First Day of Winter!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret back with you again!

Well, here we are and it's the First Day of Winter when there should be at least six feet of snow outside the door and icicles hanging from the roof and stuff like that!

We got some wind today and I'm not talking about Holly's problem! No, the wind has blown all the foggy bits away! In fact, it was rather warm down on the beach today and we stayed well away from the poo pile, mainly 'cos Old Two Legs was keeping his eye on us!

OK, Wind has blown the fog away but it's still grey!

 We all had a walk and a sniff but we'd rather it was a bit warmer! Still, it's better than six feet of snow!

We were supposed to get our hair cut today but for some reason the lady who does it forgot to phone Old Two Legs last night and it just slipped out minds. So, we have got to be down the parlour at eight tomorrow morning!

It's going to be a speedy wee tomorrow and a lightening poo if we are going to get down there by eight!

I can see OTL is not going to be happy about getting up early!

Poor lad needs his sleep!

Still, at his age his memory is getting bad.

We are going to get an early night tonight 'cos will have to make an early start and The Missus has promised to give OTL a kick to wake him up, trouble is, TM gets up a four!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,


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

The Grubby Butt Incident!

Yo Woofers!

Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

I have decided I don't like the weather this time of the year, it not that it's too cold or hot or warm or damp or wet. It's just that it is so grey and miserable!

The fog has moved off into the distance but what is left is gloomy weather, grey weather!

Gloomy or Wot!

 Old Two Legs was telling us about when he was a young lad. (Holly says he must have a good memory to remember that far back!)

Anyway, he said that it was normal for November to be mostly frosty and cold. He can remember going to school on Fireworks Night and all the privet hedges were covered in frost!

There wasn't always snow on Christmas Day but it came before and after Christmas. Nowadays it doesn't snow until February, March, April or May!

You know, even at lunchtime today both Freddy and Miss Wendy were saying that they should both be back in bed than out in the gloom!

No, we don't like it out here!

 Once you get a good run up and down the beach your tail sort of warms up a bit and you forget the gloom.

Today Holly and I were back down the far end of the beach while OTL was up the front trying to get the ferrets to 'Un-Thaw' and head towards the car. (See above picture)

Well, we found this pile of serious poo that was calling to us and saying 'Roll in Meee!'

Holly and I just couldn't resist!

Holly went in first, butt first and wiggled her tail to stir it up a bit as well!

OTL just happened to turn around to see Holly do her 'Poo Dive', then he yelled out for Holly to 'STOP IT!'

Holly said that he was just too far away for her to stop, and then she had another roll!

I told her to 'Shove Over' and let me in for a roll as well but when I did I found that all there was left was a sniff!

All of the poo was hanging from Holly's Butt and Tail!

OTL was still jumping up and down and yelling his hat off and threatening us with all manner of nasties!

Mind you we didn't care 'cos he was still too fare away and on top of that he had a couple of cold ferrets in his arms!

Back home both Holly and I got the 'Wet Rag' treatment and Holly got all of her butt washed with soap!

I got off with an inspection and The Missus giving me a sniff!

OTL got back to his work again while Holly and I settled down for an afternoon snooze!

All the ferrets were fast asleep as well, a peaceful afternoon!

Our Grumbly Tums seem to be settling down now, so we should be back to normal by tomorrow.

We have managed to escape that ProKolin stuff that OTL squirts down our throat when the 'Grumblies' get us. Holly likes the taste but I think it is absolutely YUK!  OTL has to squirt it down the side of my tongue so that I swallow it!

Just wait until he gets the Grumbly Tum, I'll get TM to squirt some of it down his throat!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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

We got the 'Grumby Tum'!

Hi Woofers!

Here we are, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

We want today to be over so that tomorrow we can feel better. Both Holly and I have picked up something that has given us the old 'Grumbly Tum' and we have not been our normal bouncy Woofers!

Down on the beach we met up with 'The Lads' and it was Polly who looked like she could do with a haircut! Polly said that if she had a hair cut that would mean she had to wear a coat and she just hates coats, so there is nothing like a natural coat!

Just call me 'Fluffy'!

