The Results!

Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles here!

Thank you to all those who voted for our Birthday Picture on the blog and by email, we are still counting them all but I reckon the results will come in before we publish a bit later!

This morning was super, loads of sun shine and a heavy dew on the grass. A heavy dew means that we all get wet from our noses all the way through to our tails!

Snowflake was put down for a wee and as soon as she had finished, she was back up to Old Two Legs leg trying to scramble back up to the warmth of his arm!

She can be a right wimp sometimes!

Mind you, when we got down to the beach both she and Mr Brambles started digging holes.

You know what, they are getting good at these holes!

Holly and I had a game of chase up and down the sand.

We started off like two 'Gunslingers', giving each other the old 'Hairy Eyeball' and waiting for the other one to make the first move!

Watching you!

 Then it was the first to point the tail who won!

Gotcha!

 Then the chase started and we rushed around all over the place!

We even managed to jump over the two ferrets while they were investigating the bottom of their hole!

Was that a Low Flying Doggy?

 Pretty soon we were back in the car and heading for home 'cos OTL had some work to do and the ferrets wanted to get some sleep before our lunchtime games!

The lunch time walk was great, the sun was shining and we met up with Max and Oscar who were out for their midday walk as well.

Who is that up there?

They were looking to see if the ferrets were around 'cos Oscar likes to woof  at them!

Hey! Gotta Ferret spare?

A short walk and we bumped into a new woofer who's name is Holly! So we had a Holly saying hello to another Holly!

Yes, we are just visiting for the week.

 We got back home to find The Missus piling up the boxes of card stuff, you know we could hardly get in the front door!

She is off for a week or so to do some baby sitting up in Coventry and of course, while she is up there she will be doing one of her Master Classes!

Now, that means OTL will be doing the cooking, so we will get the skin left on our chicken and the Lambs Heart will be served up hot and juicy!

We will be able to eat our chews and carrots on the sofa and spend all day sleeping on his bed with our legs in the air!

Holly reckons that we should let the ferrets have the run of TM card room!

Well, it's only a suggestion!

Now, we have counted up all the votes and can announce that the photo we called No.1 got the most votes!

So, thanks for all the votes and here is the Winner!

Daisy & Holly 2013

Who needs TM's Master Class in Card Making, we're 'Self Taught Super Puppy's'!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles

The Day After!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles here with you again!

Now, first things first, no shouting!

After yesterdays fun and games and pigging out last night we both are a little 'delicate' this morning!

We had our run out this morning and managed to dodge the showers, so that was good, but the morning was spent being very quiet and snoozing on the bed while Old Two Legs finished off his VAT thing.

Both ferrets enjoyed the run out and Snowflake did manage to wee on the ground instead of all over OTL's coat, (his second, very special mountain climbing coat)!

We could see the rain all around us but there were breaks in the clouds and we could see the blue sky's above, so, claws crossed, it may clear up later today!

Loads of Rain!

Snowflake and Mr Brambles had their dig in the sand and sniff among the sea weed then they stopped and looked at the clouds. 'Come on' says Mr Brambles, we have just got time to get back to the car before it starts raining again!

OK girl, are you ready to go?

That was it, we were all off back to the car and you know what? It started to rain just as OTL was opening the car door, that Mr Brambles is good!

Talk about a close thing!

We did have to run from the car into the house but that was just a little bit of water that OTL soon dried off us!

Lunch time came and we were feeling a bit more 'Doggy' than first thing this morning!

I sat at OTL's office door and did my special 'I wanna go out' whine, it works every time!

Soon we were down on the Sea Wall and the sun was shining and the tide was coming in and I just fancied a swim, however, OTL saw the look in my eye and reminded me that I have my super new collar on and it wasn't ready yet for a swim in the sea!

Instead of swimming we went off sniffin' the sniffs and chasing each other around the beach.

Now, yesterday we forgot to show you our 'Birthday Portrait' and that was because OTL hadn't taken it!

So, here we are, a Birthday Picture of Holly and Daisy, four years old and with our fancy new collars!

Now we have a problem, which one shall we choose? OTL likes the first one and I like the second one but Holly reckons number three is the best.

So, we have decided to let you choose which one will be our 'Official Birthday Portrait'

Number 1

 OR

Number 2

OR

 

Number 3

As it is our birthday we will not ask for votes on a five pound note, instead we will just take comments below!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAISY & HOLLY!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles here!

