Do we Look Good or Wot!

Hi Woofers!

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

Today we were up early so that Old Two Legs could get all his 'Housework' done before we went out 'cos we were going straight from our walk down to the Poodle Parlour!

Down on the beach it was still as foggy as yesterday, in fact, Holly said it looked foggier than yesterday. When OTL took a picture of us even he said we looked like two Foggy Doggy's!

Who is he calling Foggy?

 Miss Snowflake was still hunting around the sea weed for Nargles and other things!

No Nargles, yet!

The Fog Horns were blasting away like yesterday and when the Seagulls started to call it got Mr Brambles a bit worried in case there were any Hawk type birds up there who might take a fancy to a Ferret Breakfast!

Mr Brambles said that motorbikes and bells are nothing compared to a fog horn!

I just don't like the sound!

OTL caught Holly and me having a nibble of some grass and thought we were eating something we shouldn't and he told us that if we carried on we would end up with a Grumbly Tum just like Archie Babe!

Off we went in the car and landed at the Poodle Parlour, we were wet, muddy, grubby and covered in sand and bits of sea weed and leaves!

OTL said that they were going to earn their money today!

I won't bore you with the details but we both got a good wash down and a hair cut and a shave and then squirted with Doggy Spray which is supposed to make us sniff good.

Sniff Good? OTL says we sniff like a Tarts Handbag!

How does he know? How many Tarts Handbags has he sniffed?

Must ask The Missus!

About two thirty he arrived back, emptied his wallet on the counter and was gently sobbing as we came charging out into the 'Reception Area' woofing 'Quick, Get The Door'!

That's it, we were off like a shot in case they decided we needed 'a bit off the back'!

In the car we both had a good slurp of water and settled down to a drive down to the beach again!

We considered diving into the mud and stuff but as Holly said, OTL would give us both a wash when we got home and he would more than likely use the garden hose!

So we stayed all nice and clean, except for our paws which we dipped into a puddle or two!

This is us on the beach, before we had a paddle in the puddle!

Looking Good Miss Daisy, Feeling Good Miss Holly!

After our walk we headed home and arrived at the same time as TM. We gave her a good lick and showed off our haircut and she told us all about her 'Master Class' today!

Tonight we are hoping for some chicken of lambs heart, it all depends on what the delivery man brings!

See you tomorrow and 'Keep Yer Tail Up Archie Babe' !

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

It's a Foggy Foggy Day!

Hello Woofers!

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

We had a look out of the window first thing this morning and it was Horrible! We couldn't even see the road, thick fog everywhere!

Down on the beach we couldn't even see the sea!

I see no sea!

 Both Mr Brambles and Miss Snowflake were put down on the sand but they said it was a bit chilly and took a little while to warm up. Ferrets warm up by shivering until they have generated some heat!

Mr Brambles was shivering away when he spotted Miss Snowflake tearing across the sand and called out 'Oi! Where are you off too?'

'Oi!' Where are you off.........

Miss Snowflake didn't stop to explain, instead she sot across to where OTL was crouched down looking at something and jumped up onto his lap, calling behind to Mr Brambles, 'I'm off to where it's warmer!'

I'm off to get warm!

 Of course, Old Two Legs wasn't having any of that and he put her back on the sand again with the instruction to 'Have a Run'!

Remembering yesterday and the fun Mr Brambles had creeping up on the doggies, Miss Snowflake decided to have a go at 'Close Observation' and proceeded to bury herself in the seaweed.

Her first attempt was a little amateurish and we could all see where she was, even though she couldn't see us!

Bet you can't see me!

 Her next attempt was a little better and it was only her nose and the last bit of her tail we could see. That was all OK except that the 'Sand Hoppers' were starting to come out and she didn't like the idea of them crawling all over her, so she gave up that game!

There is something crawling over my tummy!

 Holly and I got really involved with a beach sniff and spent such a long time investigating that we didn't notice Mr Brambles come across to have a look as well. It was a good job he didn't nip us!

Wot you got here girls?

Back home to Lambs Heart and a snooze, well, we had earned it, all that chasing about wears a puppy out you know!