 Holly was sitting on the Sea Wall when Barney II came past and he gave Holly a kiss to help her get over her Grumbly Tum!

Get better soon!

 Freddy had a great time rampaging around the house especially when Wendy did her 'Dissapearing' trick, but not to worry 'cos we found her in the office giving the Ferretone bottle a good licking!

It makes a change from hiding!

Freddy had fun sorting out all his squeaky balls and lining them up under the stairs! He has got a thing about his 'Babies' standing in a line!

I'm watching you!

While Holly and I were on our beds OTL showed us some Christmas Cards we had received and one jumps out 'cos it has pictures of Hamish, Izzy and Bella on the front! Izzy is going to be a 'Mum' soon and we just can't wait to see the pictures!

So, we are staying on our beds feeling horrid but with a bit of luck, tomorrow we should feel better, claws crossed!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Wendy gets lost!

Hi Woofers!

Us again! Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.

Well, there is no wind yet! The best we got today is 0.0mph! So, that means it has been grey all day!

Look! I see the Tower!

 May and Eric didn't seem bothered and ran off to have a dig in the sand!

We could pinch the dog's ball and bury it!

 Back home Holly and I retired to the bedroom while Old Two Legs did the cages. First out was May and Eric who had great fun diving into the crate full of ping pong balls!

Then it was Fred and Wendy's turn to have a good hour's rampage around the house.

OTL finished their cage then played a game with them and they all played 'Chase' around the lounge.

Then OTL went off to do some stuff on the computer leaving the ferrets to get into trouble!

After an hour or so OTL went looking for the ferrets. First he found Freddy asleep in the drawer of the office desk. He was gently lifted up and placed into the cage. Then he went looking for Wendy.

She was nowhere to be found! All the normal hidy holes were searched but no success, no a sign of her at all!

The house was turned up side down in a search for her but no sign.

The chairs in the lounge are leather covered and there is a flap at the back that is secured with strips of Velcro and Snowflake used to get in there for a quiet snooze and remembering this OTL looked inside, nothing.

Off he went again turning everything up side down and The Missus said that OTL was being silly looking in the places he was looking, like, oven, washing machine, dishwasher, booze cupboard!

OTL said that after we had looked in all the sensible places then all was left was the silly places!

OTL was back to the lounge chairs again, pulling off the cover and feeling the inside of the springs and he was looking at the underside of the chair TM uses.

Underneath the chair there was a sagging sort of bulge and OTL was going to write it off as a result of TM's time spent sitting there. Just as a test he put his hand there and sort of lifted it up, it was warm, and when OTL moved it, it moved back!

That was it, Wendy had been found!

Now was the problem of getting her out, without hurting her, while she was still half asleep!

In a move that OTL described as 'Squeezing Tooth paste out of the Tube' he finally got her out!

Well, there is another hidy hole that goes on the list of places to look for her the next time she goes missing!

We left them asleep at lunchtime and headed down to the beach again.

It was still foggy!

We are definitely going to get Archie Babe down here to blow it away!

 Down on the beach there were a couple of fishermen throwing worms into the sea. We decided that we would leave them to it 'cos a bit later the tide is going to come up past where their little camp is and they will have to get up on the Sea Wall!

It's going to get wet!

 Back home we got an email from Roy at the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue thanking OTL and TM for their help in fund raising for the Centre.

We have re printed the email for you to see 'cos we know a lot of you have made contributions and deserve all the good praise possible!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Hi Ken. Sorry I have not got in contact sooner but been very busy but I would like to thank you for these lovely photos you took at the show in the village hall and for Judging the young handlers for us. Plus I must say a very big thank to both of you for your very nice raffle prizes. Now next time we have a show or any other time your Ferrets need there ear's done call me and Chris or me will do them for you, so, once again a very big thank to you both also a very very big thank to Eileen friends please thank them for us from all these Furry friends.

Kind Regards From all of us at Harrietsham Ferret Rescue. Have a very Happy Christmas and New Year. PS will send you memory stick back soon.

Looking for 'Best in Show'

 

All we want is some wind!

Hi Woofers!

Us Woofers are back again! Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

If there was one day when we could have done with some serious wind it was today!

