A Lazy Sunday with OTL!

Hello Woofers!

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

Well, after yesterdays fun and games, today we decided to take it easy, well, Old Two Legs and us woofers that is. The Missus was off to her Master Class again!

Down on the beach Miss Snowflake had a wander along the rock pools but this time didn't fall in any of them!

To swim or not to swim, that is the question!

Mr Brambles stayed well up the beach and away from the water!

When we got back, OTL cleaned out the ferret cage and we all had a game of 'Chase' around the house!

Mr Brambles was the first to give up and retired to bed for his morning snooze.

Miss Snowflake was the last to get to bed, Holly and I had both had both retired to OTL's bed long ago 'cos we didn't want to get chased by Snowflake with her sharp teeth!

OTL cooked our chicken and we got it all warm and greasy and with some of the chicken broth poured over the chicken!

Yum Yum!

Of course, after that it was off to bed for a snooze before our lunch time walk.

Strangely enough the beach was almost empty today, very few Two Legs and Holly was a bit put out 'cos there was no one to mug for a sarnie!

OTL did another one of his 'Funny Fotos' and we have called it ...........

Me, Her and Him!

OTL did a Lazy Bit by sitting down to watch The Hobbit on the TV, well, it keeps him quiet!

See you all tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Busy Busy Day!

Hi Woofers!

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

This is a busy day for Old Two Legs, he has been rushing about like a Blue Tailed Fly today.

You see, one of the grand children got married today and The Missus couldn't go to the church because she had booked a Master Class on these Brusho Paint Inky Things and it had been booked for at least a year, so she couldn't get out of it!

I mean, what is more important?

Miss Snowflake had the pleasure of saying hello to everyone at the Master Class and Mr Brambles even got a cuddle from June!

June has soft hands!

He said that she had lovely warm and soft hands which made a change from Old Two Legs bony fingers!

Miss Holly Dog went around the room trying to mug a bit of cake but she was out of luck, but those cakes did look good!

Brusho Paints AND Cakes!

Down on the beach Miss Snowflake kept chasing us along the beach, seems she wanted to get home for breakfast!

Come on, shift your tails!

OTL was showing Mr Nick the different things you could do with the settings on his digital camera and a little touch or two in Photoshop!

Mr Nick looking all manly!

It was just as well 'cos they then went off to the church to see the wedding and put into practise all he had learnt  this morning!

I now pronounce you............Married and that was F5.6 at ISO 64000!

Now OTL and TM are off to the evening celebrations!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr 'Cuddles' Brambles!

Fun on the Sea Wall!

Hello Woofers!

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

No Poo'y stories today!

Today has been quiet, I mean, loads of snoozing after getting a big full tummy and OTL working, but not snoozing!

This morning the temperature was a little lower when we went for our walk and the clouds were a bit darker than normal, autumn is on it's way!

Autumn Morning.

We are all getting excited 'cos we only have just one week left before we head off on holiday to middle of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park.

Old Two Legs reckons there will be loads of long walks for both us and the ferrets!

As we have never been there before we are all looking forward to the holiday!

Mind you, it's going to be fun 'cos there is no mobile phone signals and no Wi-Fi on site!

Bet you OTL will find some Wi-Fi somewhere, some how!

Lunchtime we were back down the beach and although the tide was coming in there was not enough water to get your paws wet, so Holly and I spent time chasing each other up and down the Sea Wall!

Going to get you this time!

We were both tearing around like a couple of puppies!

Let's get OTL!

 I kept winding Holly up by inviting her to chase me then running away as soon as she moved!

Can't catch me!

OTL and Holly were sitting on the bench and even with the advantage of jumping off the bench she still couldn't catch me!

There was one animal that I couldn't catch and that was the Common Darter OTL spotted sitting on it's perch high in the bramble bush.

OTL was trying to get closer to get a good picture but the brambles kept on getting stuck on his trousers!

Common Darter who stayed high in the brambles!.