Guess What?

It's our birthday, Daisy & Holly are now four years old!

We woke up this morning with Old Two Legs singing 'Happy Birthday' to us and The Missus joined in on the chorus!

Then we went back to sleep while OTL did his paddle around the office on his rowing machine.

The ferrets called out 'Happy Birthday' and went back to sleep again 'cos they know nothing is going to happen until OTL finishes his 'Thrash'!

Off we all went to the Sea Wall and the sunshine came out just for us!

Happy Birthday from The Sun!

 That was OK by us 'cos we had some fun chasing each other on the beach, that was until we got down wind of OTL and his wee soaked coat.

'Pheeew!' Says Holly, 'you'd think that he would have washed it off in the puddles!'

 Snowflake had managed to have another wee down the side of OTL's coat!

It's a bit Whiffy!

That didn't please him too much, so when we got back home the coat went into the wash, well, you can only take so much Ferret Wee can't you!

Sorry OTL but it was so comfortable I didn't want to get down!

 Back home we got presented with our birthday presents, two brand new, made to measure, real leather, five stranded braided, seriously Posh collars!

OTL had put a new name tag on each of them, just to complete the show.

Did we look smart or wot!

This is Holly's Collar.

Holly's

And this one is mine, you can tell that 'cos it is just a little bit smaller and it's got my name on it!

Mine!

OTL tried to take some pictures when we went out on our lunch time walk but a black collar against black hair, well they didn't stand out too well!

Holly with long hair and a new collar!

We are looking forward to some serious grub tonight, like Fillet Steak or a Big Bambi Burger or a Whole Chicken EACH!

Just sort of hinting, know what I mean!

We plan to get control of the TV controller tonight and put on a 'Lassie' DVD or that other one 'Babe' 'cos we keep joking about eating a Bacon Sandwich while we are watching it!

OTL says that now we are four years old we should start to be sensible and grown up and not chase cats or woof at other dogs as we pass them in the car.

Yeah, Right!

See you tomorrow!

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles

A Wet Monday

Hello Woofers!

It's Us Again! Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Wot a Day! We got out this morning and were down on the Sea Wall, there were puddles everywhere and the grass was soaking wet. Snowflake was put down so she could have a wee and decided that she would wee straight away, no sniffin', then she rushed back to Old Two Legs trousers and started to climb up!

I think she just wanted a warm spot to cuddle up in until we reached the beach!

Down on the beach we found a great big bit of wood, I mean, it was enormous, there was no way we could have picked it up if we all tried together!

One Large Log!

Mr Brambles, being technical, reckons that, with a bit of effort you could spin the log around on the balancing point!

Right here is where you could spin it!

 Of course, Snowflake, wanting to get back to a nice warm car, tried to spin it by doing the 'Ferret Lift' which she uses on her Poo Pot and her toy box.

It didn't Work!

No, I can't shift it!

 Mr Brambles shouted for us to give a hand but we knew that there was no way we would move it, so we just sat down to watch the fun and games!

No Way, You're on your own there!

 After a while both ferrets lost interest and went off 'Sniffin the Sniffs' and heading back to the car!

You just can't get the Staff to put their backs into it nowadays!

We reckoned we got it just right 'cos as OTL was giving us all a good rub down in the car with the towel, it started to rain again!

Back home it was chicken again followed by a snooze. Well, the ferrets finished off their breakfast and were asleep before we got our food, but they are quick like that!

Lunchtime came and OTL had to deliver some stuff in town, of course, we just had to tag along, especially as we were going near to the Riverside Park!

It was great, there were loads of puddles that Holly and I walked in, in spite of OTL yelling at us to get out, not that we listened to him anyway!

Is it worth a Paddle?

A bit further on down the path we met up with a Jack Russel who gave us the low down on some Fox Poo he sniffed in the bushes, unfortunately, he got caught just before he had chance for a roll!

On the right just along the path past the last Labrador wee!

Just for a laugh, Holly and I went sniffin' on the shore just so OTL could take a picture with both of us and both Power Stations in the same shot!

2 x Power Stations + 2 x Puppies!

We never found the Fox Poo, Holly reckons it got washed away with the rain this morning. On the way back Holly was looking at the water and said that she wishes sometimes she was brave enough to go in for a swim.