We have tried to make our own wind today, we started of by blowing when we got to the beach but it didn't seem to have much success 'cos the misty fog was still there!

Well, that didn't work!

Holly suggested that we get Archie Babe down 'cos he has the ability to 'Raise The Wind' , well that's what Auntie Elaine says!

I did remind Holly that there was the problem of the six berries that have yet to resolved and if Archie was to let rip we could end up with a 'Gun Fight at Grain' situation!

So, that was it, we decided to leave the weather alone and wait for the wind to arrive on its own!

Mind you, Eric did say that he sometimes gets a 'Funny Tummy' and manages to 'Raise the Wind!' but Miss May said he was more 'Substance' than 'Quantity'!

Small but powerful!

We left the beach and headed for home.

We found Fred and Wendy all tucked up together and when we told them about the wind they said that there was only place to be on a day like today..........

Cuddled up in bed!

Lunchtime we stopped off at the Village Hall to say 'Hello' to the Allhallows Croppers who were having their Christmas Party. Holly and I said 'Hello' to them all and then went 'Hunting Food'!

We had some fun sorting out the 'Mini Sausages' and Holly even found a Pork Pie!

We couldn't hang about 'cos Old Two Legs had got our lunch ready at home, so, more food!

Let's hope that we all get some wind tonight, well, except OTL 'cos when he gets the wind we all know about it!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Christmas Starts Here!

Hello Woofers!

Here we are, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

It's been another one of those 'Grey Days' little wind, mild and rather 'Nothing' if you know what I mean!

Down on the beach this morning we couldn't see the horizon, just a load of grey and on top of that, no sunrise!

Maybe it is a Grey Sun today?

 It certainly didn't please young Eric, he said that the grey morning made him look all 'Monochromatic'!

Look! No colour!

 While Eric was trying to get a bit of colour into his morning walk Old Two Legs spotted young Marley coming along the Sea Wall!

You know there is something about OTL that Marley just loves and of course he was straight up to OTL then rolled onto his back so OTL could tickle his tummy!

I want a Tickle!

 Back home OTL finished off his 'Poo Shovelling' while the ferrets had a great time rampaging around the house!

Wendy and Freddy had the best time 'cos The Missus went off in the car to a local craft shop so the ferrets could rampage as much as they wanted!

It was so exhausting that Freddy ended up in a drawer in the office, fast asleep!

OTL put him back to bed then went looking for Wendy who was fast asleep in one of TM's boxes in her store room!

Two tired little ferrets!

In fact they were so worn out that they didn't want to go out at lunch time and even refused to wake up!

That was OK by Holly and me and off we went, only to find the 'Grey' had got greyer!

I still see no ships!

As Holly and I were sniffing around the beach we got to discussing Archie Babe and the Holly Berries that he is 'Passing Through'!

Holly pointed out that he had to be very careful, you see it's OK to get rid of them in a good poo but you had to be very careful if the all sort of gather together and  you are suffering from the Windy Pops!

Holly says it could be like a shot gun going off!

Boom!

Let's hope Archie Babe doesn't suffer from wind!

 Tonight OTL and Tm are off out for a meal with friends and every year TM looks on this as the start of Christmas Time!

We just hope they are not too late 'cos Holly and I will need a wee before bed!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Breaking News! Santa is coming to our village, early!

Hi Woofers!

The Gang is back, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

Hey! We have just found out that on Saturday The Missus and the Allhallows Croppers are holding their Christmas Bash! Well we will be going up there at lunch time to see what we can get in the way of nibbles!

However, we have also found out that they won't be putting away all the tables and chairs 'cos Santa Paws wants the hall for sorting out all the presents that he has to deliver to the village!

Holly and I are making a plan to get up there after nine and get to see Santa Paws and ask him for a present for Old Two Legs 'cos we reckon he has been 'Nice' more than he has been 'Naughty' this year!

The ferrets reckon we should ask for a new Poo Shovel 'cos he has nearly worn out the old one. I think a new harness for Holly and me would be a better idea but we need to be 'Fitted' for a new harness so that will have to wait until we go to the Kent County Show in July next year!

So, what do we get the Two Legs who has everything?

We will have to think on that!

