First Signs?

Hello Woofers!

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

Well, it's been another warm day here in North Kent, in fact it was too hot for Old Two Legs to give us a wash and hair cut!

Yeess!

Down on the sea front OTL was clicking away at the Dragonflies while Holly and I enjoyed the sniffs but being so hot and dry for so long the sun has baked all the sniffs bone dry!

Not that OTL worries about that, he is too busy chasing Dragonflies!

No, I won't turn around!

He was clicking away when he clicked on a sure sign of autumn, a Blackberry!

I mean, it has only just gone Spring time and Summer has only just started and there is a Blackberry already!

A First Sign?

 OTL says that it is best we ignore it 'cos we don't want Autumn yet 'cos we are still enjoying the Summer weather!

Autumn? I've only just pupated!

 We also spotted a strange looking spiders web, the sort we normally see in Autumn!

Oh No! Not another sign!

 Looking out to sea convinced us that Summer is still here, just look at that sky and sea!

Blue Sky and Sunshine, wot could be better?

Tomorrow we have got to go to the vet and get stabbed.It's our, 'once a year' stabbing and tomorrow we will be taking Miss May ;cos it;s her time as well. We may take Eric as well, depending on the temperature!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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

Another warm day!

Hi Ho Woofers!

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

It has been rather muggy today. It didn't help that last night Holly was woofing to go out, not to chase cats, foxes or hedgehogs but rather a Grumbly Tum!

It still didn't help Old Two Legs who nearly fell down the stairs to let Holly out!

That also meant that we were up late, in fact very late and we got down the sea shore almost two hours later than normal!

There were a few of the lads sniffing the sniffs but they were miles ahead of us, so we didn't get the chance to say hello!

Holly and I kicked up a rabbit and spent a good ten minutes chasing it around some bushes!

It wuz 'ere, I saw it!

 OTL wandered off along the path looking for insects to photograph cos he had the 105mm lens on the camera today!

'Morning Cinnabar Caterpillar!

He managed to get a shot of this Hover Fly who stopped hovering and landed on the white flower head.

Standing is easier than hovering when your 10mm long!

Lunchtime we were out with OTL doing some deliveries. There was a farm we had to go to and Holly and I were thinking of getting out to stretch our legs but the were some big hairy woofers who looked like they could eat us both and still come back for more!

So, we stayed in the car and just blew raspberries at them!

Back home it was just a little cooler indoors and we saw Monty and Wendy all cuddled up on the hammock snoozing their tails off!

I'll be glad of a few drops of rain, just a few to cool us down!

This morning OTL put a tray full of cold water in the shower and let May and Eric have a play in the water. May was not impressed and when OTL dunked Eric in the water he exploded in a wave of water, all over the place!

Monty and Wendy played at blowing bubbles and Monty got his tummy wet but again, as soon as OTL dunked him into the water he was all paws and legs to get out!

Maybe they will enjoy it tomorrow!

Bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

We're getting fed up with insects!

Hello Woofers!

Back again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

Wot a super lazy Sunday!

Holly and I were up late woofing at the cats in the garden and out the front of the house.  Old Two Legs was not a happy puppy and forced Holly and I into the office and closed the door!

I mean, that's just not fair!

Still, around two thirty in the morning The Missus got fed up with us whining and scratching on the door and she got up and let us out!

We both gave OT^L a good licking on top of his head, just to say we were sorry!

Out on the morning run OTL was waving the camera about while Holly and I went potty chasing a rabbit around the field!

A Small Heath having a rest before flying off again!

 OTL spotted this flower and thought it had an insect in the middle but it turned out to be a little flower petals!

OK, it's a weed but an unusual weed!

 Back home left OTL to get on with the cage cleaning and poo shovelling!

All of the ferrets had a great time dooking their tails off and chasing each other around the house, then, just for fun, they got OTL to have a game of 'Chase' and 'Tickle Your Tum' and OTL even picked up Eric and blew a big raspberry on his tummy!

Once the ferrets were back in their cages we headed off to get our walk in before the F1 Racing started after lunch!

First thing we found was a couple of fishermen getting set up, they could take their time 'cos the tide wasn't even in yet!

'ere, where's me hook?