So, back home The Missus was playing about with some new card designs and judging by the amount of paper in the bin, she was not having a good day!

Well, I suppose it happens to all the geniuses at some time or other!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

The Trials of Holly Dog!

Hi Woofers!

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

What a day we have had!

It all started this morning with Holly Dog. Now, Holly has had a 'Funny Tummy' over the last couple of days and has taken to eating grass as a sort of 'Doggy Self Medication', as we do. The result is that the grass helps 'Bind' and also acts as a purging agent.

With me so far?

OK, now this morning, on our way to the beach, both ferrets were out of the bag, having a stroll and a wee on the grass path.

Both ferrets were on their leads and scurrying about in different directions while OTL tries to keep them in order, as normal!

Holly, decided that she would make use of the slow pace and have a poo, in the middle of the path.

She's like that, if she has to go then she goes. Tail up, squat and get rid of it, OTL will sort it out, no problem!

Well, today she decided she had to go but couldn't finish it 'cos the grass not only was binding her but it was hanging onto her fury backside. No problem, Old Two Legs always keeps a watch out and once retrieving a Poo Bag from his pocket, he removes the hanging bit and off we all go again.

Not today.

There she was, tail up, with OTL trying hard to get a single plastic Poo Bag out of his pocket while the Poo Bag was desperately trying to stay with the pack of bags in his pocket, and at the same time telling Holly to stay where she is so he can administer to her needs.

No problem, we've been here before and managed to sort it!

Holly hung about waiting for the offending lump to be removed while she balanced on her rear legs and holding onto the ground with her front paws!

Today there was an additional element to the performance.

Two Ferrets who claim never to have this sort of problem wanted to see what was going on!

Being inquisitive ferrets they decided to investigate why Holly was in 'Squat Mode' with tail in the air and OTL inspecting her rear end.

Holly saw Snowflake approach her ear and give a sniff and at the same time Mr Brambles decided that Holly's nose was in the right position for him to give her a lick on it!

Holly was not amused!

She grumbled, then she growled and finally she woofed at the ferrets to 'Ferret Off' before she took a woofer sized lump out of their tails!

All this was going on while OTL was continually pulling the ferrets away from Holly's head, where she keeps her teeth and at the same time  he was pulling away at Holly's other end to remove said lump!

In the end OTL managed to get everyone sorted and separated and heading off down the path while he tied up the poo bag with one hand!

He's clever like that!

Mr Brambles is still having problems with the step, Holly said that she would help by giving his tail a nip but we decided that was just naughty!

If I give a shove with my tail, I might just do it!

This morning OTL had to go out to deliver stuff while Holly and I stayed at home eating Chicken!

It was super and afterwards we enjoyed a super snooze until OTL came back!

Then it was off to the Sea Wall again to find the tide right in but no chance of a swim, it was too rough!

There's no way I'm going in that!

Holly and I spotted a couple of fishermen in the same place as yesterday, different fishermen, but same place!

I thought it would be fun to see what was in their lunch box but when I got there, no lunch, just worms!

Yuk! That is disgusting!

Still, they hadn't caught anything, so maybe the worms managed to frighten all the fish away!

I'm off to see what OTL has for dinner tonight, maybe we will be able to mug him for some nibbles, before he starts on the shortbread!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly ( Clean Butt), Miss Snowflake and Mr (Gissa Kiss) Brambles !

A Sunny Day in North Kent

Hello Woofers!

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

It's been a sunny day down here in North Kent. Old Two Legs has put his new boots away so the ferrets can't play with them!

He is such a spoil sport!

Our morning run down on the beach was interesting 'cos both ferrets decided to investigate what Holly and I found interesting to sniff!

Every time I stopped, up would trot a ferret and ask, 'Wot you sniffin now?' 

Wot you sniffin?

It was bad enough having Miss Snowflake keep asking what I was doing but when Mr Brambles arrived next to me I was about to tell him to 'Sniff Off' when he asked........

Can you wag your tail like this?

 As I told him.........only when I'm swimming!

