OTL gets trapped in his coat!

Hello Woofers!

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

Wot a horrible day weather wise! The wind has been blowing in from the sea and although it's not as cold as yesterday, it's still blooming cold!

The last high tide almost washed the beach away and where there is normally sea weed and shells there was  nothing but smooth sand!

Holly and I getting blown along the sand!

Even OTL was quicker on this stretch of the beach! It was so cold that he didn't bother taking the camera out again!

He had his woolly hat on and his hood up and the zippers all done up to the top, which sort of made him look a bit of a plonker but he reckoned it kept out most of the wind!

Well, it was all OK until we got back to the car. He unclasped the hood which is held in place with 'Pop Studs' but the jacket was held together with a big zip that goes from top to bottom.

Now, what OTL hadn't noticed was that his beard had got caught in the zip just around chin level and when he tried to unzip the jacket, his beard got further entwined in the zip and sort of jammed the mechanism rendering the zip inoperable!

He was tugging and pulling and going Ooooo! Ooooo! Ouch and some other words ending in uger!

When he got back home and finally managed to extricate himself, he decided to give his beard a trim and Holly offered to help with the shaver, just like OTL did to her at the weekend!

Lunchtime was just as bad, the wind was blowing but OTL didn't get trapped in the zip 'cos his beard is much shorter now!

Holly's claw seems to have stopped bleeding and she enjoyed a dash along the beach and even managed a little dig in the sand before OTL told her to stop, just in case she did any damage to her claw!

If I can't dig, how about a roll in the sand?

The wind dropped down when we got to the football field and we were able to enjoy a few sniffs without them getting blown away!

I recognise this sniff, it is me weeing yesterday!

The ferrets have spent all day in doors enjoying a rampage around the house. Miss Wendy has been chasing the cat tease again and Eric has been dancing on The Missus work table again but this time there was no coffee mugs or jam jars full of fluid!

Right, we are off to do some mugging 'cos we can sniff dinner!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

A Seriously Lazy Sunday!

Hi Woofers!

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

Today has been one of those really lazy days, you know, lazing about, paws in the air and nibbles on demand!

We were up at the crack of dawn and down the beach before it got light, so no photos of strange things in the air or pretty lights over the water.

We did see the warning lights on the wind powered generators off the coast flash on and off but that was it, no excitement.

We didn't even see a bunny rabbit, mind you, the wind was blowing like mad and it was cold, I mean, like brass monkey weather as Old Two Legs describes it.

Come to think about it, I've never seen a brass monkey who's .............well never mind!

When we got back home Holly's claw was bleeding again so OTL set to with the jar of Vaseline and Holly had to rest on the bed with her paws up, not that she found that difficult!

All the ferrets had a fun time rampaging around the house and to help burn off excess energy they all had a go at chasing and killing one of the 'Cat Tease' we got from Archie Babe at Christmas. Now Miss May wasn't too interested and just gave it a whack with her paw but Eric went potty chasing it all around the shopping bags we have on the floor. Those ferrets just love diving in and out of the bags!

Freddy didn't so much as chase the tease, he sort of ambushed it as OTL dragged it across his nose!

Freddy would grab it, roll onto his back and play 'Keepy Up' with all four paws!

Miss Wendy on the other paw went potty chasing it around and around and around until she got too dizzy and fell over, then she would chase it around but in the other direction and sort of 'unwind' herself!

Lunchtime OTL decided to take us for a walk around the football field behind the houses 'cos he wanted Holly to 'Take it Easy' with her claw.

Lucky for her it was OK when we got back home and The Missus had got the last bar of soap in the local 'Sell it All' shop so OTL dipped it in water and plastered a wodge onto the end of her claw, just in case.

To make sure she rested it, she fell asleep laying on OTL's lap while I fell asleep next to him on the chair!

I will add, OTL also fell asleep!