It was all grey down on the beach today, no exciting sun rise, well if it was exciting the clouds hid it from us!

No Sun today, the clouds got in the way!

Miss May decided that to get warmed up she would have a go at some 'Speed Digging' which started off with he jumping onto the pile of sand and shells at the same time she let out the 'Ferret Yell' which is a bit like a 'Rebel Yell' but a shade more squeaky!

Wa-Woo-Woohoo!

Now Holly and I had never heard May doing the yell but I must say, it got our attention!

What the Woofin' Heck was that?

These ferrets can sure scare the locals!

We got home and enjoyed a good snooze in our 'Day Bed' while OTL was plonking away on the computer doing some 'Important' stuff!'

That was until lunchtime when we set off for the beach again. It was still grey and dismal but the tide was right in. I decided to leave it alone and retire to the grass bank 'cos those waves looked just too close!

No! Not for even a paddle!

 OTL put the ferrets down for a run and a dig but it didn't work 'cos as soon as their paws hit the beach they were demanding the Ferret Bag!

No Way! Bring the bag here, now!

 Holly, who was sitting on top of the Sea Wall, looked disdainfully at it and announced that she was 'Going Home'!

I don't do Wet and I don't do Cold! I'm off home, Now!

That was it, she just upped and waddled her butt back to the car!

Back home OTL spent all afternoon on the computer making a 'Quotation' for one of his customers and was still at it when it was time to publish the Blog!

Now, we still haven't decided if he has been 'Naughty or Nice', Decisions, Decisions!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

We meet Winston the Bulldog, at last!

Hi Woofers!

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

You know it is still warmish down here in North Kent! Looking at the weather monitoring thingy Old Two Legs has in the office, it got up to almost thirteen degrees centigrade today!

If it gets any warmer I will be definitely going in for a swim!

We were a little late this morning, OTL overslept again, mind you, I didn't complain 'cos I snuggled up to his back where it was warm and cuddly!

The sun had just got up when we got to the Sea Wall so everything was bathed in a golden glow!

Miss May made the most of it and kept asking if she looked like a blond ferret instead of a silver one like wot she is really!

Eric said she looked lovely no matter what colour she was!

Wot a creep!

Does blond suit me?

As Holly and I were digging in the sand Winston came along and said Hello to OTL and got his tail tickled! Then, for the first time, he noticed us and woofed a 'Morning Girls', then he went back to OTL for another Tail Tickle!

Come on another Tail Tickle please!

 Holly reckons Winston is a bit of a soppy woofer 'cos he is never off his lead. Holly says that it's because if he was off his lead he would get lost going from one side of the path to the other!

Mind you, she only said that when Winston was out of hearing range!

Lunchtime the tide was in and the wind was almost zero and the sun was out!

We looked out to sea but didn't see any ships or boats, in fact there was nothing!

I see no ships!

I must admit, it did look tempting and I was almost ready to dive in for a swim but OTL was too close and he had his eye on me as well!

Miss Wendy and Freddy didn't come out yesterday, so both of them were looking forward to a run. They took it in turns to climb back in the bag while the other had a little rampage through the grass and undergrowth!

OK, my turn in the bag!

We got back home and OTL had to go out to see some customers and couldn't take us, so, Holly and I had some fun searching for a box that Archie Babe sent us. Yesterday we got a quick sniff before The Missus said it was for 'Christmas Morning'!

Well today we played 'Hunt the Parcel', we went everywhere but although we reckon it is in the bedroom, we just couldn't locate it!

Most frustrating it is, just getting a mere wisp of a sniff but not enough to find it!

That TM can be sneaky sometimes!

Bye the way, TM has been on Faceache talking to Beverly who is going to paint Holly and me, or was it her sister was going to do a water colour, or maybe it was pastels, anyway we are going to be famous in the U.S.A.!

Pretty soon it's going to be five bob to talk to us!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,


Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret

New Woofers on the Horizon!

Hi Woofers!

Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

It's been a busy sort of day today, Old Two Legs is trying to 'Fine Tune' the memory things he has been playing with and it has slowed everything down on the network.

We had The Missus complaining that the 'Catch Up' TV which comes via the 'Internutty Thingy' keeps 'Falling Over'!