Miss Snowflake spent some time hunting around in the grass and managed to disturb a nest of Carder Bees!

She was lucky she didn't get stung!

I don't know, but it's buzzing!

 Mr Brambles was having the same trouble as yesterday, getting up the step!

Someone give me a shove up!

OTL has been busy today doing some 'Manufacturing' so we took the chance to have a seriously long snooze!

Lunchtime we were back down the beach but although the tide was almost in, it was just too rough to go in for a swim!

Too rough for me!

As I couldn't have a swim, I decided to go and see if I can mug the fishermen! Well, for a change, they hadn't finished their lunch and they were noshing some meat pies!

I did my 'Gissa Bit Mister' and one of them broke off a bit and offered it to me but I could see that it was just the crust, no meat!

Gissa bit of the meaty bit not the crust!

I didn't eat the crust and Holly bounded up and grabbed the crust but spat it out and asked where the meat was!

OTL was happy, we were walking past the Rabbit Bushes, when he spotted a Dragonfly having a snooze in the sun.

The first picture has been 'Processed' using Photoshop but the second is 'Straight out the camera'

Common Hawker

 I must say, it makes a change to have the eyes down to the tip of the abdomen in focus!

Still looks good!

So, we are now expecting to be out tomorrow delivering the stuff OTL has been making today and we may even stop off at the Doggy Shop, claws crossed!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

First Fly this year!

Hello Woofers!

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

It has been a super day today, the sun shone and the breeze blew and we went down The Forest again!

The morning walk was all 'Gentle' and easy going. The Ferrets stayed in the ferret bag all the way down to the beach and then after a quick wee, they both tried to get back in the bag again!

Old Two Legs wasn't having any of that and turfed them both out again!

Holly and I enjoyed a sit down on the beach and just sort of enjoyed the view across the water. Holly said that she could sit there all day if OTL would allow it! 

I could stay here all day, except for meal times!

 As we headed back towards the car, Mr Brambles was making a fuss about getting up the steps, he said they were getting bigger every day!

Either my legs are wearing out or this step is getting bigger!

Back home to a good feast of chicken and then a snooze, as you do!

Lunchtime I gave OTL's chair the old 'Shove in The Back' to indicate that it was walkies time and finally we were off, in the big car!

We stopped off at one of his customers and picked up some gear, had a chat and then went down The Forest!

We haven't been there for a little while so we were catching up on all the sniffs!

Sniff No. 1 in The Forest!

It was noticeable that Autumn is on its way, we noticed that the leaves had started to fall off the big trees and cover the paths.

A Leafy Glade?

While Holly and I were Sniffing the Sniffs, OTL was rummaging around in the undergrowth and found a Fly Agaric, the first one this year!

It looked in good condition and although it wasn't very big, it did have the white spots and a nice waxy cap!

First this year!

OTL was then in 'Hunting Mode' but couldn't find any more fungi anywhere!

The Heeland Coo's' were in the forest but as much as we looked, we didn't see them at all. Holly said that they may have gone away for a few days holiday before the autumn sets in!

We carried on with the sniffs and kept an eye out for any squirrels that may be lurking about but we didn't see any either, maybe they had gone on holiday with the Heeland Coo's!

Last sniff of the walk before the car park!

When we got home OTL got in trouble for not taking off his boots and leaving bits of mud on the carpet.

He is always in trouble!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Boot Inspection!

Hi Woofers!

The gang's back, Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles!

Now, remember what I told you about the boots yesterday?

How they needed an 'Inspection' from the ferrets?

Well, first of all we went for a walk down on the Sea Wall and Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles had a good ferret around on the beach, and in the wet grass!

I sniff a Slimy!

 Mr Brambles was full of mischief and spent some time chasing Holly and creeping up on me!

Boo!

 Back home Holly and I headed off to see what was on the menu while the ferrets headed off to have some fun with Old Two Legs new boots!

Miss Snowflake got into 'Test Mode' and was trying the soles with her super sharp teeth!

