A shortened walk this morning!

Hi Woofers,

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

Well, what a day! To start off, we have been short changed! I mean, us woofers have a set time and place where we have our morning walks and wee's but today instead of our walk through the woods what happens?

We get a walk over the Farmers Field!

I mean, we haven't done that since we were Tiddly Puppies!

OK, so there were some different sniffs from strange woofers and a couple of cats but we definitely got short changed!

Lunchtime it was better, we headed down to the sea front and instead of going along the sea front Holly decided to go through the woods and set off at a pace leaving The Missus to chase after us!

Holly was diving in and around the trees and bushes and made sure that TM was following close!

I reckon that Holly could get her 'Pathfinder' badge 'cos she is so good!

We got a message down from Alun and Old Two Legs. Seems they have had a good day and OTL has been snapping away!

Osprey being chased by a crow!

 Seems they were given a tip on where there were a couple of Osprey nesting locally and the best place to see the birds was from the church graveyard!

The male brings a fish to the nest for the female!

 The fish wasn't very big but I suppose that if you get enough that will keep her happy!

OTL said that he and Alun went back to the RSPB site and told them all about the nest and the birds and finished the tale off with a burst of Nah, Nah, Nah!

While he was there OTL saw a squirrel munching away on some pea nuts that had been put out for the birds!

I think I've got a tummy ache!

See you all tomorrow and with a bit of luck, OTL should be home as well!

Bye for now!

Luv,

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

Birdies and Distilleries!

Hello Woofers!

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

Oh dear! Sad News! The Missus has got a cold!

She can't blame it on us woofers 'cos we don't get colds and the ferrets are cold free and bouncing about all over the place!

We reckon she got it from one of the Glue Slappers last week!

This cold means she doesn't want to run up and down the hills when we go for a walk and we get told where she wants to go rather than letting us choose!

We hear that Old Two Legs has been having fun as well, not only have they been visiting the RSPB sites in search of a Crested Tit but the also found themselves in the car park of a famous distillery!

They found a fast flowing river under a bridge that almost turned into a water fall!

A half a mile walk just to get this!

The RSPB site was a little better, a Willow Warbler, a fer Chaffinches and a couple of Pheasants!

I got my beady eye on you!

 Seems Alun has been getting into trouble again. They stopped at this farm thingy and Alun tried to milk a cow 'cos he wanted some milk for his coffee but forgot one of the most important things....

Oi! Just warm your hands first!

 You know, I've seen this picture before, the last time he visited Dalwhinnie he had his photo taken in the same spot!

I've been here before!

You know it's a good thing that OTL left his jumper, I don't feel so worried about what's he doing 'cos I can still sniff him on the jumper, except for the bit where Holly sat on the jumper 'cos she had an itch on her butt!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Squirrel and a Distillery, what's the connection?

Hi Woofers!

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

Well, it seems the The Missus needs someone to hold her hand when we go walking! When we went out we had Auntie Sheila helping to keep us in check!

Spoil sports!

Mind you, we do get longer in bed and I get to cuddle up on Old Two Legs jumper as well!

OTL has been busy, he and Alun went looking for Osprey Birdies but managed to miss out! Alun saw a Crested Tit but OTL missed that but he did managed to get a shot of a Red Squirrel scampering away!

These little critters are fast on their paws!

 OTL was clicking away but most of the time only got shots of the tree trunks or the tail end of a squirrel disappearing around the back of a tree!

He managed a raspberry at the same time he was running up the tree!

So, after walking all over the place looking for squirrels and birds it seems that got fed up and headed off to the local distillery and had a tour of the place, sampling whisky all the way around. Well Alun was, you see OTL was driving so he had to pass his whisky to Alun to sample and by the time the tour was finished Alun was telling jokes to the guide!

OTL was not happy 'cos he had to give his whisky away!

Poor lad, maybe he will have a slurp tonight!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Gone and Left Us!

Hello Woofers!

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

Well, Old Two Legs has done a sneaky on us!

We were all asleep on our beds when he crept out of the house with all his gear and disappeared into the sunset Scotland bound!