TM came back later this afternoon after her glue slapping and spotted that Eric had knocked over a half cup of coffee onto her work desk and all over the paper and stuff there. OTL had cleaned it all up but there was a card with coffee stains that TM looked at and said that it looked an 'interesting' pattern!

Looks like Eric has got away with it but we wouldn't recommend he does it again 'cos he could end up roast and boiled!

This is the way to spend a Sunday!

Back to work tomorrow!

Bye for now!

Luv,

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

An Early Start and Holly gets a Trim!

Hi Woofers!

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

OK, the weekend has arrived again and The Missus is off up the village hall again with her ladies doing a bit of glue slapping.

Now, that means we have to get up early so that she can get all her card making stuff up the hall and get back to let Old Two Legs take us down the beach in the small car.

Today OTL has a bright idea, Let TM take the small car and we will go out in the big car!

Good idea wot?

Only problem is, we have to go early so we can get back to claim our parking space, parking around here is at a premium at weekends!

That means we got down to the beach when it was dark!

OTL decided to play with the controls on the camera trying different settings, some worked, sort of and some didn't work at all!

First he tried a hand held shot of the moon but the shutter speed was too slow and the moon looked like it was dancing all over the sky!

Then, just for fun he changed the settings to 'Automatic' to see what the camera would do.

Well. the camera decided it needed flash and this is what happened.

The moon was still fuzzy but that was because of the clouds!

He decided that astrophotography could be left for another day and went off looking for something a little closer to earth!

Me, by flash!

Again, left on automatic, it didn't do a too bad job but the auto focus was terrible and took ages to find me!

As we got closer to the beach the light got lighter and it wasn't so dark, auto focus looked better but both Holly and I were facing the wrong way!

Woofers farewell!

Having decided that woofer photography can wait until the sun came up he then set about trying some 'Landscape Photography' but really what he wanted was a tripod. Still, it wasn't too bad, hand held and all that!

Sheerness by moon light!

It was still dark when we got back home so Holly and I headed for bed while OTL started poo shovelling!

We had a visit from the Bookkeeper to collect last months paperwork but he didn't stay long 'cos he still had the flu!

OTL kicked him out as soon as possible, we don't want any germs in our household!

After all that, Holly was invited into the bathroom and she thought it was just to get her butt washed but no, she got the full works, soaked and shampooed and rubbed and scrubbed!

I was hiding in the bedroom, I wasn't getting anywhere near her in case OTL got any ideas!

After getting washed and sploshed, she then got trimmed and snipped and shaved and baldified!

OTL was working on her claws and managed to cut into the quick on the black claw. You just can't see where the quick is on a black claw like you can on a white claw!

Normally if you cut into the quick it starts to bleed and the way to stop it bleeding is to block the claw end with some soap.

In this house hold we have the liquid soap, not the old fashion soap bar, so OTL had to use some of that stuff he calls Vaseline to seal the claw.

Of course, Holly is licking the stuff off he paw and it starts to bleed again! In the end, what with her licking and OTL applying copious amounts of Vaseline the bleeding stopped!

OTL has put a bar of soap on next weeks shopping list, I hope he never has to use it!

We got a visitor tonight, Auntie Shirley who went to the U.S.A. with TM, should be fun, with a bit of luck the muggins should be good!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Pills, Puddles and the threat of a haircut!

Hi Woofers!

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

Well, last night was fun, Old Two Legs was pulling his hair out trying to get the worming tablets down our throats!

You know, a tasty bit of meat with a pill inside. Woofer looks like they are eating it all and then, phtwee, out comes the pill and lands on the floor!

OTL finally chopped the pills in half and then made a snowball out of some soft cheese and buried the half pill inside and being fans of a bit of cheese, down went the pill!

Today we got an email from the vet telling us that the ferrets should have a distemper injection every year and not once every two years or as the new vet said, once every three years!

OTL has now changed the details in the calendar so that the ferrets get stabbed every year!