Mmmmm! Tasty!

 Once she had finished with the soles she was inside sniffing and snuffling all the way down to the very end!

I love the new sniff!

 Mr Brambles was having his breakfast while Miss Snowflake was doing her investigating but as soon as he had finished feeding his face he was out and into the boots!

There's no turning room in here!

Being a bit larger than Snowflake he couldn't get all the way down to the bottom and had to reverse out but he did say the sniff was great inside.

It is going to be a pity that OTL will have to put his big paws in there and make it all smelly!

Mr Brambles was asking if he could have a little chew of the toe caps but OTL said that if he saw any teeth marks, he would unscrew both of their tails and use them as a boot brush!

Yeah, Right, First he's got to catch them!

Mmmm Tasty!

We all headed off for a snooze and OTL went back to work again, well, it is Monday!

Lunchtime we were out delivering stuff and ended up at the Riverside Park, great stuff!

The tide was in and Holly Dog was too hot!

You know what? She even followed me into the water to cool her paws off! Of course, I went splashing in and had a small swim but she wouldn't go in any further than her knees!

No! No Further!

What was funny to see was Holly. sitting on the grass worrying on how she was going to dry her paws!

Come on! Did you bring a towel? My Paws are wet!

OTL had a towel back in the car but to be honest, I reckon Holly's paws were dry by the time we got back! Still, it didn't stop her asking OTL to give her a rub down with the towel, just in case there were any wet patches!

She can be such a wimp sometimes!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Aha! OTL's Boots!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles here.

Now I know I forgot to tell you about Old Two Legs boots yesterday. There was a very good reason, we were late in up loading the blog, The Missus was serving up food for OTL and I didn't want to miss out on some muggins!

To make up for it, here is the story!

Once Upon a Time, long, long ago, OTL was in need of some new boots 'cos the last ones were all worn out on the soles and you could see his socks poking through the bottoms!

OTL, being 'A Very Careful' Two Legs, decided to spend some money and get a good 'Working Boot' which he used every time he went out walking dogs or working or other 'rough stuff'. Well, these boots were great, Holly and I always went for a sniff of his boots whenever he left us at home and that way we could tell where he had been and if he had stepped in any good sniffs!

Finally these boots got sort of worn out and started to fall apart. Not a good thing if you are walking in water or wet mud or stuff like that!

So, with a deep heart he went and counted up what pocket money he had saved up over the years, (and what TM hadn't found!), then he scoured the Interweb Thingy for a pair of boots like wot he had before.

Finally, after hours of searching he found a pair that suited him!

Yesterday they arrived!

Now, he is not going to wear them straight away 'cos first of all the ferrets have got to inspect them and Holly and I have got to have a good sniff to make sure they haven't been in any sniffs we don't know about!

The pictures will follow!

Talking of pictures. How's this for a shot of the Sun?

Misty Morning Sun.

 So you see, not every morning is all sun shine down here in North Kent!

Miss Snowflake decided she wanted to have a paddle this morning and set off to wash her paws in a rock pool.

I love a paddle, sometimes!

 Mr Brambles was still hunting for the Big Wet Slimy Thing and after rubbing his butt on the sea weed we all decided that he was the Big Wet Slimy Thing!

Wet and Slimy? Wot Me?

Back home it was all down to the TV to watch the F1 racing, well, until Holly and I wanted a wee and an hour before the race was due to start, we bullied OTL into going out for a walk!

Down on the beach I wanted to go in for a swim but OTL had forgotten the Doggy Towel, so I only got a 'Deep Paddle'!

If I can't get wet I'll Show Off!

I must admit I did show off a bit  and even went in search of some sticks for OTL to throw but all I found was sea weed!

OTL set off in pursuit of a strange looking bee, after looking in the 'Insect Book' we can't decide what it is.

It could be a Wool Carder Bee but then on the other hand it may be a Shrill Carder Bee and then again, it could be something else!

Shrill or Wool Carder Bee?