 OTL spotted this Silver Spotted Blue which OTL says lives in an area no more than ten metres square!

We don't see many of these as they are normally seen on heath land.

 It was getting a bit boring having OTL stop every few feet a start clicking away. This time he found a Six Spot Burnet who didn't want to let OTL take a picture of its back, so in the end OTL took a picture of his body!

Gotcha!

 Holly and I got fed up with waiting for OTL, so we found a spot where the shadow was just right, under the bench!

OTL didn't see us there and was shouting his head off calling us! \\\\\\of course, we stayed under the bench and it took him ages to find us!

I jumped onto the bench and blew a big raspberry at him!

Can't catch me!

  Back home Holly and I headed for the office and our beds while OTL sneaked off to watch the F1 Racing.

Now, we know that Michael has his birthday celebrations today, loads of eating planned for him!

All we need is for him to drop off some of his scoff to us, you know, sharesums?

OK, I think the racing is finishing so we are off to see what scoff is on offer.

Bye bye to you all and nite nite to Rosie!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

Foxses and flying things!

Hi Woofers!

We're back again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

It has been a very hot day today, the ferrets have been snoozing all day under their blankets.

They only woke up when the post man delivered Monty's new name tags and he made sure he was wearing his when we stopped by the village hall to say hello to Auntie Di and Rosie and the ladies!

Wendy gets a cuddle from Rosie and Monty shows off his name tag!

 Of course, there in the background was The Missus pretending she knows what she is doing with the glue pot!

My finger is stuck to the card!

 We left them to it and dropped the ferrets back home 'cos it was just too hot to take them walkies!

I'm sure I can sniff Weasels here!

 We met up with Barney II who we haven't seen for ages, he and OTL had a cuddle then came over to us for a sniff!

OTL! Gissa Tail Tickle!

 Heading back we came across a fox sitting in the middle of the path all bold as brass!

Well, being half Wire Haired Fox Terrier, terrorising Foxes is in our DNA and off we went like woofers with our tails on fire!

We chased him all over the place but in the end he managed to escape in the undergrowth!

Just made for a Wire Haired Fox Terrier to chase!

 It was tiring chasing foxes and by the time we got to the car we just didn't feel like chasing rabbits, so this one managed to escape us, today!

I'm a little Rabbit and you can't catch me!

 Lunchtime it was really hot, so, no running, just a slow amble along the paths while OTL managed to photograph this Four Spot Chaser who was also having a breather!

This is just too hot for chasing!

 Holly and I made use of the shadow under the table while OTL was chasing insects and stuff but we didn't get to have a snooze until we got home!

'ere, I can sniff some burger meat here!

 So, back home OTL decided it was too hot for washing and shaving Holly, so she got away with it today.

However, there is always tomorrow!

Bye for now!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

Holly spots a Baby Frog!

Hi Woofers!

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

Monty has been getting all excited waiting for his Name Tag but we recon that it won't arrive until mid week, next week that is!

This morning we caught the sunrise, well it had been up for a while but we still got the 'Golden Glow'!

Morning has Broken, like the first Morning!

When we get close to the Sea Wall I get put on the lead 'cos Old Two Legs doesn't want me to go in for a swim!

Holly gets away with staying off the lead 'cos she wouldn't go near the water if her tail was on fire!

No I'm not getting anywhere near that stuff!

 OTL has been having fun filling out his Income Tax Return, that always bring tears to his eyes, worse than the vets!

Lunchtime there was something in the air we hadn't seen for some time..........RAIN!

Well, it was more like a few spots of wet, not really rain but, it was wet!

We saw a couple of Six Spot Burnet moths making caterpillars! OTL managed to get this shot but the breeze was blowing in off the sea and the grass was waving about all over the place!

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OTL said they looked like Six Spot but Holly reckons they could be Five Spot or even a Four Spot Burnet!

Wot about a Twelve Spot Burnet, ever seen one?............'Don't be so stupid!'

 Back home we saw the first signs of the frog spawn working, there on a leaf sat a tiddly little froglet waiting for an insect to pass by but he got scared when he saw us and dived straight back into the pond!

There's Froggy!