We were awake early this morning but OTL went back to sleep so we ended up getting up half an hour later than normal, it's OTL's fault!

It was still darkish down on the beach and OTL had to use the flash on the camera to catch Miss May running up and down the beach!

A Fast Flying Ferret!

 Of course, young Eric decided that the stones and shells on the beach were just too cold, too wet and not very nice to walk on!

Then of course there is the puddles on the path that Holly was trying to dance around but ended up getting nowhere and on top of that she ended up with wet paws!

My Paws are cold, I need a lift!

Lunchtime the clouds disappeared and we got some blue sky!

It took a little while to get Freddy and Wendy to wake up and they both decided to have a cuddle in OTL's arms until we got back to the football field where they got down to have a run on the short grass!

Holly and I ran down half of the field, just to tell a woofer to Woof Off 'cos the field is ours. Trubble was, when we got to where he was he turned out to be a big woofer who said that the field was his!

OTL has been doing some 'Stock Checking' this afternoon which involves counting what bits he has in stock and trying to decide what bits to order!

Next we saw him investigating the box of scissors he uses to cut our hair, I reckon Holly is in for a shampoo and set plus short back and sides!

We left him to oil the shaver and sharpen the scissors and sneaked off for a snooze on the sofa until dinner is served!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Wendy gets Stabbed, OTL Cries and we get The Worming Pills!

Hi Woofers!

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

Didn't it rain last night! I mean, Old Two Legs was snoring his tail off but the rain woke up everyone else in the house, even the ferrets!

Of course by the time morning arrived it was still raining and we had to wait until OTL found a window where he said we could get out and back without getting wet!

Holly sort of disagreed! Especially when she arrived at the puddles!

I Don't Do WET!!!!

We were having a run on the beach and met up with Polly. Now Polly is a bit of a fashion freak and the rain coat she had on did absolutely nothing for her, I mean, it wasn't even her colour!

Please don't laugh, I'm only wearing it to humour them!

Poor Polly, with a bit of luck she will find some seriously sniffy fox poo to roll in on the way home and the coat will have to be washed!

We met up with Bert, he's the one who fancies Holly Chops but she keeps playing The Tart and teasing him rotten!

Today she almost let him get close enough for a butt sniff but ran off at the last moment!

Poor Bert, he's in love with Holly but she keeps playing him along!

Lunchtime was all a bit of a mix up 'cos we got up late and that put everything behind, so it was off to the vet first before heading off to the beach. There was another vet on duty, not the new one! OTL introduced her to Miss Wendy and Freddy de Ferret and you know what? She took her phone out and photographed Wendy and Freddy! I mean, well, we are quite used to having their photo's taken on the sea wall but in the vets?

Wendy got a cuddle, a slurp of Ferretone and a stabbing against Distemper, so she is done for another two years!

Freddy was done a short time ago so all he got was a cuddle!

OTL also picked up a couple of dustbin lids called 'Worming Tablets' and he has the job of getting them down our throats tonight! Ha! Just let him try!

As we left the vets, as normal, OTL was whimpering and looking at he depleted wallet!

He makes such a fuss, just imagine what it would be like if he had to eat the tablets as well!

Down on the beach it was very windy, in fact so windy that OTL left his hat in the car rather than risk having it blown into the sea!

Well, all the sea weed has gone!

Freddy and Wendy enjoyed a run across the football field and jumped into their travelling cage as soon as the door was opened. Back home they went straight into the cuddle cup that was located in the very top of their cage and fell asleep cuddling each other, and both were snoring their tails off in no time!

I'll let you know how we get on with the worming tablet!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

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

A Sad News Day.

Hello Woofers!

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

We were up a little late today so we didn't catch the sunrise but we did catch the sun poking it's nose from behind the clouds.

We can Seeee Yoooo!

 It was OK but to get to the beach we had to get across some puddles that arrived last night when the rain came down!

Old Two Legs slept all the way through the rain and wind and he didn't wake up until late!