What was more upsetting was the fact he has taken the laptop with him!

Holly has found out how to get into the big computer and Miss May has worked out the password to get in!

Bet you didn't realise she was 'puter savy'?

So, at the moment not photos but we are all alive and well!

I've been onto OTL on the phone, gave him a good woofing and he has promised to send some pictures down tonight.

We are having to train The Missus in what way to go when we go for a walk but she is a bit wobbly about climbing up the  hills!

Yeah, we can see the bottle of Giggle Juice?

Alun has sent down a photo of OTL having a rest in the B&B after the 500 mile trip, poor lad looks all done in!

So that's it for the moment, we'll tell you more later.

Bye for now!

Luv,

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

Busy Busy!

Hello Woofers!

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

We like Saturdays, extra half an hour in bed snoozing our heads off. Well, normally we would have but today is also Glue Slapping Day at the village hall so that means The Missus is bashing boxes and stomping up and down stairs, lights going on and off and Old Two Legs snoring!

we  did manage to get out about twenty minutes earlier than normal so that means we got to see the glow in the sky!

Well, the glow was there but the sun was well up in the sky!

 Back home again it was cage clearing and all the normal stuff then OTL got on with his 'Manufacturing' while Holly and I set about snoozing!

Half way through the morning the ran came but it cleared up as we got close to lunch time.

When we got to the football field the 'Friends of Grain' were out litter collecting and we got to say hello and get out ears tickled!

We are good girls, we get OTL to pick up our poo!

As we walked through the woods we kept on bumping into litter pickers and Holly kept calling out 'Oi! You've missed a bit!'

Look! There's a bit over there!

 It wasn't too long before we got to the hill and went chasing rabbits through the bushes again and this time we both got twigs caught up in our hair and OTL had to remove it for us before we could go chasing rabbits again!

Is that one over there?

 Around the corner we saw that the tide was out and right on the edge of the sea was a boat the looked like it had run ashore. There was a Two Legs walking on the mud next to the boat so we reckon it had just got caught by the tide and left it stranded until the tide came back in!

It's a bit far out, so OTL has done some fiddly diddly on the computer and.........

Fiddly diddly done and it's just a case of waiting for the tide to come back in!

This afternoon has been boring, OTL working, TM up the village hall and us woofers woofing at the passers by!

Wonder what's for dinner tonight?

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Almost a sunrise!

Hi Woofers,

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

Friday and it's still chilly out there!

Mind you, we got down to the sea shore and managed to capture a couple of shots of the sun poking it's nose through the clouds!

You are going to have to get up earlier to catch me!

 Strange thing is, you can take a shot of the sun and just ten seconds later the scene has changed!

Getting all moody again!

 Back home Holly and I retired to bed for a snooze while Old Two Legs gets busy cleaning the cages. Now, we know what is going on the other side of the locked door 'cos we can hear OTL giving a running commentary on what the ferrets are getting up to, you know, like, 'NO, have a wee on the paper, that's what it's for!' Then there is the........'Just what are you doing with that!'

Best is when you hear.........'Eric, I can't spend all day collecting you from up there!'

Eric loves climbing up on top of the cage but has problems getting down again, so...............

Gissa lift down OTL?

 Lunchtime we were going to invite the ferrets out for a walk but it's too cold and drafty so we had OTL to ourselves.

One thing we did notice, loads of daisies we blooming on the pathway. At first we thought it was hawthorn bloom falling to the ground but that had almost gone now!

Just how many daisies can you see?

 As we were heading back to the car we met up with Erik again and OTL ran off a couple of snaps. Trouble is, Erik is not too sure about the rattle of the shutter on the camera and runs off as soon as it makes that noise!

Wot the Woofing Heck was that?

 OTL has been packing stuff ready for his trip but today some of his customers sent through orders and one was rather large! Not that he doesn't want large orders but it means he will  have to be doing a load of engineering over the weekend!

It's a hard life being a Two Legs!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

........and then the fight started!

Hi Woofers!

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

Well, the weather has been 'uninspiraring' to say the least. About the only thing that has changed is the rain has stayed away!