One Day.....One Day I will!

I think Holly will only ever roll in smelly stuff and sit in puddles 'cos she is just not the swimming type, let's face it, she even hates having a 'Shampoo & Set'!

We are off to visit Michael to see if he is hopping about any better than the last time. We think he has got a new leg brace, one that lets him bend his knee a bit.

By the way, OTL has been doing something in his office, it's to do with leather and cooking oil. We are not too sure what it is 'cos he keeps hiding it whenever we come through the door and the ferrets aren't saying anything either!

Maybe we will find out tomorrow!

Bye bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake & Mr Brambles

Soaked, Again!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles here!

We had some fun this morning, Old Two Legs was up a bit late this morning, something about being tired!

He should go to bed earlier then!

We went out for our morning walk but when we got to the car park, down came the rain, in bucket loads! There was a fox wandering around in the rain looking for rabbits.

Well, we went potty, woofing and growling and it was so loud that he ran off!

After the rain stopped, we went out for a stroll, well the ferrets did.

Wot! No Beach?

We were waiting for our run along the Sea Wall and even Holly got bored waiting for the ferrets and sat down, saying, 'Tell me when they've finished!'

I'm Bored, Just tell me when it's finished!

 While the ferrets were ferreting and Holly was showing off, OTL was trying some Fungi shots with the little 'Point & Shoot' camera but he couldn't get the focusing right!

Plants are OK but the Fungi is out of focus!

 I was having fun 'Sniffin' the Sniffs' and sorting out the different sniffs, Ferrets, Foxes and Rabbits!

Jus' Sniffin' the Sniffs!

 Once the ferrets were back in their travelling cage in the car we were off for our stroll and you know what? The sun came out, just ahead of the next rain shower!

The Sun!

 Lucky for us, we were back in the car just before the rain started!

Back home to a Chicken Breakfast and a snooze on OTL's bed! Well, that was the dream, instead it was Doggy Scoff and another hungry day without food!

Holly says she is going to leave home soon and get lost so she ends up in the Doggy Home, at least, she says' she will get some real food!

Which way to get lost?

Lunch time we were down the Sea Wall and it was sunny, so I was up for a swim 'cos the tide was right in and there was just some gentle wave lapping the shore.

I found a bit of wood and OTL tossed it into the sea and in I went!

and I lost it!

OK Where is it?

 I had to turn around and do another search and at last I spotted it, grab it and back to shore!

Look! I Got It!

We had some fun in and out of the water while Holly sat and watched. She said it was too cold for swimming!

OTL found another fungi all on it's own so he tried some low level photography with a bit of 'Zoom' so that the fungi was in focus but all around it was a 'Soft Focus' that's what he calls Bokeh, sounds too technical for me!

Fungi and Bokeh!

Back home I got wrapped up in The Missus fleece and drifted off into a super snooze where I dreamt I was swimming across the Medway to Sheerness!

Scary or Wot!

Not sure what OTL has got for dinner tonight but I reckon Holly and I will be in serious 'Mugging' mode!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

A Saturday with OTL.

Hi Woofers!

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

Today The Missus is off to her Allhallows Crop, or as we call it 'The Glitter & Glue Gathering'!

That means Old Two Legs is in charge until she comes back. So, OTL's first command was 'An extra ten minutes in bed!' Ooh! Hi is so Bossy sometimes!

That means though, he is late for his Rowing Exercise Machine, mind you, he did get his one thousand strokes in thirty minutes, so at least he kept up that bit!

Snowflake and Mr Brambles enjoyed a bowl of Lactose Free Milk each and then set about chasing each other around the office while OTL had his 'Rabbit Food and milk!

We were soon off for our walk and OTL was keeping his eyes on the sky 'cos rain has been forecast for today, loads of it!

We had some fun looking for rabbits but they had been warned about the rain, they had been out earlier for breakfast and now were back in their burrows snoozing!

When we got to the beach, along came Max and Oscar, who started to take an interest in the ferrets. OTL lifted Mr Brambles up to say 'Hello' but both dogs looked like they wanted to play a game called 'Let's Eat a Ferret'.

OTL kept an eye on them and wouldn't put Mr Brambles down until they had moved off.

So, there we were, on the beach having fun while the two Bozo Dogs were walking along the Sea Walk looking down at the ferrets. Mr Brambles got fed up with them looking at him and gave what he called 'The Ferrets Farewell'!