Lunch time the sun was poking through the fog but somehow it seems the fog was thicker. When we got to the beach we couldn't see as far as we did this morning. Mind you, we did see a couple sitting on the beach eating lunch. There were sausage rolls and cream filled chocolate eclairs!

They wouldn't give us any!

Holly said we should pinch a sausage or two but OTL was too close and would have told us off!

A Right Pair of Greedy Guts!

To take our minds off the sausages we headed off to do some rabbit hunting but there were none around, Holly reckons they have all gone down the local cafe for a bite to eat!

Where have all the rabbits gone, long time passing?

This morning both ferrets, but especially Mr Brambles were a bit frightened by the fog horns being blasted from passing ships and the Sheerness Docks. OTL had to keep stopping and picking Mr Brambles up to reassure him that everything was safe and OTL was keeping all those nasty fog horns away.

Well, lunchtime it was just as bad and in fact I don't know if it was the fog that was doing it, but the fog horns seemed to be louder than this morning!

I hear Fog Horns!

Back home we had a wander around the garden, catching some rays and looking for the blackbirds nest that The Missus says is being built in the ivy hanging over the fence.

No luck, but to be honest, I fell asleep while watching for the bird and never saw a thing!

TM is off to a local card shop thingy to do a demonstration of her technique using the stuff that the shop sells. She said that the course was oversubscribed three times over!

Tomorrow we are off to get our hair cut and a shampoo and set plus have our nails done as well. Holly says that she hopes the hair cut is not too short 'cos it is still a bit drafty down the back end, especially in the fog!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Rabbit Stew All Round!

Hi Woofers!

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

It was a misty old morning today down here in North Kent. Old Two Legs was wishing for some sort of artistic misty morning so he can take some 'Moody' pictures again but all he got was some uninspiring mist across the Medway!

Just the Mist!

We had a sniff along the beach and while I was engrossed in a rather interesting sniff, Mr Brambles had a bet with Holly that he could creep up on me using his famous 'Commando Crawl' that he had learnt from Army Chum of his!

The Commando Crawl!

 You know I reckon he would have made it if he hadn't sneezed!

 Back home it was chicken and biscuits, all warm and slippery and tasting super!

OTL was playing on the computer again so Holly and I had a snooze and Holly even spent some time next to the pond catching up on her tan! 

 Lunch time was a scream! OTL decided to take the ferrets out again but this time to do our Rabbit Hunting route, just to see what they make of it.

Of course, they were a bit cautious to begin with, a strange new area of sniffs but very quickly they settled down to Rabbit Sniffin'

Holly and I set off to flush any rabbit out of the bushes, just to show them how it's done!

No, none here either!

 Then the ferrets started to investigate the holes the rabbits had started to dig.

'er! I reckon I've found one here! Looks like Rabbit Stew Tonight Lads!

Next thing we knew was he had stuck his head right down the hole and was sniffing like crazy!

Rabbit! Yes! I can Sniff Rabbit!

Then he jumped back with a disgusted look on his face, 'Gawd! It's a Rabbit Poo Trap'!

A crafty rabbit had dug a hole and got all his mates to poo in it, just to trick us!

They're sneaky like that you know!

Mr Brambles was right put out about that and carried on investigating every hole he could find. There was one where he swore that he could see a rabbit looking back up the hole!

I can see one here, he's looking straight at me!

I rushed over to check but it was a couple of shiny stones that reflected the sun light!

No Eye Balls Here, Just Stones!

Mr Brambles was not a 'Happy Ferret' and marched off mumbling something about getting rabbit stew next week!

Down on the beach we found that big lump of wood again and Mr Brambles said we could carve a boat out of the wood here and make a canoe to go fishing.

Will it Float?

What was funny, Miss Snowflake found a bit of wood as well and said we could use it as a paddle!

OTL could fashion a paddle from this bit!

 On our way back we got loads of Ooooo's and Arrrrrrr's from people who have never seen a ferret before. Holly said it was getting a bit boring listening to the same old thing again and again!

Does it smell? Does it bite? How do they get on with the dogs?

OTL says that one day he will say 'Yes! They smell worse than horse poo!' and 'Of course they bite, how do you think they eat their food!' But best of all...........

The dogs love them, they would eat three a day if they could get hold of them from Tesco's!'