 OTL thinks it is a Shrill Carder but the silver hair instead of brown hair is throwing him. Holly said it could be because the bee was old as it was coming to the end of the summer and bees normally don't last more than a year!

A right little ornithologist she is!

Tomorrow the ferrets plan to investigate the New Boots, so watch out for the pictures!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

OTL gets New Boots and we have a lazy Saturday!

Hi Woofers!

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

Yahoo! The weekend is here!

Now most weekends we either have visitors or The Missus is doing her 'Master Class' or there's a 'Local Crop' which as far as we can make out, it's all Gas and Glitter!

Well, today it was Master Class and that means a super lazy day with our feet up in the air and snoozing on the sofa!

When we were out this morning the tide hadn't arrived yet so Miss Snowflake decided she would have a go at hunting again and the top of the list was the 'Wet & Slimy Monster Thing'!

Both ferrets were in and out of the sea weed and at one time Mr Brambles disappeared all together under the sea weed!

OK, I know it's around here some where!

 Holly and I left them to it and went off investigating sniffs and smelly things on the beach!

Here! Get a load of this sniff!

Back home, Old Two Legs spent some time giving the ferrets cage a Spring Clean, even though it's getting into Autumn!

The ferrets thought it was great and while OTL was busy, they had a super rampage around the house!

Miss Snowflake ended up behind the furniture down stairs and OTL had to get her back out, with the help of a squeaky toy, before she fell asleep in a warm corner!

Mr Brambles was more interested in the food bowl and spent most of the time taking bits out of the bowl and stashing them in all the corners of the office!

Lunchtime, the tide was well out, so no swimming but OTL found some seed heads and decided to take a Fuzzy Shot, which we said it wasn't so much Soft Focus more like Shaky Hand!

Fuzzy Flowers

 Holly and I kept up laughing at him and said that his eyes were fuzzy as well as the photos.

As we were walking away he took our picture and called the picture 'Fuzzy Butts'!

As if!

Two Fuzz Butts!

Ox Heart tonight and back on the sofa for a snooze while OTL enjoys some shortbread and The Missus is hard at work dreaming up some designs using 'Brusho Paints', seems like this is the latest 'In Thing' and she is going potty with them!

So, that's our evening planned!

Now, we heard that Archie Babe managed a roll in some super smellies!

Good on you lad!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

A Frantic Friday!

Hi Woofers!

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

Well, have we had some excitement today!

First of all, when we got down to the beach this morning the tide was right in. What could a girl do? That's it, straight in for a paddle that developed into a full blown splash around chasing a tennis ball!

There was a little problem, you see, I'm just a little dog with a sweet little mouth and it just will not open up wide enough to grab a tennis ball!

A Red Rubber Bone, yes, a tennis ball, No!

Not that I wouldn't try!

That's what I did this morning, I kept of going out to it and trying to grab it and every time I made a grab, the ball went under the water and out of reach!

Come here you oversize ball!

I kept on going after it and it kept on going further out and I kept chasing it. In the end Old Two Legs had to call me in and tell me not to do any more swimming!

To be honest, I was about to give up anyway!

Mr Brambles was getting all excited watching me paddling out and back and out again. He was running up and down the shore line shouting out encouraging ferret things like 'Use Your Claws!'

Trouble is, my claws are not so sharp and pointy like wot a ferrets claw is!

Use Your Claws Woofer!

 In the end, I had to give up and all I had to look forward to was a good rub down with a towel when I got back to the car!

After getting home, OTL packed up his tools and we all headed off to Auntie Zoe to help install a new washing machine and a new cooker. Most of the time Holly and I were trying to keep out of the way of three little Two Legs, Megan, Finley and Ethan who were so noisy that at times I got worried and had to jump onto OTL's lap for a cuddle!

It was a long journey home, loads of cars all trying to get along the same bit of road. Holly and I had fun poking our tongues out at the drivers next to us and some even laughed!

OK, we're off to see what is for dinner, bet you it's doggy scoff!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Snowflake and Mr Brambles.