We went to Wales. Part 2 Water

My greatest passion in life is my tennis ball, closely followed by water.

In Wales there is an abundance of the wet stuff and we made sure the hoomans took us to some each day.

Imagine our delight when we stopped here and were told we could spend the morning splashing and swimming.

Molly this is a very big lake. What shall we do first?

Come on, don't dilly dally, let's have a swim.

Oh my gosh, Molly I think I have found something here.

This is an excellent find.

What do you think of this?

It's a bit heavy

I just need to get it balanced

You going to come and help?

Don't rush!

Now I have brought it all the way out don't think you are going to get your paws on it.

You didn't exactly hurry to help did you?

I am going to ask the hoomans to throw it so I can retrieve it again.

Molly can you see it?

When I asked them to throw it I didn't mean to the other side of the lake!

Oh blast. It has gone. After all my hard work.

It's very deep, my stick must have sunk.

Made it back safely to dry land.

The soggy look isn't very fetching is it?

Molly you won't find the stick, there is no point looking.

Let's get the hoomans to throw my ball.

Hope they haven't thrown it too far.

There you go, I've got it.

It's my ball so you can watch me.

Taffy.

Talk about hog this post with his swimming and fetching skills.

I am going to tell you about something I enjoyed on our holiday.

Be back tomorrow.

Molly

We went to Wales. Part 1. The door.

We have just returned from a fantastic holiday in Wales. We stayed in a very nice cottage that had a stable door.

The first morning I woke up early and thought I would have a peek outside to see what the weather was like.

It was sunny..........looking good.

Then Taffy came up and kept asking questions.

What's it like out there?

Are there any more dogs?

Is it sunny?

What can you see?

He wouldn't stop asking questions so in the end I said to him.

Have a look for yourself.


Molly................... I can't see.
I am standing on tippy toes and I can't see a thing.


Oh the joys of having a little brother.

So I pointed out that you don't necessarily have to see what is going on.
Just sit and listen. I even demonstrated how to do this but he wasn't interested.


So I walked away from the door, anything to get a bit of peace and quiet.

I sat very quietly and then Taffy said

"Molly are you OK?"


"I am fine" I replied.


"Never felt better actually; my ears are feeling delicate after all your questions but otherwise I am just fine!"
Well I was, till Taffy told me to look at my rear end.


"Ha, that is funny. Did I just lay a tennis ball?"

I became very worried.
I couldn't possibly have layed a tennis ball could I?


"Taffy are you playing tricks on me?"


Then Taffy had the audacity to laugh at me.

That's it, I have had enough I am going back to the door.

Be back soon to tell you about some of the adventures we had in Wales.

Molly

Vet visit and going on holidays.

This morning started like every other morning.

I had my usual wander around the garden and my breakfast was served.

Then my lead was put on and I was taken out for a walk by myself.

This meant only one thing................I was going to the VET.

I do wish they would tell me when I have an appointment, I like to prepare myself for this momentous event in my social life!

I was first to be seen.

My VET listened to my heart.

Ooops sorry didn't mean to be rude.

There you go, that's a better view.

The sharp end always is!

I was deemed to be healthy and my teeth were in tip top condition.

So next was the injection in the back of the neck.

I did not flinch or bat an eyelid but I thought I would have at least been offered a treat afterwards. No such luck.

Now what I want to know is ....

I go to the VET. Molly stays at home.

I get a jab in the back of the neck and Molly gets a new collar.

Where is the justice in that?

Nothing for me, zilch!

Here she is showing off her new Summer collar.

So why didn't I have one. I think it is totally unfair.


Anyway there is an upside to today.

We are off on our holidays for a week so we won't be around for a while.

Hope you all stay fit and healthy and are good!

Taffy.

At the garden centre

Our hooman loves to go to the local garden centre. In fact she can disappear for hours and we are so miffed we cannot go with her.