Back home the ferrets crashed out and have been asleep all afternoon, mind you, so has Holly and I!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles

Who's a Pongy Puppy?

Hi Woofers!

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

What a change there has been this morning! We woke up expecting warm balmy breezes and loads of sun shine, but in stead it was Cold, Windy, Cloudy and Sunless!

Not ideal for the ferrets to go walking in!

Mind you, Miss Snowflake climbed out of the Ferret Bag and onto Old Two Legs arm expecting all that warm stuff and got the shock of her life, cold wind!

It wasn't much better down on the beach but the wind did help to get the ferrets to 'Get a Move On' back to the car!

Miss Snowflake did her 'Pick Me Up Daddy' bit but OTL said she needed some fresh air!

Pleeeese Pick Me Up Daddy!

Not getting her own way she headed off to the sea weed where Mr Brambles said he had found an interesting sniff!

Well, it certainly has a Pong about it!

 I could even sniff it on the wind and when I put my nose towards the sand it was even stronger. I gave Holly a woof and we both followed it to a pipe that was sticking out of the sea wall!

Mmmmm, It's strong here as well!

 We told OTL and he suggested we all keep away from it, just in case it was something that would give us all upset tummies!

It even goes all the way down here as well!

While we were waiting for the ferrets to catch up, I got the sniff of something in the grass that just called out to me and said 'ROLL IN MEEEEE!'

Well, what could a little puppy do?

I had a roll, and another roll, and just to finish it off, I had another roll!

That's when OTL saw me and called me a 'Smelly Nellie' and a 'Pongy Puppy' and when we got home, guess who ended up getting washed from the tip of her tail to the tip of her nose and everything in between?

The Missus came back from her shopping trip and announced that she  had found a source for Ox Heart which the butcher said was better as there wasn't anywhere near the amount of fat on the heart as there was on the Lambs Heart!

So, there are plans to try some, even though we do love the fatty bits 'cos they are tasty and slip down a treat!

Auntie Angela turned up to play Splosh the Glue Pot with TM, you could hear them giggling their heads off as the glitter pot was flying all over the place

They do make such a mess everywhere, us doggies dare not sit down anywhere near then 'cos we would end up with sparkles all over our butts!

OTL was sneaky, he managed to mug a cream filled apple turnover and didn't even share it with us!

Lunchtime walk was a little 'Fresh' 'cos the wind was coming in off the sea and when those easterlies blow they can certainly blow your tail about!

To keep warm, Holly and I went Rabbit Hunting but only OTL saw any rabbits and by the time we were on it's scent the rabbit was twenty foot underground and enjoying a carrot salad!

Hunting Rabbit!

Mind you, it was fun running and jumping and pretending we were chasing the rabbit home!

Down on the beach there was a great big lump of wood that must have fallen off a pier or something and as Holly said, 'It wasn't here this morning!'

We had a sniff around but there was nothing too exciting about it so we left it to float away on the next tide!

Sniffy, but nothing interesting!

 Back home the ferrets wanted to come out to play so OTL shut the office door and they went on a 'Ferret Rampage' around the office chasing the squeaky balls and climbing inside my sleeping cushion!

After a hunt through the adventure playground and the camera stuff and behind Snowy Heights and climbing up on top of Snowy Heights, they decided to go back to sleep again!

Not sure what OTL has for diner tonight, let's hope it's 'Mugable', if not then we shall rob him of some shortbread!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles

Another Fun Day!

Hi Woofers!

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

Wot a super sunny day again! The garden pond is full of little wriggly things that promise to grow into some flying, stinging thingys! The sun has been shining on the solar power thingy by the pond and the water fountain has been splashing water all over the pond!

The ferrets were up early and gave Old Two Legs a run around the house when he opened the office door to go and fetch some fresh water. Mr Brambles rushed out and headed into The Missus's store room and tried to open one of her pots of glitter!

OTL just managed to get to him in time!

As he was returning to the office he was just in time to see Miss Snowflakes tail disappearing around the corner, tearing along the corridor and into the bedroom! OTL ran like mad to catch her before she disappeared under the bed!

In the end OTL said that he was taking us all out 'cos he reckoned we all needed a good run to calm us down!