Tomorrow The Missus is off to her Master Class and as Rosie will be there OTL is planning to take not only Wendy, but Monty as well!

That's all tomorrow and OTL was thinking about giving Holly a wash and hair cut!

Let's hope it will be all warm and sunny!

Bye for now.

Luv,

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

In search of a sniff!

Hello Woofers!

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

Yep! You saw (de Ferret) just right, after some discussions we have decided that Monty should get his full name engraved on a Brass Tag and officially named as a member of the gang!

Now that is a sure sign that he has joined our pack!

Over the last few days Monty has been found cuddling up with Wendy in the Cuddle Cup and that is a good sign he has been accepted by her!

Mind you, he is still kept in the cage 'cos it is just too hot for any of them to go out!

That leaves Old Two Legs all to Holly and me!

We were out a bit earlier than normal, but it was still warm, however, we did manage to catch a 'Sunrise' of sorts. The sun is well above the top of the photo but we did get a bit of colour!

It makes a change to see the darker colours!

 The Dragonflies were all up and flying about but we still managed to catch one or two who were late getting up!

Honest, I didn't hear the alarm clock!

 It was not only the Dragonflies that were late in getting up, here is a fly who didn't seem to know if it was Christmas Day or Christmas Pud!

That was one hell of a night.........where am I?

Back home the birds were getting well fed on the seed and peanut feeders. We spotted a young Starling having a bash at the peanuts. Looking at his colouring you could see he was this years brood, but early in the year!

Oi! These are for us Sparrows!

Lunchtime we were down the Sea Front again and it was getting very hot. OTL found this Dragonfly taking a breather.

Wot looks interesting is the whiskers on his chops and if you look carefully, you can see his 'Compound Eyes'!

Just imagine if I was Two Metres Across!

Holly and I are getting a little fed up with the lack of sniffs, you see, as soon as a sniff lands anywhere the sun bakes it and Poof! The sniff just disappears into the sky so there is nothing left for us to enjoy!

Just wait until we get a little rain, all the sniffs in the ground will be let loose at the same time then you know what will happen?.....Sniff Overload!

Baked dry again!

We went down to the carriers to drop off the stuff OTL 'Manufactured' yesterday, so that is a load off his mind!

Not sure what is for dinner tonight, possibly Doggy Scoff, we are getting a little more than our fair share 'cos The Missus has been busy 'Creating' in her card room and who knows, she might get them shown on the TV!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty de Ferret!

A Boring Day plus a 105mm Lens gets an airing!

Hi Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty back again.

Well, we all know it has been warm today but here it has been rather boring, in fact it has been boringly boring and I do mean boring!

Old Two Legs finally got out his 105mm lens and off he went chasing bugs!

Holly and I wanted a game of chase or even have OTL walking next to us but today we seemed to spend ages waiting for him to finish off waving the camera about!

First he started of with a caterpillar of the Cinnabar Moth, a sort of red and black daytime moth.

Is it yellow with black rings or black with yellow rings?

OTL got all excited and pointed out the big stiff hairs on the body, a sort of protection in case a bird tries to eat it!

A fine set of hairs mate!

 Holly and I stay away from little bugs that have a defence mechanism that might hurt us!

No, leave that one,it's got pincers!

 We were busy shiffing the sniffs when Cody came lolloping up and wanted to know what OTL was doing with his head in the grass and his tail in the air!

Is he alright like that?

 We told him wot OTL was doing and how daft we think it is!

He got a shot of this butterfly which normally lands and folds it's wings but this one kept it's wings open, just for OTL!

Yep! I'm a Gate Keeper!

 There were loads of these red Dragonflies that were zooming all over the place. OTL recons that the zoom about just like the Golden Snitch in Harry Potter!

Hurry up, take the photo I can't hang about any longer!

 Then, Zoom and off he went like a streak of light!

We cam across one that was resting on a leaf getting a rest before carrying on zooming all over the place!

This mating stuff is rather tiring!

The rest of the day has been spent 'Manufacturing' I mean he had loads of cable all over the place in fact is was a whole half a kilometre when it started!

Now it is all packaged up and ready for the carriers tomorrow, so, with any luck we should get some attention tomorrow!

Must go, I sniff Doggy Scoff being served up and I'm starving!