I know Taffy and I would probably find looking at flowers a bit boring but there are loads of other things we know we would find most interesting.

We could have a smashing time in the china section !

These mugs look very stylish.

We know there is a large pet section and a cafeteria but it quite clearly says

NO DOGS ALLOWED.

Well it did......................

Things are changing..............

If you have wheels you can go in.

We need wheels.

Does anybody know a good website where we can order wheels so we can be like our friends Gilbert and Myrna?

We wheely wheely would love a couple of pairs each!

Molly and Taffy

Wordless Wednesday...............Legless.

What's coooking?

Molly here.... for a change, well little brother has rather hogged the blog recently!

I thought I would start trying the recipes from our new recipe book.

I rather fancied the Roadhouse Munchies. The recipe did not look too difficult to follow so I sent the hooman out to buy the correct ingredients.

A few of the ingredients were a little difficult to find but good substitutes soon sorted the problem.

Now this stuff would act as a good beard gel, I think I could sculpture my beard and then have a few crafty licks, what do you think?



Hmm, not sure about these, feel they may get stuck in between my teeth.
Right then let's get cooking.

(Biggify if you cannot read the recipe.)

First of all shove the flour and sunflower seeds in a huge bowl and mix

Then it's the turn of the eggs and milk to be whisked together.

Bung all the other ingredients in the large bowl and add the whisked eggs and milk.

Keep a tablespoon of the egg/milk mixture for later..

Stir.

If you have problems with the spoon get the hoomans to help.

I did!

I make a very good supervisor.

So, once it is all a good sticky looking mass you have to divide it into 2 and make dough balls.

(I forgot to check to see if they bounce, well any good ball should bounce...right?)

Next get the Bone Cutter

Roll the two dough balls out and start cutting.

At this point there was a very small argument about the size of cutter to be used.

I wanted to use the largest size but Taffy said he wanted the smaller cutter to make smaller biscuits as his mouth wasn't as big as mine!

A short scuffle ensued and eventually the small cutter was used.

It was so good to see all the bones being lined up on the work surface.

Then I had to get them onto a baking tray.

Hope you appreciate my artistic skills!

Splodge the remaining egg and milk on top of them and pop into oven for 30 minutes at 350F.

Here they are all ready to eat.

Please may I have one now?


Yummy.

Sorry about the crumbs and the drool on the carpet but they are just so delicious.

Don't worry I will clear up all the crumbs.



You have one Taffy. I recommend them.


The look of sheer pleasure on his face says it all.


Molly, the super cook.

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Wet Wet Wet

What a disappointment to wake up to see it bucketing down with rain knowing you are meant to be meeting your friends for a walk in the countryside.

I stared out of the window wondering if we should actually venture out. It really was grim.

I finally made an Executive decision. We would go and see if the weather cleared up en route.

We jumped in the car.

My turn to drive.

Have you fastened your seat belt?


I am a good driver, positive and assertive. My paws almost reach the pedals so you will be OK with me in the driving seat.





Ready to drive off?


Are you sitting comfortably?

Good

Look left.........

Look right.

Off we go.

Driving conditions are a tad difficult.

Water across the road

MOVE OVER YOU ROAD HOG.

Can't they see the road is flooded?

You have to admit that was a spiffing manoeuvre on my part.
Dodged that massive puddle extremely well. Shame the road hog ended up in the bushes!!

You OK there, you are looking a little pale!

The road conditions are becoming really bad.


Sadly even I have to admit that we are not going to make it to our walk. With conditions like this and the rain continuing these roads could become impassable.

I will turn at the next roundabout and we will go home.


A thoroughly disappointing morning but at least we can eat our picnic in the dry when we get back.


Taffy

Hot Sunday

Last weekend me met our Southern friends from WELTAF for a walk.

There were a couple of new faces which was excellent.

We were told we were going to walk all the way around this lake.

Now it was quite a large lake so the first decision had to be made. Do we walk clockwise or anti clockwise around it.
After a short debate we turned right.