On the beach Miss Snowflake found a sniff in some sea weed and proceeded to rub her chin in it!

Mr Brambles was further down the beach diving in and out of the rock pools!

Oooooooo! This is Lovely!

 I found a sniff but it was buried, so, I had a go at digging it out!

Come Out, Come Out, I Know Your There!

Back home we had some chicken for breakfast and afterwards Holly and I spent tome time at the bedroom window woofing at anyone who passed!

Of course, TM kept on telling us to stop woofing but we didn't take any notice.

While we were on the cushion by the window Holly said, 'I reckon I would like a Fish and Rice breakfast, just like Archie Babe had yesterday!

We spent some time discussing what fish we could have, obviously ones with bones is out 'cos they might get stuck, so, it was Cod we settled on in the end!

Lunchtime we went delivering with OTL and ended up at the Riverside Park. We saw the old yacht was still there, so we reckon if we mended it we could go fishing for cod!

A lick of paint and a plank or two should do it!

 The tide was out, so we couldn't see if it floated but there was another yacht out on the mud that would do equally as well but OTL said that it must be owned by someone 'cos it looked well kept!

Wot about that one to go fishing in?

We got fed up looking for a boat and played 'Pirates' along the old wall. Holly played the Pirate and I was the Revenue Man!

No matter how she tried, she couldn't get past me and I won every game!

On Guard against Pirates!

We had great fun chasing each other around, especially when we found a bit of twig on the ground!

OTL had his Infra Red Camera thingy so it looks like we were playing in the snow!

Of course, there was no snow really but it was still fun!

Chasing Pirates in the Snow!

Back home again and the ferrets were still asleep, so we cuddled up on the sofa and enjoyed an afternoon snooze!

For dinner tonight, OTL has got some of those 'Home Made Burgers' that TM makes. Holly and I try to get a nibble of those but OTL and TM eat all theirs and leave none for us!

Not fair!

Still, we will mug OTL for some shortbread tonight 'cos he is a sucker for a lick behind the ear and Holly and me holding our paws up in the air!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Sunny Sunday!

Hi Woofers!

Spring is here!

So are Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles!

Well, Old Two Legs has finally finished putting away all his stuff from the Scotland Trip and we are back to the normal mess in the office!

I've got one of our cushions under his workspace, Holly has hidden one of MY chews around the back of the ferrets house and the ferrets 'Adventure Playground' has squeaky ball hidden everywhere, not to mention the stack of Ferret Nibbles hidden in the darkest recesses!

With the few days off in Scotland OTL hasn't been on his rowing machine since he has been back, naughty OTL! Still, he has promised to get back on it on Monday morning!

Down on the beach Holly and I found a super sniff in the sand and spent some time digging and rolling in it while OTL was attending to the ferrets!

OK, First a dig, then a Roll!

I'm not sure if OTL knew what we were doing but he didn't say anything, maybe he reckoned that we deserved a roll in something 'cos we were such good puppies for TM while OTL was away!

Both ferrets said that they would have had a roll but it was too wet on the sea weed!

No, we'll just have a sniff thanks!

 We all had a chase along the beach and then headed back to the car. Mr Brambles was very good and didn't race away and leave Miss Snowflake struggling to get up the steps!

Come on Girl, up you get!

 The ground was getting dry so it was good fun to run along the grass. Miss Snowflake even had some fun chasing Holly!

Oh No you Don't!

Back home we got bowls of New Doggy Scoff that really doesn't get us very excited, in fact we had a sniff and went off to have a snooze!

OTL got going in the garden with his big drilling machine. We got hold of a tree trunk that OTL has decided to incorporate into the garden as a Bug Hotel. To help things along he wanted to drill some holes in it of several sizes so that Bees and Bumble bees and other sorts of bugs can set up home. However, drilling holes with his big electric drill is OK but when he started on big holes, about three quarters of an inch diameter he drilled a few and then there was a big POP!

Smoke poured out of the drill and OTL very quickly unplugged it from the extension lead before it did any damage!

So, we now have a tree trunk full of holes and a drill that is dead, but the 'Hotel' is finished!

Now all OTL has to do is spread the 'Wild Flower' seeds he has plus the 'Goats Beard' seeds he 'Collected' from the Sea Wall last year.

Lunch time and the sun was even warmer that this morning! There were the Sunday Trippers down on the beach, families and there was even a Metal Detector Geezer running around on the mud waving his detector thingy. OTL said that all he would find were unexploded bombs!

No Sarnies, No Strokes!

 There were one couple that not satisfied with a beach tea, brought their own table and chairs to sit looking at the mud and eating cucumber sarnies and drinking tea from real china cups!

Don't they look POSH!

On the way back we stopped at the church in our village, Holly says that OTL was 'Getting Religion' but as the church was closed all he could do was take some more pictures with the Infrared Camera!

Allsaints Church Allhallows.

After that is was back home to watch the rugby match. Holly and I love rugby, it's just like Holly an I playing 'Chase The Ball' or even 'Grab the Stick'!

Just like Rugby!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles

Tripod Walla Throws a Strop!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles back with you.

What a super day today, the sun is shining, the sky is blue and Old Two Legs is back home again and this afternoon we visited The Forest!

We went out for our morning run along the beach. Mr Brambles was almost beside himself with pleasure, he was jumping and running all over the place. Miss Snowflake was a little more refined but she still was running along 'Dooking' her whiskers off!

My Rocks better than this one!

It was funny when Mr B decided to run across the sea weed 'cos he ran straight into a rock pool and ended up with soaking legs and belly, but he did keep his tail dry!

Oops! Just a bit Quaggy Here!

Back home, OTL gave us chicken for breakfast and we wolfed that down in no time at all! The ferrets were in a playful mood as well and while OTL was cleaning their poo pots, both ferrets tried to run up his trouser legs! Lucky for OTL, he was expecting something like that and was ready to pull them back out! Both ferrets ran off chuckling to themselves!

OTL was telling us about some of the things that happened while they were up in Glencoe, like the rain being mostly horizontal and how the filters on the camera were a 'Raindrop Magnet!' He says that next time he will have to make up a shelter or buy an umbrella to shield the camera from the storms!
 

Rain Drop Magnet!

Now, while he was up there he had some trouble with the staff, that 'Tripod Walla' to be precise. You see the Tripod Walla was under the impression that he was an 'Apprentice'  and that he would be progressing up the ladder and one day would become a 'Camera Walla', with an increase in gruel rations and a bottle of beer at tea time. OTL had to explain that he was a terrible Tripod Walla and would have to work very hard to become a Camera Walla and he may make it but not for many years.

It was at this point that the Tripod Walla threw a Strop and Showed Off!

I Wanna be a Camera Walla, Now!

Mind you, when we looked at the pictures, we could see why he thought he could be a Camera Walla!

'Camera Walla First Class with Nodules' putting his paw down!

Mind you, no matter who has the camera, if there's no snow on the ground you just don't get the spectacular vista!

Snow-less Glencoe!

 There were a few other stories involving Cullen Skink which Holly thought was a Canadian Pole Cat and that is a distant relation to our ferrets and the thought of OTL eating ferrets was just not on!

After OTL had cleared up all his stuff we went off to do some shopping and get his glasses fixed! I ask you, how can you wear a pair of glasses out by just looking through them!

At lunch time we were in the car and heading off into town, after the shopping bit we visited The Forest! Now, we haven't been there for ages 'cos the mud was about six feet deep on the paths!

It was still muddy but with a bit of care you could keep your paws clean!

Look! Clean Paws!

Mind you, there were a couple patches that were a bit quaggy but we danced around the mucky bits!

Holly was searching out all the new sniffs and found a couple of new ones behind a tree stump!

Guess wot I found?

Of course, OTL was looking at the flowers and birdies flitting around in the bushes. We were happily trotting along Sniffin' the Sniffs and when we looked behind, no OTL!

Back we went and there he was taking pictures of the 'Wild Daffodils'. Holly said that they didn't look very wild to her!

A Wild and Angry Daff!

I said that if she did a wee on them they would get very angry!

Back home we had to go and pick The Missus up from her Master Class, she is a busy little crafter!

Tonight we are going to have a cuddle with OTL and nibble his shortbread and listen to some more tales of Glencoe!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.