ago!

No thanks, that sniff makes me sneeze!

Back home it was Doggy Scoff again but to be honest, I was that hungry I shovelled it down like it was going out of date!

Then I went after a teeth cleaning chew, but that's another story!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

.......and that's when the fight started!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret here!

Wot a damp old start to today, even Old Two Legs pulled his wellies on when we went out for our morning walk. There was no sign of the sunrise and there was rain in the air as well, not our favourite!

Back home Holly and I retired to the bedroom and the ferrets were let out for their morning rampage while OTL cleaned the cages.

Now, one of the treats we get in the morning is the 'Teeth Cleaning Chew' which is better than the mouldy old carrot The Missus tries to fob us off with sometimes!

Now, not only does Holly and I love the chews, the ferrets do as well!

They enjoy the bits OTL chops up for them and when they finish, if there is any left, they stash what is left, under their blankets or bed.

Holly does the same thing, she gets a chew runs up to the bedroom and hides it under OTL's pillow.

After that she runs into the office looking for my chew so she can pinch it, but I've hidden it under my bed!

So, while she is searching for my chew, I am in the bedroom searching for her chew and after a while, find it under the pillow!

So, there is Holly chomping away on my chew while I'm chomping away on her chew!

It's at this point that the chews have been demolished and we head off to find our own chews, hidden in our 'special place'.

Well, Jubilation turned into Desolation 'cos we couldn't find our 'well hidden' chews!

At this point we both look at the ferret cages and questioned the ferrets.

Not that it did any good 'cos I wouldn't believe them if they told me I was a woofer!

That was it, the only guilty person was Holly, or if you were Holly, I was the guilty woofer!

So, standing in the corridor, nose to nose, eyeball to eyeball we discussed it further.

.......and that's when the fight started!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret.

Year of The Pig?

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret here!

A Happy Chinese New Year to you all and a Happy Luna Year as well!

Holly has been on about the Chinese New Year and how it's divided into animals except that she doesn't think there is a Year of the Ferret!

It seems there is Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat and Dog but no Ferret!

Eric says that the dragon could double as a ferret but not the snake!

We have had a look at the calendar and discovered that Old Two Legs is a Dog!

I mean, he couldn't be anything else could he?

OTL the Chinese Woofer!

We were out early this morning but we did get to see the pre dawn glow on the horizon.



It's getting closer to Spring Time!

By the time we got back to the path that leads to the football field the sun had got up high enough to light the sky.



A place to sit and watch the sun come up!

It made a change to get some interest in the picture instead of just the clouds and water!


OTL had to go out today to one of his customers and The Missus went with him to do some shopping. Now that was OK but they left Holly and I alone at home and I really needed a poo, so, the moment they got back I was doing my Musthavepoo Dance!


OTL picked up on the message and got me down the football field and into the grass in double quick time!


Holly wasn't bothered really and did her slow amble along the path while complaining about the 'Soggy Path'!

I wouldn't mind so much but it squelches as I walk on it!

Back home we were presented with a bowl of Doggy Scoff each but both Holly and I turned our noses up and walked off to spend some time on our doggy bed, I mean, we weren't even offered a carrot to chew on!

Maybe later tonight after we have tried to snaffle some of OTL's dinner but scoff and carrot is just not on at the moment!

We see that Mrs Sue was having an 'OTL Moment' spending too much money on things that she would rather not spend money on!

Ouch!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

Boring Day!

Hi Woofers!

Here we are, two bored woofers and four bored ferrets going by the names of Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

I'll tell you, to day has been one of those days we just don't want to see again!

You see, it started last week when Old Two Legs got an order for some stuff he didn't have in stock. No worry, he got onto his supplier and ordered them for delivery on Friday.

Friday came and there was no delivery.

Saturday came and went with no delivery.

Monday came and OTL was on the blower to the carriers as going by the web site his parcel was stuck in Dartford and it hadn't moved since Thursday when it arrived in Dartford Depot.

Monday morning OTL is jumping up and down and after much grumbling by OTL the carrier finally admitted that they had 'Lost' the parcel!

Back onto the supplier in West London, and yes, they have some more stuff and OTL was in the car and heading off to the supplier.

Four hours and two hundred miles later, OTL is back home to pick up The Missus and the rest of the order and off they went to deliver the order and then do some shopping.

All the time we were left on our own, we got walked at lunchtime, in the rain, by TM who took us over the football field behind our house for a quick wee and a poo!

Now, we know that ferrets sleep almost eighteen hours a day but us woofers keep waking up to do the guard dog thing by woofing at everyone who passes our front door.

Well, the time is coming up to ten past five and they have just got back, so off we go to see what is for dinner, chicken with a bit of luck!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

Chilly or Wot!

Hi Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

Sunday is always a sort of lazy time. It starts off with waking up  late, rolling over and going back to sleep for another half an hour, just to enjoy the warm bed clothes and pillow as a treat for being such good guard dogs.

Not in our house!

The Missus spend the evening snoozing on the sofa and heads off to bed earlier than us woofers, so, she wakes up earlier than us, meaning, all the lights go on!

Old Two Legs is sensitive to lights, they wake him up and when that happens, we get woken up by his attempts to get back under the duvet and pillow!

It doesn't work and that means he is awake and having nothing else better to do, he gets up and heads for the shower.

After all that Holly and I are forced to get up, get dresses in our harnesses and forced out into the cold!

Bang goes a Lazy Time on Sunday!

Lunchtime it's better, by then the sun is out and it's much warmer and there is always a chance of a rabbit!



Well, there was one here but I think it's run off!

 There are several places where we could see rabbits but being Sunday, the visitors were down with their woofers scaring off everything that could move!

No, nuffin here!

Today Eric asked to go out with us but the lad didn't realise just how chilly it was. He spent most of the time sitting in the ferret bag with his head poking out to watch the world go past.

Roll on Spring Time and a run on some warm grass!

When we got back to the football field Eric agreed to get out and do some running.

He got out, had a sniff or two at the mole hole and then ran all the way back to the car!

OK, no mole, lets get back home!

When we got back home Eric was straight in to the cuddle cup for a cuddle to warm his tail and other bits that were cold.

Miss May had something to say to him when he tried to warm his paws up on her back and was told exactly where he could stick his paws!

Back to work tomorrow, well for OTL but us woofers plan to catch up our missing sleep!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!