Mind you, we have had some 'disscusions' with a couple of the local woofers!

Before that we went hunting rabbits with Old Two Legs. Now OTL can't run as fast as Holly and I 'cos he hasn't Paw x Par traction like wot we have but he does have a sneaky way of spotting the rabbits!

Wot happens is that OTL sneaks on ahead and spots the rabbit, then, he gives our 'rabbit spotting call' and Holly and I come tearing over the hill and after the rabbits.

Problems occur when Holly starts her run down the bottom of the hill and tears up the hill without knowing where the rabbits are and of course, she looks one way and rabbits go the other way, result?

No Rabbits!

Hey Soppy Chops, you've done it again!

The sunrise wasn't that good either 'cos there was too much cloud and the small holes in the cloud didn't really do much!

Not exactly mind blowing!

 It was good to get back home 'cos we sniffed some chicken that The Missus is going to cook for today's nosh!

Lunchtime we were out again but nothing had improved so Holly and I were keen to get back home.

Holly was ahead and out of sight but we could hear her barking a sort of 'Challenge Woof' that's the one we give when we don't know what it is in front of us!

Well, we got up to the football field and couldn't see what she was going on about but OTL saw that there was a Two Legs with a couple of Staffies, on leads, were hiding around the corner and half way into the bushes!

Well, Holly was giving it some woof and I joined in.

That was until one of the woofers got off it's collar and came tearing after Holly and I!

Well, we hadn't come across these before but OTL got down on one of his knees and gave them both a tickle on their backs!

In the end we decided that they were a pair of jokers and loved OTL's tickle rather than taking a lump out of my butt!

Holly and I kept away from them and OTL helped put the collar back on the woofer who's name was Molly!

Come on then, I'll take you for a walk this time!

 Maybe next time we will be OK with them but not today!

Blow me, as soon as we got rid of them who should turn up but Erik!

It's Erik!

We have know Erik since he was a little puppy, mind you, he is still a puppy but he is growing into a handsome woofer!

The carrier delivered OTL's camera back from the menders and that will go away with him next week!

We have got loads of stuff on the landing where OTL has been gathering the stuff he will need and he has even found his 'shooting stick', now we haven't seen that for several years!

Now at least he will have somewhere to sit while he's waiting for the Crested Tit or Red Squirrel!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

A Woofer has been cold today!

Hi Woofers!

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

It was a bit chilly today! I mean, like this morning we headed out expecting a small sun rise photo but by the time we got down to the beach, the sun had got up and was heading off into the sky!

Late again Woofers?

 It didn't help having the wind blowing in off the sea, that dropped the temperature a few degrees and we were glad to get back home!

One good thing about going through the trees and bushes, it cuts the wind down and allows us to catch up on the sniffs!

After you with the sniff!

Lunchtime arrived and as the sun had come out, Old Two Legs decided to take the ferrets out with us for a walk.

Eric was showing off  'cos he would rather have stayed at home tucked up in a nice warm cage!

Miss may enjoyed the first bit of the walk across the football field but as soon as she felt the wind blowing in off the sea she was straight up OTL's leg and into the ferret bag where Eric had already buried himself in the warmest corner!

Both ferrets refused to come out until they got back to the football field where Miss May spent some time digging in the mole hills!

Even that couldn't hold her attention when the wind changed slightly and both May and Eric got a cold blast run up their tail!

Let's hope tomorrow will be a bit warmer!

Today The Missus collected her new glasses, that means she can now see properly and her wonky eye!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

.........and then the rain started!

Hello Woofers!

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

I just don't know what has happened to the weather, I mean, it is supposed to be summer time and that should mean sunshine, warm winds, balmy breezes and warm places to sit and watch the world go by!

Instead, wot we got?

Soggy paws, rain on our heads and a wind that seems to find it's way up yer tail with a vengeance!

Mind you, we tend to get the best weather down here in North Kent! Old Two Legs is heading off with Alun next week but we reckon they will get more rain and even some snow!

Here we have been watching out for the birds who have been on guard setting up their territories for nesting.