The Ferrets Farewell!

 That sorted those Bozo's out!

Back home it was Lambs Heart followed by a slurp of the ferrets milk and a snooze to let it all go down!

When ever I woke up it was raining, first just a dribble then a proper rain then just dribbling again, it just wouldn't stop.

Come lunch time I was getting a bit fed up and decided that if OTL put my rain coat on me, I might just risk a walk!

I'm still not too sure!

We got there and it was still dribbling down but I needed a wee, so off we set.

By the time we got down to the Sea Wall I knew we had made a mistake and was in a mind to turn around and head back to the car!

I tried the old 'I don't like it' look and even had a woof but OTL said it just as far back to the car if we carried on or if we turned back.

I really don't like this any more!

 Then, as I was walking along the shore, I noticed that the tide was right in and there was no big waves and the water didn't look cold and I thought, 'What about a swim?'

OTL said that if I couldn't put up with a bit of rain, then what is the benefit of getting soaking wet all over?

Well, it seemed a good idea at the time!

Reasons To Sulk           1. Not allowed to swim!        2.  It's still raining.     3.   I'm still getting wet.

So I sulked all the way back to the car and even woofed at a couple of Two Legs who were walking in the rain............Bozo's!

Back home to a nice warm comfortable bed to snooze the rest of the afternoon away. TM should be back by about five after she has put all the tables and chairs away.

I think I'll tell her about OTL not letting me go for a swim!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Important Information to all Woofers!

Hi Folks!

We're back again, Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

What a morning!

We were out good and early this morning 'cos Old Two Legs has loads of paperwork to do today, something about the VAT Quarter!

We looked out the window and saw it was all misty, I mean more like fog than mist but we know it wasn't real fog, it just looked like it!


There were spiders webs all over the place hung with water droplets from the mist and the grass was soaking wet!

We were diving in and out of the grass looking for rabbits and Mr Brambles was doing the same but he could only go as far as the lead would let him, which wasn't very far!

OTL put Snowflake down on the path so she could have a wee in the grass instead of wee'ing all over OTL's expensive coat!

Mind you, once she had wee'ed, she was back to OTL, scrambling up his leg to get back to the warm spot in the crook of his arm!

There she stayed until we all arrived at the beach and then we all had a good time digging holes and chasing each other, except OTL, he didn't dig any holes but he did chase us all!

Back home we all got a second rub down with our towels, including the ferrets and went off to breakfast, Chicken & Biscuits!

It was afterwards that we all got together in OTL's office waiting for our midday walk, that is after our morning snooze to get over the breakfast.

Holly started it off by saying that not everyone could be a Bozo. Mr Brambles asked her to explain.

Well, says Holly, taking a deep breath, to add effect and show that she was going to say a very long sentence!

'There are many Two Legs we meet and there are loads of dogs we meet and loads of Two Legs and loads of dogs that read our little blog and I was thinking that some are Real Bozo's and some are Real Dopey Bozo's and some are not really Bozo's at all but act a bit 'Bozo' just for fun.'

I told you it was going to be a long sentence!

Mmmm, we all said in unison, and your point is? 'What we should do is to arrange these Bozo' into some sort of order.'

Mmmm, we all said together, and what do you propose? Holly took another deep breath, this one is for effect rather than a long sentence.

'First of all, any Woofer who is a Follower of our blog can't, at any time, be a real Bozo. They can act like a Bozo if they want to have some fun but they are not 'Real Bozo's'

'Hang on,' says Mr Brambles, 'I hear no mention of Ferrets in your proposal!'

'Patience,' says Holly, 'I have yet to arrive at the sub species of Woofer yet'

'We are not a Sub Species' says Mr Brambles, we are FERRETS and sometimes we like to play Bozo's for fun!

'OK', says Holly, getting a bit flustered! 'All Followers and OTL and The Missus and ferrets, are not Bozo's

Snowflake said that OTL was only a Bozo when he was paddling that machine around the office first thing in the morning. I mentioned that he acts like a Bozo by calling and whistling when we were stalking rabbits and Mr Brambles said that he liked a cuddle with OTL before going to bed at night 'cos he got some Ferretone as well and no one who gives out Ferretone could be a Bozo in his eyes!