Holly ended up getting her paws wet!

 Down on the beach there was a load of sea weed washed up on the rocks, Holly reckons it was the high winds and rain that washed it all down river!

Tomorrow it will all be gone!

Lunchtime we heard some sad news from Harrietsham Ferret Rescue, our little star ferret, Rufus, who came into the rescue centre with some serious problems and benefited from the kind support from the Allhallows Croppers and his medical bills were paid from the 'Cardathon' event and the donation from the weekends fun and games.

He enjoyed two years with the rescue centre and got to live with several lady ferrets!

On Christmas Day he had his dinner and went to sleep but unfortunately he didn't wake up on Boxing Day. We think it was old age that got him in the end but because of the care and attention he received at the rescue centre his life was extended another two years, all because of the Allhallows Croppers.

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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

It's a Damp Doggy Day!

Hi Woofers!

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

My, how time just flies by, you know, it's already the second of January and we have hardly noticed it!

Mind you, this morning it wasn't raining, for a change, down on the sea front this morning there were loads of woofers and poor Old Two Legs missed a wonderful sunrise but when we got down to the beach it had all gone!

It seemed that every two steps there was another Two Legs wanting to say Happy New Year and talk about the ferrets, leaving Holly and I to sit on the wet grass and wait for them to finish gassing on about Christmas and the weather!

So, no photo's this morning!

Eric and May decided that staying wrapped up and warm in OTL's arms was the best place to be, except wrapped up in a warm bed back at home that is! Mind you, they did run back from the bench on the hill all the way to the car!

Lunchtime it was raining, so we hung about for a while until we spotted a window in the showers where we reckon we could get down to the beach, have a wee and get back to the car before it started to rain again!

It didn't quite work out that way and it started to rain again half way through the walk so OTL let Freddy and Wendy climb up for a cuddle on our way back to the car.

We were going to get the camera out but in the end decided that it was (a) Too Wet and (b) there was nothing interesting to photograph!

When we got to the football field both Freddy and Wendy got down and trotted across the field. Freddy was saying his tummy was getting too wet 'cos it was rubbing on the grass and Holly suggested he either loose some weight as a New Year Resolution or learn to run on his claws instead of his paws!

Freddy said that he might just jump on Holly's back,  hang onto her harness and ride her all the way back to the car!

We got back to the car just before the rain started to come down with a vengeance!

Back home we found Auntie Jane and Uncle Ian had arrived with a Christmas Present for OTL, a bottle of Glenmorangie Single Malt!

OTL was a happy woofer!

He might open that tonight and see if it goes well with the Shortbread, it seems anything that has Malt and Whisky in the description goes well with Shortbread!

Se you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Happy New Year Woofers!

Hi Woofers!

It's the first post of 2018 from Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

Well, I don't know how you lot felt this morning but we were all sleepy heads! Old Two Legs and The Missus shared a bottle of Bollinger and TM fell asleep half way through the evening but woke up again to wrestle the bottle from OTL's hands so she could have another glass of bubbly!

The ferrets were awake during the night and were singing ferret songs which none of us really understand!

Holly and I pigged out on the nibbles while we all watched the television!

A good end to 2017!

Down on the beach OTL got some good pictures of the sunrise and clouds.

Morning 2018

Both Eric and May spent most of the time trying to climb up OTL's trouser leg so they can get into the ferret bag.

OTL was mean, he made them both walk back to the car through the long grass that was still wet from the last rain shower!

Back home it seemed that the rest of the day was spent looking at the rain filling up the pond!

The lunchtime walk was delayed until just after three when OTL spotted a 'window' in the rain and we got a thirty minute run on the sea front again.

This time we left the ferrets at home 'cos they don't really do wet grass and deep puddles!

So now we are back home, paws up having a snooze!

See you again tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Don't forget it's 2018!

29 and 3/4 Shades of Grey!

Hi Woofers!

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

Well, it's the end of the year today and we are all getting ready for next year. We have sent Old Two Legs several SMS' and at least a dozen emails reminding him to change the date to 2018!

Not that he will listen, he'll be OK until February then he will forget and slip back to 2017!

This morning it was raining when we went out for a walk and the ferrets managed to stay under the blanket and go back to sleep while Holly and I headed off to the beach.

When we arrived it was still raining and OTL decided to leave the camera in the car 'cos it's not waterproof!

When we got around the corner the rain suddenly stopped! That was it, off we went sniffing and woofing and enjoying a run down to the beach.

There was no sun but the sky was full of grey clouds, in fact we haven't seen so many shades of grey in the sky!

Back home it was a relaxing morning with The Missus getting good results on some newly designed cards she has been making for display at a show in the U.S.A.

She has shown them on Fachache and she says that 'it's gone potty!'

We reckon the Master Classes will be fully booked for the next six months!

Lunchtime came around and as it wasn't raining OTL reckons that it was time the ferrets got some fresh air. Freddy and Wendy said they would rather stay under the blanket but before they could run away they were transferred to the travelling cage!

Off we went and the rain held off all the time we were down on the beach. Miss Wendy enjoyed a scamper but Freddy was chasing OTL calling out for a lift!

It was still cloudy and Holly reckons she could count twenty five shades. Freddy sat down and gazed skyward and announced that there were in fact twenty nine and three quarters shades!

The bit that was three quarters was where two clouds had merged and created three quarters of a cloud while the last quarter was almost black!

Tonight, Holly and I have got bets on whether OTL and TM will stay up to see the New Year in or retire to bed when the bottle of Bollinger runs out!

Happy New Year to you all!

Luv,

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

OTL is heading for some Trouble!

Hi Woofers!

It's us again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret!

This morning Holly and I dived out into the garden expecting a quick wee and back again (because of the cold!) but surprisingly it was almost warm!

I mean, it's almost the last day of the year and well into Winter when it should be all Jack Frost and six feet of snow and instead it's almost balmy weather!

Any warmer and it will be out with the sun block!

Down on the beach, Miss May decided to play 'Chicken' with the waves and ended up getting her paws wet!

Of course, that got her running back to Old Two Legs arms for a cuddle and somewhere to wipe the water from her paws!

Yorrocks! That water is colder than it looks!

That was it, we headed off back to a bowl of Doggy Scoff! You know sometimes we think someone hates us!

OTL was busy playing on the computer making 'Files' for the VAT man!

Lunchtime we were late getting out 'cos we fell asleep on the bed cuddling a Bonio each!

Freddy and Wendy were fast asleep and OTL decided that they would be better off staying in bed snoring their tails off, so Holly and I got to have a much faster run than normal.

We both had a roll in something smelly on the beach and then we walked the long way back along the Sea Wall and up the hill.

As it was getting late the sun was close to disappearing over the horizon.

This could turn into a Night Time Walk!

 When we got home OTL was back onto the computer again and kept muttering to himself. You see, he is getting old now, even in Two Leg years he is still considered to be 'Getting On' and quite often Boy Scouts offer to help him across the road!

Well, he has bee arranging stuff to be paid just after the New Year and of course he has had to put in the date when this stuff has to be paid and it is all in January 2018, now, being OLD and FORGETFUL and an OLD DUFFER, OTL has only just got used to 2017 and now having to change it to 2018 is going to cause him some trouble!

While he was on the computer he said that the sunset could be all over in three minutes!???

WOT?

He sat us on his lap and got into the International Space Station Live Feed which shows live pictures from on board of the ISS and the world turning around and the space station going at gawd knows wot speed means the sunrise and sunsets are over in no time!

Just have a look here  Live ISS Video

Remember there are loads of sunsets and sunrises in on day up there!

Holly says that she always fancied being an astronaut but her Dicky Tummy was always against her!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,


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