As we approached the car park we spotted a big lumpy pigeon being chased by a sparrow!

Yesterday OTL got a picture of a male blackbird and today he managed to creep up on a female blackbird who didn't see him until the last moment!

Boo!

 It was a surprise to see Sid The Streak's brother, Cedric The Slime, out for an early morning jog across the football field!

Can't stop, let me slide on through!

 Holly and I were more interested in hunting rabbits but as normal, Holly got too excited and chase after the rabbits far too early leaving them plenty of time to get away!

It's no good Holly, your going to exercise more self control!

 Not that she was listening 'cos she was off chasing more rabbits who were miles away!

Mind you, with all the sea fog around the coast it was amazing that she could see rabbits!

............................and That's Sheerness!

One good thing happened today, Miss May took it upon herself to have a play fight with Eric! They were both rolling on the floor 'Mouth Fighting' and tugging on each others ear!

That was such a good thing to see when you consider that a couple of weeks ago May was having problems standing!

Monty and Wendy are just as active, chasing each other around the house and when they get tired, Miss Wendy heads for the 'Pinny Box' and falls asleep under the pinnies until OTL finds her and puts her back to bed!

Today OTL has been getting all his camera gear out and getting it ready to go!

I think that he will be spending a lot of time photographing the rain!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Back to work again!

Hello Woofers!

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

Well, we were late to bed last night 'cos Old Two Legs wanted to see a couple of episodes of  'Game of Thrones' on the TV so Holly stayed up with OTL while I sneaked off to bed to keep The Missus company, only problem is, she likes to take up too much of the bed and when OTL and Holly want to get into bed there's only room for one, Holly!

OTL gets all grumpy!

This morning we were up late but it didn't matter cos there was rain in the air and a mist on the ground! So, not the most exciting walk along the sea shore!

OTL kept looking landward to see what birdy's he could see in the trees but there were no rare birds at all just a .......

A Blackbird looking for breakfast.

 Then we spotted a Magpie sitting high up in the tree looking to keep his territory free from other magpies!

This is my tree!

 As we headed for home there was a seagull sitting on top of a mobile phone mast and he was rather rude 'cos he told us to clear orf!

Clear Orf or I'll poo on you all!

Holly mumbled something about seagull soup but we didn't hang about too long!

Looking out to sea we couldn't see a thing, just too much mist and fog but we did hear the fog horn blasting away, it sounded rather sad!

That fog horn don't arf rattle your ears!

Back home OTL has been doing some engineering while Holly and I did some snoozing!

Miss May was almost up to her ears in the Convalescence Powder stuff in the small bowl, she just loves that stuff!

Lunchtime it was The Missus who gave her the Convalescence Powder stuff and May sat on TM's lap slurping it down while watching some craft stuff on the TV!

The leaves on the trees are really racing along now and it won't be long before they are all out.

Dunno what it is called but it wasn't there yesterday!

 We met up with Miss Polly, she is the one that just loves OTL and as soon as she gets to OTL's legs, she rolls onto her back to get her tummy tickled.

Tart!

She was just the same when it was time to go, roll onto her back and refuses to go!

I ain't going anywhere until I get another tickle!

 Holly and I were wondering if I would get a wash and shave today but as there was loads to do I reckoned I'll get away with it today. Holly was saying that it wasn't too long before she got used to the haircut, even if it was a little short!

Mind you, this jacket helps!

 OTL reckons that with he haircut, Holly looks about the same size as me even though I haven't had a shave yet and to prove it he took a picture!

Yeah, but side ways on it's a different story all together!

 I see that Archie Babe has yet to make friends with that Alexa Thing I mean, sticking up pictures of Archie without permission is just not on!

OTL is off next week with Alun to Scotland, a place called The Cairngorms which sounds like something you could catch if you sat on cold stones!

He is taking all his photo stuff including his big lens which he hopes will come in handy to photograph red squirrels and crested tits and deer and owls and eagles and who knows he might even see an osprey!

There on the other paw, if it rains he will just have to put up with visiting all the whisky distilleries in the area!

Poor OTL, such a hard life he has!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,