We agreed on that point, however, I pointed out that TM acts like a real Bozo when she get going on her cards, all that Splodging an Splatting and Whacking and Scrunching and Distressing and that's before she gets to the Glitter and Glue!

'Well, again' says Holly, 'TM will have to be a special exception as well!


So, there are no Bozo's on this blog except OTL and he has immunity 'cos he is OTL!

After that we went out for our lunch time walk and walked into a big Bozo Labrador!

You are and Official Bozo!

 It didn't help having Holly stand behind me calling out, Bozo! Bozo! Bozo! Bozo! Bozo!

We also spotted the Winter Wheatear, this is the one that turns up each winter with a couple of his mates!

I'm not a Bozo, I'm a Wheatear!

As the tide was in there was the normal gang of fishermen scattered along the Sea Wall  and Holly was doing her normal 'Inspections!

I've told you before, No Sandwiches, No Strokes!

 We thought we had lost OTL at one time and it was only me standing on my back legs that helped spot him.

Yep! There he was taking pictures of a Fungi, again!

We've seen it before but can't remember it's name!

So, there we are, a fun day out with OTL and a momentous decision that none of us are Bozo's, except OTL, but he has immunity!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles!

It's the Sun Again!

Hi Woofers!

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

It was super out first thing this morning, the sun was poking out from behind the clouds and the wind had dropped from yesterday.

We were out of the car and rabbit chasing while Old Two Legs got the ferrets all strapped up in their harnesses. By the time he was ready we had disappeared into the brambles and were in serious 'Hunting Mode'!

We didn't even hear OTL call us, not that we would have paid any attention anyway!

So, off he went with the ferrets leaving us hunting.

It was only when Holly mentioned that we hadn't heard OTL calling or whistling for some time that we decided to go and look for him as he may have fallen in a ditch or got dragged into the brambles by the ferrets!

We found him a bit further down the path walking both ferrets who were having a good old sniff!

Down on the beach we dug some holes and Mr Brambles and Snowflake ferreted around in the sea weed to see if there was any other signs of ferrets or weasels or stoats, but we couldn't find a thing. Just the spot where Snowflake had a wee yesterday!

Stoatally Weasel Free Here!

Of course, Mr Brambles just had to dig another hole. Holly did suggest that we loan him out to the Wormy Men to dig for worms but Mr Brambles said he had better things to do than dig for worms!

This Looks a Good Hole Site!

Snowflake zoomed off to the rock fall and did a bit of 'Speed Scrambling' she says that seeing OTL thrashing away on the rowing machine in the mornings has given her an idea for a fitness regime and it going to be called 'Ferret Fit' and it involving eating breakfast first thing then a run up the rocks and back home to sleep.

Well, she reckons it was just made for ferrets!

'Speed Scrambling' on the concrete rocks!

 Holly says that ferrets are masters of the art of sleeping!

We left them snoozing when we went out at midday, TM and her mate Helen were down stairs slopping the Glue and Glitter about so we reckoned the safest place to be was miles away down on the Sea Wall!

It was sunny when we got there and the tide was in!

We spotted a fisherman who had the day off, so he was enjoying his time down on the beach. He hadn't caught anything yet and he didn't have any sandwiches left either, which was a big disappointment to Holly!

Anything Edible?

To make up for it I pointed out that the tide was in and you know what that means?

Time for A Swim!

Periscope Up!

It was good fun and there were some gulls on the breakwater watching me as well!

Go Doggy Go!

A bit further on down the path I heard a rustling in the grass and did my 'Wossit?' stance, this always gets OTL's attention.

It turned out to be a Dragon Fly that was having a snooze in the grass and had slid down the grass and got caught up in the stalks!

OTL did a bit of 'Gardening' which allowed it to climb back up and as a thank you the dragon fly allowed OTL to take a couple of photo's before flying off!

If only we had a Tripod!

The trouble with OTL is that the tripod is always at home and the wind is too high, you just can't please him!

It's Too Windy!

OTL said I was a clever puppy for finding the dragon fly and to let him know if there are any more on our walk!

Back in the car I was up the back getting the sun shine on me to try to dry off. Holly, sitting in the passenger seat was saying that she was perfectly dry and OTL should leave now for home!

Home, OTL and don't spare the horses!

When we got back we discovered that The Missus had put our dinner out.............Doggy Scoff!

Will she never learn!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles