Miss Snowflake meets Dragonfly!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles here!

It was a super sunny morning today and we had a great time on the beach. Holly and I started off by playing 'Chase' up and down the beach.

The Chase Game!

Old Two Legs said that I couldn't go in swimming 'cos he didn't want a 'Soggy Doggy' in the big car. The Missus had taken the small car and was off doing a 'Master Class' at one of the local Craft Shops in Maidstone.

Go On! I dare you!

Mind you, I did manage a quick paddle and Holly kept of trying to get me to swim out a bit but I said that I would, providing she was ahead of me!

Mr Brambles had fun running along the beach close to the waves but didn't go in the water, he said it was 'Too Wet'!

That's wet out there!

We met up with The Lads on their walk along the Sea Wall. Poor old Oscar was looking out for the ferrets but OTL had them in the Ferret Bag. Oscar could sniff them but couldn't see them!

It drove him potty trying to work out where his breakfast was!

I can sniff ferret but can't see them!

On the way back to the car, Miss Snowflake was scared by a bird screeching. Miss Snowflake went into 'Frozen Mode' where she stops still and looks to the sky watching out for danger. Well, the bird, a sea gull, had long time disappeared over the hill and Snowflake was still looking up in the sky.

While she was looking, and remaining very still, a 'Red Darter' dragonfly landed on her back thinking she was some sort of food!

That scared her almost as much as the bird and it took OTL some time to get her to climb up onto his arm for a cuddle!

Mind you, it wasn't long before she was scrabbling to get down onto the ground again!

Wossat on My Butt?

 I must admit, I did come along to have a look but by the time I got there, the Dragonfly had flown off again!

Lunchtime was fun as well 'cos we went out for a ride into town to do a delivery and then down to the beach again.

OK, where's my eyes?

 The best bit was where Holly went up to some Two Legs and said that she was all lost and very hungry and did they have any food she could have?

Got any food Mister?

 I told her she was very cheeky doing that but she said they didn't have any food so she didn't hang around!

Back home we went to wait for TM to return and Holly says that she will be covered in Glitter and with bits of paper glued to her nose!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

A Room with a View?

Hi Woofers!

It's Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles back with you again!

Another fun day here in North Kent, a bit of sunshine and Old Two Legs is seeing the funny side!

No more of the ceiling had fallen down last night, so that was good news. Standing there looking at the void, OTL said that we must have to only bathroom where you could sit on the loo, watch TV in the lounge and have a discussion with whoever was in the lounge, all at the same time!

Can you turn to the News please?

Down on the beach, the tide was in but OTL wouldn't let me go in swimming, seems like he had a lot to do today!

Come on, Just a Little Paddle?

 Mr Brambles was winding OTL up a bit 'cos he said he had found a 'SSS' and he was doing a 'Doggy Roll' in it!

This how you do a 'Doggy Roll'!

 OTL was not happy about that until he spotted it was just some sea weed!

 Me in Silhouette!

OTL told me to 'Stand Still and Pose' but I told him, No Swim, No Posing!

Just for a laugh, Holly was showing Mr Brambles some 'Doggy Sniffs' on the beach and telling him to 'Have A Roll'!

Go On Lad, Get Stuck In!

 Miss Snowflake said that she could find some interesting sniffs on her own, and proceeded to roll an old plastic bottle around on the sand, that was until OTL told her she wouldn't get and 'Ferret Treats' if she got too smelly!

Strange Sniff this one!

That was it, she left the bottle and headed back to the car!

Lunchtime, OTL had finished discussions with the insurance company and we are awaiting the visit of an 'Assessor' who is to decide on what is 'claimable'.

OTL says that they should knock the house down and build a new one for him but we think he has no chance of that!

We went to the beach again but the clouds chased us and it started to rain, so, back to the car in double quick time!

Here come the rain!

Tonight, OTL is going to get a Chinese Take-Away Meal and dig out a bottle of Bubbly 'cos yesterday was their twenty seventh wedding anniversary and what with the leaky pipe and all that, they didn't feel like celebrating!

Today is different, so, Holly and I have put our order in for some Kling Plawns in Batter and a big bag of Plawn Clackers, just for us!

We will leave the Bubbly to them but the Plawn Clacker are ours!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles (The Smelly One)!

OTL is Still Not Happy!

Hi Woofers!

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

OTL is still not in a 'Good Mood' 'cos the repair men sent by the insurance company didn't turn up yesterday. When OTL telephoned them this morning he was asked if he had cancelled the call out. As OTL said, 'I've got water pouring through my ceiling, why the 'ell would I cancel the call out!'


He then got a call from the people who arrange visits and promised that someone would be down by one thirty!

Feeling safe we went off for a walk with the ferrets!

OK! Let's Hunt Rabbit!

We got around the corner and there was not a rabbit is sight! Holly reckons they had been scarred off by another woofer who was just ahead of us, not that I could see any woofers ahead of us at all!

OTL got all 'artistic' about the sea and the sky and the tug that was sitting out on the water waiting for a job!

Just Hanging around for a job!

Mr brambles was down on the beach an scampering around digging holes all over the place.

Miss Snowflake just sat there and kept asking if she could get back into the bag!

Can I get back in yet, it's too cold out here?

 Holly and I got off the beach and were hanging around while the ferrets were having a sniff, when, around the corner came a couple of terrier type woofers!

'Hello' we said, 'Where did you come from?'

'We've been chasing Loads of Rabbits' the boss dog said. Now Holly and I knew who had chased the rabbits off!

We've been chasing rabbits!

Having solved the puzzle of the missing rabbits we headed off for home and our breakfast.

We got in and OTL went looking for the plumber.

 Yep, you guessed it, no plumbing engineer!

Not too disappointed, OTL went off to the office while Holly and I got stuck into our chicken!

About twelve fifteen, I gave OTL's seat a bash to show him I wanted to go out for another walk and as the plumber had an hour and a quarter before he was late, OTL agreed we could go!

The tide was out, so no swimming but we did see the trail from a Wormy Man!

We counted him out and we counted him back again!

 Holly and I were discussing what we could do to make OTL a bit happier, she suggested that she would train as a Heating and Plumbing Engineer, so she could help OTL if he got any more leaks.
 

I could be a Plumber!

 I thought that was a good idea, then I had a thought, I could collect the insurance money!

Yeah! OTL loves keeping money!

Back home we went and you know what we found?

Nothing, no phone calls, no plumber!

Back on the phone to the people who are getting the plumber to us. Seems like he got held up at the last job!

Five past three, OTL gets a call from the plumber man, he is on his way!

OTL is a little happier!

After that it was all downhill!

The plumber and OTL got to work, the floor was taken up and the ceiling fell down!

It looks like it has been slowly leaking for some time 'cos the ceiling was rotten black and we think it was only the paint holding it all together!

It has been, 'One of those days!'

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Not the Best Sunday!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles here!

Wot A Day!

It was all blustery when we went out this morning and Old Two Legs left the camera in the car, just in case it started to rain, which it did, but not for too long!

Holly found some SSS, (Super Smelly Sh*&) and had a roll, a really good roll that sort of went all over her from head to tail!

OTL was not happy!

Then just as he was finishing his morning jobs,The Missus pointed out a damp patch on the lounge ceiling, just under where the heated towel rail is!

OTL does his 'Turn Everything Off' then gets onto the insurance people who say a man will be around today to 'Have a Look'

So, we have no heating (No problem), no hot water, (a Pain but not the end of the world) and a wet and soggy ceiling (possibly problematic)!

Then, when we went out for our lunchtime walk, it poured down, (the rain, not the water in the house)!

So, OTL is still not a happy OTL, the insurance recommended repair man has still not arrived and we have no photo's to show you!

I think it would be a good idea if we went back for our snooze until it all clears up or goes away!

See you tomorrow, with some good news, we hope!

Luv,

Daisy, Honking Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles!

One of those Lazy Saturdays!

Hi Woofers!

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

Today has been a really lazy day, The Missus went off to her 'Crop' in the Village Hall leaving us to choose what to do today. Old Two Legs looked at the decorating and decided to do some 'Paperwork' instead!

Us Woofers decided that a long walk down the sea side would be a good idea!

Early this morning, after dropping TM off, we were down on the beach hunting rabbits and stuff.

OTL said it was a super sunrise but we couldn't see what he was on about but with a bit of help from Photoshop, it got all colourful!

Just wait until Autumn comes!

Holly said it was cheating but agreed that the Autumn and Winter were best for sun rises over Sheerness!

We met up with Oscar who still reckons that a ferret would taste like chicken and is busting to try a nibble of Snowflake or Brambles!

Aw' Come On, Just a Little Nibble!

Of course, OTL wouldn't allow that and he keeps a close eye on Oscar, even if he is on a lead!

Back home it was 'Clear Up Time' for the ferret cage while both ferrets went on a rampage in TM's card store room, all in and out of the shelves and the plastic boxes full of stuff!

Holly and I went back to bed on our cushions and left them to it!

Lunchtime I reminded OTL that it was time for our walk again and soon we were back down on the beach. The tide was right out, so no swimming, and on top of that, OTL wouldn't allow us to go splodging about in the mud!

We spotted a rather worn out looking Bumblebee who was still gathering nectar from the flowers but his wings looked ragged around the edges. He must have been working hard this summer!

Can't stop, Winters coming!

 Just to confirm what the Bumblebee had said, we found a Fungi pushing its head up through the grass!

Nearly Autumn!

 Just for a laugh, OTL took a picture of Sheerness and said it looks like a sunset.

Yeah, in yer dreams!

Sunset just starting?

Not sure what is planned for tomorrow but Holly and I fancy a long run, maybe down The Forest of even The New Park!

We'll have to see what OTL is up to tomorrow and what time he gets up!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

A Different Beach, for a Change!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles here!

We were up good and early this morning, Old Two Legs had a lot to do today, so an early start was called for!

Down on the beach Holly found a patch of sand that had little hopping sand fly type of things jumping about. At first she thought that the sand had come to life and was having a dance!

Here Look! The sand is moving!

Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles had fun racing each other along the Sea Wall, sharing sniffs together. Then just as he found a particularly good sniff, she started to lick his ear and put him right off!

Now this how to share a sniff!

We couldn't hang about 'cos there was loads to do, so, back home to some Chicken and Biscuits, which made a change from Doggy Scoff!

The Missus said that Mike & Sue & Daisy were going to visit this afternoon, so we had to get everything done and out of the way before they turned up!

OTL had to go down to Herne Bay to pick up some stuff so we had a run on the beach before going to collect the stuff.

OTL found a stone that looked like it had several stones inside it including some shinny glittery stones that OTL called crystals!

Shinny Crystal Stone Thingy!

I was more interested in going for a swim, so OTL threw the rubber bone in the water for me. I went in a couple of times to get the bone but the water was getting too rough, Holly said that it was because there was an 'On Shore Wind'!

She knows all about this nautical stuff you see!

All I know was, it made the waves crash on me and the shore!

Getting a bit Rough!

Of course, you have to watch out for the big wave 'cos they try to creep up on you and there was one that did a sneaky and crept up on me good and proper!

What the ...............?

After that one OTL said it may be a good idea if I stayed out of the sea for a while, I thought that was a good idea as well!

You can keep the waves, I'll stay here and chase sea gulls!

Back home Mike & Sue & Daisy had arrived and we told them all about our adventures and Sue had brought Holly and me a carrot each and a super chew each!

Holly and I enjoyed them and had a good chew before crashing out for a snooze!

Miss Daisy was playing with the ferrets and gave them loads of strokes and even fed them with the Ferretone, especially Mr Brambles who was up for a kick about of the water bowl and Poo Pot, just for fun!

OTL still has some stuff to do but we are looking forward to some shortbread tonight that Archie Babe brought with him as a present for OTL.

We will enjoy helping him sample them tonight!

Well, it's Friday so it must be Shortbread and a Slurp!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,


Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

I nearly get a Rabbit and Miss Snowflake gets caught out!

Hi Woofers!

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

We had some fun first thing this morning. Holly and I got out of the car and headed off to the Rabbit Hunting Ground, and, while we waited for Old Two Legs to arrive, we did a bit of mooching around in the long grass.

All of a sudden a rabbit made a bolt for the rabbit hole on the other side of the path, we were both after it in a flash. It headed down the path, weaving from side to side, just trying to put us off but we're too clever for that!

Ahead was OTL and the ferrets, who were both on the grass, about to have a wee. The ferrets, not OTL!

OTL spotted us and the rabbit heading his way and started to wave his arms about to warn us all that the ferrets were on the ground. Well the rabbit didn't know anything about the ferrets but did a sharp left hand turn when he saw OTL jumping up and down like a Bozo!

That was it, rabbit went left, we went straight ahead, rabbit got away and ferrets escaped being run over, just!

Down on the beach Mr Brambles decided to have a game with Miss Snowflake. However she had managed to sneak back into the bag again!

Didn't see me get in did you?

Mr Brambles went off to find that plastic cup and of course, stuck his head inside and started to shout that the sun had gone!

Hey! Where's the Sun gone?

He knew he would get Miss Snowflake out of the bag to help him and in no time, there she was giving him instructions!

Hold Still! I'll get OTL to help!

When he got out he told Snowflake that you could hear the waves crashing on the shore when you stick your head in the cup. As the tide was well out, Miss Snowflake said she would try it providing Mr Brambles would stayed with her to help if she got stuck in the cup!

Yes, I can hear the sea!

Mr Brambles caught a sniff and was off, leaving Snowflake there, calling out for Brambles to take the cup  off her head.

Hello? Hello? Can you hear me or have I lost my voice?

OTL came to the rescue and soon had the cup off her head and when she found out that Mr Brambles was half way down the beach, she chased after him and told him off for leaving her!

Not that he took any notice!

We looked out to sea and OTL noticed a sort of mound in the sand with what looks like a river or stream running around it. Holly, who watches 'Time Team' says it is a Medieval Hill Fort with a moat around the outside and the whole lot had sunk into the mud.

Medieval Hill Fort, on the marshes?

OTL said that if we wanted, we had three days to sort it out!

Yeah! On yer bike OTL!

Back home we had Doggy Scoff waiting for us, YUK!

Lunch time arrived and we set off again but when we got down to the car park it had started to rain, then it got very dark and there was lightening and then thunder.

We all stayed in the car, waiting for the rain to pass.

Very Wet!

The rain came down, and then it came down some more and it got wetter and wetter!

Holly and I were up at the windscreen watching it pour down and we kept asking OTL.

Is it going to finish soon?

After a while, it went across the Thames and into Essex where Holly said that they would appreciate a bit of rain!

As we watched it go it seemed to completely cover Southend on Sea and Holly said it might be enough to wash Southend into the Sea!

Bye bye rain!

That was the last we saw of the rain and off we went for our walk along the Sea Wall.

Holly and I are making plans to give OTL a serious mugging tonight and try to get out of having to eat Doggy Scoff!

Mind you, if he gets Ham Salad then we're out of luck and he's on his own!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

It's Rabbiting Season!

Hello Woofer Mates!

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

Holly got up this morning and decided that the 'Rabbit Hunting Season' was 'Open'!

I wasn't sure about what she means by 'Open' but it sounded like fun, so I didn't argue!

We got to the car park and I could see a couple of rabbits dancing around on the grass in front of the bushes.

There I was, up at the windscreen doing my 'Grumbly Grumble' that I do before setting off after a rabbit. Holly was doing her excited 'Let Me Out' woof to Old Two Legs that she normally does before he lets us out of the car.

Both ferrets were rattling the cage door to get out, you know, it was getting very 'Busy'!

Finally, OTL opened the back door and out we flew, rushed through the bushes and after the rabbits!

They had gone!

I blame the Ferrets for making too much noise!

It was a super walk today, the temperature was down to a very pleasant level which means we could have a run about without getting too hot!

Down on the beach Miss Snowflake had a quick wee and climbed back into the bag while Mr Brambles set off to explore the beach.

The sea had piled up the sea shells into a cliff face and he had trouble climbing up to the top.

It's a bit of a climb today!

When he arrived at the Rock Wall, he found one of those plastic cup the Two Legs leave on the beach instead of putting them in the rubbish bin.

So, Mr Brambles, being Mr Brambles, just had to have a look and inspect it!

In he went, sniffing and snuffling, as ferrets do.

Then we heard............'Help! I've gone Blind!'

I can't see a thing!

Soppy Ferret!

OTL had to pull the cup off his head!

Back home we all settled down to some breakfast and followed it up with a well deserved snooze.

Holly was dreaming of rabbits, I know that 'cos she was woofing in her sleep doing her 'Rabbit Chasing' woof!

Around eleven thirty, I got fed up with snoozing or woofing at the passers by, so I gave OTL's chair back a good shove with my front paws.

It's our secret sign, well mine actually, and it means, 'I want..............'!

OTL knew what the blank spot was.....'Walkies'!

I had this feeling the tide should be in by now and I just fancied a swim!

When we got down to the Sea Wall, the tide was about an hour away from being 'Swim-able' 

Of course, Miss Know It All said that we were just too early and kept asking where the water was!

Come on then, where's the water?

 She can be right annoying when she does that!

So, no swimming or splashing about, so let's go hunting some rabbit!

Well, we hunted and hunted and hunted, of course Little Miss Know It All Silly Knickers kept asking...

Come on then, where's the rabbits?

I was not a 'Happy Puppy'!

It's not my fault, honest!

Back home I headed for OTL's desk and collapsed into my cushion and had a snooze where I dreamt I had gone swimming and chased rabbits all over the place and Silly Knickers Holly had got left in the car where she couldn't scare off the rabbits!

You can't win them all, as OTL said, still, once in a while would be nice!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Two Legged Bozo's and We Go Rabbit Hunting!

Yo Ho Woofers!

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

We were all out good and early this morning, Old Two Legs said that it was a little 'Chilly' and said it seemed like the first sign of Autumn!

Holly, who knows about these things said it was just a Low Pressure traversing over South East England and would soon pass!

That told him!

We met up with Bryn and the Gang and he was complaining that he wasn't let out of his owners sight this morning, that'll teach him to go chasing sniffs on his own!

We got down to the beach and OTL was getting the ferrets out of the Ferret Bag and onto the sand. There were three Two Legs on the bench having a rest after doing their morning cycling up and down the Sea Wall.

One of the Two Legs said that OTL aught to put the ferrets down the rabbit holes to kill off the rabbits 'cos there were too many of them and they were eating all the crops!

What a Bozo! As OTL pointed out, the crops grown around here were Grain and Rape and even that was a couple of miles down the road! He said that they 'Enhanced' the area and were a treat to see!

They also provided the fox population with a source of food as well!

Plus of course, a great game of 'Chase The Rabbit' for us Woofers!

We do meet some real Bozo's on our walk!

 Miss Snowflake did point out that the Working Ferrets' job is to chase the rabbits out of the holes so the Two Legs can do the 'dispatching' and she should know 'cos she was a 'Working Ferret', before she arrived in our back garden and decided to become a 'Retired Ferret'!

All this talk of working has made me tired, can I get back in the bag?

We headed back towards the car and Holly and I ran ahead 'cos I wanted to see if the rabbit I nearly caught yesterday was still around and did he want to come out to play?

Well, we hunted about all over the place, in and out of the bushes and down the path a bit but they must have gone back home for their breakfast 'cos we couldn't find any of them at all!

Holly and the ferrets got back in the car but I thought I'd hang about, just in case one popped his head out and wanted to play 'Chase'.

Me, waiting for a Rabbit!

In the end, it was only OTL who popped his head around the bush and told me to 'Get in the Car!'

Never mind, there is always lunch time!

But Lunchtime was different today. We headed off for some deliveries and of course, The Forest!

The notice on the gate said that the Heeland Coo's were in our part of the forest, so Holly and I kept a look out for them!

I Spy Heeland Coo!

 We got past them with no trouble and OTL says that they were brought in to eat all the bracken in the forest and generally tidy it all up!

Did the Coo's do All This?

 OTL explained that the forestry people had been in with a big mowing machine and cut down loads of the brambles and stuff like that. So, we're not seeing these wide open spaces because the Coo's were hungry!

OTL spotted this in the undergrowth and said that he hadn't seen any other place where this was growing. It's called 'Cuckoopint' and while it's not dangerous, it doesn't taste very nice!

OTL reckons someone planted that in the forest 'cos it's 'Not Natural'

Cuckoopint

We had a great time hunting squirrels, didn't see one at all! As we got closer to the car park Holly said she had spotted a squirrel on the path, being walked by a couple of Two Legs!

Wot?

You Going Potty Girl?

When we got closer we saw it was a little four month old puppy! It was so very polite and even asked Holly not to eat her!

Please Don't eat me Miss!

Back home for some Lambs Heart and a snooze before this evening fun and games. OTL says that he might let the ferrets out for a run around, providing they wake up of course!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.