See you tomorrow!

Luv,

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

We get a Seriously Good Treat!

Hi Woofers!

Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Eric de Ferret and Monty the Brave!

Another warm day here in sunny North Kent! In fact it was very warm first thing this morning and although we were out early, we were not out early enough!

We were beaten by a couple of rather large fare ground guard dogs that were thankfully roped to a large metal pole that had been hammered into the football field!

Can you imagine what would happen if they were let loose?

Holly reckons they both would get a smack on the tail from Old Two Legs!

Yeah! We'd soon sort them out, no problems!

 It was just too hot to do any running so we just took a slow amble along the Sea Wall having a chat with OTL and watching the ships go by.

Another one heading for the docks up river.

As we walked back across the football field OTL took this photo of the 'Ride', mind you, we couldn't see where the horses were hidden and how they could spin that roundabout without falling over!

We are going to have to come back and see it working!

Lunchtime we were out again and it was even worse. OTL took the big car 'cos it has air conditioning and was nice and cool. We couldn't wait to get back in after a walk. Then, to our surprise, OTL headed off into town, he had some stuff to drop off and as Holly and I had been such good puppies, we dropped into the Doggy Shop!

The rabbits were still in their glass cages all snoozy and motionless.

You can just imagine what would happen if Holly and I got in there with them!

We headed for the 'Treat' section and OTL purchased a couple of packs of Chicken Fillets and when we got back to the car, Holly and I had a big piece each and a drink afterwards 'cos OTL always brings our water bowl with us when we go out in this heat.

One small problem, he will over fill the bowl and although it is supposed to be a travelling water bowl it somehow manages to slosh some water over the rim and today it landed on my butt!

I was a soggy doggy, all the way home!

Tomorrow, OTL says, he has a load of 'Manufacturing' to do so we will have to amuse ourselves while he gets busy busy!

See you all tomorrow!

Luv,

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

The Goose Fare has arrived!

Hi Woofers!

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

Well, wot a hot day today! It was OK this morning but lunchtime we didn't bother to go all the way around the Sea Wall Walk, it was a case of a quick wee and a poo, couple of sniffs, then head for home!

This morning we bumped into a new woofer on the block! We were on out way back when this black lump appeared from behind the bushes!

Well, he just sat there not knowing what to do, so, Holly, being the inquisitive type waddled up to say hello!

Hello!

Then, while he sat there Holly gave him a quick sniff, just to make sure he was a woofer!

OK, you'll do, young lad ain't you?

We all had a chat and a sniff and we introduced him to Old Two Legs who gave him a tickle on the tail and a scratch across the shoulders!

Hello OTL!

He said his name is Barney and he was just two years old! He was a Labradoodle, third generation which means his great grandfather was a Labrador and his Great Grandmother was a Poodle! Well that's OK by us but we did tell him that there were two other woofers around here called Barney, there is Barney I an English Pointer and then there is Barney II who is a lovable Doodle dog who just loves the ferrets. So, he will have to be Barney III!

We left him to get on with his walk and we told him where the rabbits normally can be found and pointed him to a couple of sniffs we found this morning!

OTL was working all morning and also had to take Holly down the vets 'cos her ear was itchy, it was the return of the Streptococklewotsit, so he got some more ear stuff and then cried all the way home 'cos it cost so much!

Lunchtime walk was hot, I mean really hot. So, a quick walk was all we managed but OTL got to run off a couple of shots of the Lichen on the concrete posts plus he chased a Buff Tailed Bumble Bee across the flowers but only managed a shot of his butt!

Well, these don't move in the wind!

 We reckon OTL should put on the 105mm lens 'cos these bugs can be difficult to photograph, especially when there is a breeze blowing!

All we saw was his butt!

 Back at the football field, the first of the fare ground rides had arrived, OTL says that when he was a little boy he used to visit one that was called a Goose Fare. He said that although it was called a the Goose Fare, he never saw any geese!

Hey Mister, got any geese in there?

We reckon that they will be having their fun this coming weekend, so that means we may get some nibbles 'cos there are bound to be some hot dog stands!

See you tomorrow and OTL has promised to pack the 105mm lens!

Bye for now.

Luv,

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