oh dearie dearie me

Wont be any pics for a little while until Mum is on her feet again.  I TOLD her to work on her landings before she decided to go flying again ... did she listen ?? course not .... now she is laid up with broken ankle.  happened monday.  we went shopping and I was left in the car.  No problem, they aren't long.   But this time they were long and I got bored.  Its boring sitting in the back waiting, so when I got really fed-up I wiggled through onto the back seats and went exploring.  First I explored an interesting bag and found a new toy they had bought me, so I played with that awhile.  But it did take a long time and I hadn't had my dinner so I 'explored' the Sainbsbury shopping bags and had a little snack or two just to keep me going.  When Dad eventually came back to car he wasn't very impresssed - I know he wasn't impressed cos he went straightway into Halfords and bought a dog guard so I couldn't do it again!  I ask you, how unreasonable is that?  Anyway we had to go home without Mum, cos she had to go to hospital in an ambulance.  We went and found her later though and brought her home.  Now I get to sleep all day on the bed with Mum as well as night time.

What a difference ...

.... a day makes.  Where does all this white stuff come from?  When Dad and then Mum took me out in the garden at 3am for my usual bathroom call, it was falling out of the sky.  I was jolly glad to get that business out of the way and go back inside to snuggle down under my blanket again.  I do love my comfort.

 This morning it was still there, all over the ground, and Mum did a bit of sliding around getting up the bank from the roadway to the field.  I was fine, of course.  I have four legs, she only has two.  A basic flaw in the design of humans I reckon.

That line across the middle of the pic is where the river runs.  I love having a paddle, but I got a bit of a shock when I jumped in today - it was so very very cold.  I jumped out again in a hurry, I can tell you!  Even Toffee decided to dig up stones in the field instead of his usual digging place - the river, and Toffee isn't the brightest star in the sky, besides having a shaggy coat, so you wont catch me getting my paws wet in freezing water again soon!





All the good smells have disappeared under the snow, so to find them I have to root around with my nose.  Result - very little smell and very cold nose.  Forget it!

All the gang have coats on.. Whimps.  I keep warm out there by running fast, even around and around in circles.  Keep running, keep warm.  Stop and its really time to go home.

Oh do come ON, Mum.  Get me home to breakfast and a nice warm bed.

Its stopped raining ..... yeahhhhhhh

Well, would you believe it, its stopped raining.  I thought it was going to go on forever.  I dont like rain.  Its wet.  I really dont like going out when its raining, not even to wee in the garden. .. and the mud over the fields was really gooey, and I got coated every time. This meant I had to wait on the mat while they went and got stuff to wipe me down with.  I hate having to be wiped down when I get home from a walk, I know my breakfast/dinner is waiting in my bowl and I want to get to it NOW.  Besides, we dont see many of my friends when its so muddy.  Their folks let their dogs stay in the warm/dry. However, once I am out there, I find plenty to keep me busy.  Like the other day when I took off across the fields and managed to get across the river which borders the bridleway.  Mum says the bridge is about half a mile away, but it seems closer when I run fast.  Anyway I went across and came back on the other side of the river - and couldn't get back across cos that river is much bigger, and it was looking deep and running fast as me.  I must admit I panicked a bit and started running back and forward not knowing what to do. I could see Mum, but couldn't get to her.  Mum can be quite bright at times and found a way to get me back across another bridge, but I must admit I was worried for a time there.

Anyway, its stopped raining, and the mud has gone hard and cold.  The gang is out to play again over the meadows.

 There's the gang coming.  Now things are getting more interesting.

I am quietly sneaking off towards that house over there - they put out all sorts of stuff for the birds and I have found a hole in their hedge wherre I can get in .... eat your heart out birds, cos that is all you are going to get if I get there first!   Oh drat, she's seen me, I can hear the whistle calling me back ...double drat!

Just saying hello to Scooby.  He is as big as me and built like a tank - and he loves to run.  So we ran, really fast, in big circles around Mum and Scooby's Mum.

Scooby may be as big as me, and much heavier, but he keeps up fine.  Mind you, he isn't as smart as me and he doesn't always look where he is going when we are running fast - and he ran straight into Mum full tilt.  Mum flies quite well, but her landings are not so hot.




We went home after that and Mum was the one covered in mud and not me - and she didn't sit on the mat at all.  Some things are just not fair.

Christmas is over.

 Looks like Christmas is all over. 

Humans are so funny, they spend all that time and trouble hanging glittery thingies on the walls, and then they spend just as long taking them all down again.  If they didn't want to keep them there, why did they do it in the first place??  Still, I am not really complaining, its rather interesting helping - and I am so very helpful.


Okay, I've got this lot, where do you want it?







 You've got to be joking, its never all going to fit into that box .......

 I am very helpful at a lot of things:  I helped the man who came earlier to crawl under the stairs to read the gas meter, I help keep the garden clear of all the bits the birds drop off the bird table - they are very messy - and I am extra efficient at helping to clean the dinner plates of the leftovers - cant put them in the dishwasher dirty, you know.  In fact I dont really think this house needs a dishwasher now they have me.

I know its a bit late, but Happy New Year to all.