Well, we have never seen it fall over before, we have seen OTL collapse on the arm chair but that was more to do with fighting the angels for the whisky!

Still, once he has finished messing about TM will settle down to her 'missed' TV and all will be right with the world!

Down on the beach today we watched a big ship set off for places unknown and when OTL showed us the picture I decided to feature it on the blog!

Not bad for an old duffer!

It wasn't really as dark as that but it has something to do with the camera looking at the sun!

Clever eh?

Before the ship set off we were watching it move away from the harbour, being pushed and pulled by a couple of tugs.

I'll be glad when Spring arrives!

May and Eric were playing the old 'Bag Game', you know, let's see if we can get back into the ferret bag and get a carry all the way back to the car!

They got a carry most of the way 'cos the grass was wet where it had been raining, so we had two wet an soggy ferrets!

Lunchtime came and OTL decided that as Fred and Wendy were so fast asleep and cuddled up together, they wouldn't like it if he was to drag them around the Sea Wall getting all wet and soggy, so they carried on snoozing leaving Holly and I to run around at our own speed!

Back home we got a phone call from Auntie Jane, now she has just decided to get another woofer and went to see some Poodle/Jack Russell cross breed woofers. There were three left and she had decided to have one but when she got there she decided that they were so sweet and lovely that she would have two of them instead.

Having two would mean that there would be one left on its own.

So she decided to have all three!

So, on the sixth of January she will be picking up, Alfie, Oscar and Louie!

Three Jack Doodles!

We can't wait to see them!

Freddy and Wendy were out playing this morning and OTL found them playing with TM's slippers, they were in the middle of removing the 'Insole' form one slipper, having removed the other insole and hidden it somewhere!

TM is now walking with a limp!

Right, I hear that dinner is about to be served, so we are off to eat it and be ready for mugging OTL when he gets his dinner!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

It's been a Lick an Stick Day!

Hi Woofers!

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

It is still a bit chilly down here on the North Kent Coast. In fact it was so chilly that Old Two Legs pulled the duvet up over his head and went back to sleep again and got up an hour later than normal!

Snoozy OTL!

When we went out for our walk we were all alone! Not another woofer in sight!

I think Miss May was feeling the cold 'cos she got OTL to pick her up and give her a cuddle almost all the way back to the car!

Eric was doing his 'sniff and hunt' trick but that gave May a longer cuddle in OTL's arms!

Down on the beach we came across a few Brent Geese splashing about just off the shore and of course Holly was taking a lot of interest!

I wonder if they taste like chicken?

Typical Holly, always thinking of her stomach!

Back home it was the normal 'Clearing Up' after the ferrets and pile of poo everywhere! OTL says that all ferrets are just cuddly poo machines!

Not that the ferrets care, they just love food!

Remind you of anyone?

Because we were up an hour later that means Fred and Wendy were still awake when it came to midday walkies time!

Mind you, when we got to the beach it took a little while to get them going!

Wendy said she rather fancied a carry but OTL reminded her that the idea of the walk was to give them some exercise!

Exercise? We get that running around the house!

This afternoon we have all been helping with the Christmas cards. The Missus has been making the cards and we have been helping seal up the envelopes. We used Holly's tongue to lick the glue 'cos she has a big long tongue!

The ferrets then roll across the back of the envelope to seal it and I then OTL put them through the stamping machine!

Organisation or wot?

After we finished Holly said that all that glue has given her a 'Grumbly Tum' and her tongue kept sticking to the roof of her mouth!

A good slurp of water managed to 'unstick' Holly's tongue!

Now because we have been working hard we reckon we should be allowed to have a peek inside the 'Christmas Box from Archie Babe but OTL says it will be put away until Christmas Morning!

Grrrrrrrrrrh!

We have heard that Mr Goodes has had a fun time getting up into London to get his sinuses seen to! Anyone who goes up to London by buss and train this time of the year must be very brave! You never know if the trains are running 'cos of the strike!

Never mind, claws crossed this end that he gets sorted out soon.

Mind you, I reckon if we get Wendy do a 'Windy Pop' that may clear his sinuses and his ear as well!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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