The first landmark we saw was a huge Totem pole.


Some of the hoomans stopped for an ice cream. None for us...typical!

We had a short rest as it was really hot and as some of our friends were quite advanced in years we wanted them to enjoy their walk.

We walked through avenues of Rhododendrons.

Finally we arrived at an accessible part of the lake where we could swim and have a drink.

It certainly was a lovely feeling having the cool water on my legs and paws.

My half sister Duffy enjoyed her dip.

After 4 hours we arrived back to where we had set off............well it was a very big lake to walk around!

The hoomans sat down and started to eat a picnic.

My nose picked up the scent of something rather delicious.

My friend Dooley had brought along some fabulous treats for us all.

In fact he was extremely generous and gave us a couple of packets each.

Can you see what is written on the label?

"Best gobbled up by June 30th."

Well bearing in mind the walk was on 31st May..... how could we possibly make a packet of treats last a month?


We managed to force them all down and then I selected a comfy looking lap and settled down for a nice snooze.

It was a lovely day and I have just been told that we are going to meet more friends this Sunday.

Life is good.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Taffy.

True Colours Thursday

We suddenly realised we had not participated in True Colours Thursday for a couple of weeks.

So to rectify this we started to hunt for purple items.

Have to say we did find this colour a bit challenging. We don't have many purple toys and certainly neither of us have purple accessories.

What we did find were 2 toys.

This is a good toy to have a chew on

Our favourite toy is the Wubba.


It has had a relatively short life but at least it has been action filled.



Can you see where it has been in the wars?

There you go, I have brought it a bit nearer so you can see.



Could you just grab the other end and have a game of tug with me? Please...........

Taffy

Wordless Wednesday

Secrets....................

"Ummmm Molly can you keep a secret?"

"If I tell you a secret do you promise not to tell anybody?"

"You really really promise?"

"Would you mind not huffing and puffing in my left ear while I am talking to you"

"Stop looking around and pay attention. What are you looking at now?"

"Molly you have the attention span of a flea!"


"OK Taffy, I am all ears now, you have my undivided attention. Do tell me your secret"



"Well this is it....... ........... .......... ................"

"You are joking Taffy?"



"Oh no, it is too funny........... oh my goodness this is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time!"

"MOLLY, it's not that funny."





"Taffy it is, believe you me it is"



"My ribs are aching, oh don't it is too much............"

"I can't stop giggling"

"Molly will you get a grip please!"



"Get up and promise again you won't tell anybody"




"OK Taffy, I promise. You happy now?"



"Thanks Sis, you are the best."

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Meeting Mindy

Last weekend we arranged to meet Alf and Mindy.

Unfortunately Alf's bones were a little creaky that day and he decided to stay at home and have a nice snooze in his warm house.

I was disappointed not to see him but apparently we will be meeting in the Summer.

I hadn't seen Mindy for ages, it was so nice to see her again.

We met in the village of Pilsley in Derbyshire.
It is part of the Chatsworth Estate and we started our walk from there.


We negotiated a few stiles. Taffy insisted on being carried over them but Mindy just jumped straight over.
The views were very pretty and we dragged the hoomans up and down a few hills until they decided they were thirsty.

We walked back through the village and Mindy was most interested in what was behind all the garden gates.




If these had been real birds we would all have been in that garden like a shot.


Mindy looked at me and suggested we went to the pub for a drink.
As the skies were becoming dark I thought this was an excellent idea.
We found a nice old pub and Mindy's hooman ordered some refreshments and we waited patiently for them to arrive.


Seemed to take ages, we were gasping.

When our water arrived it was served in huge gold containers, very posh and the water was cold and very refreshing.

Mindy and I settled down and fell asleep while the hoomans chatted and chatted. They were interrupted by Taffy suddenly sitting up and announcing he needed a refill.

He looked at Mindy and said.

"Whatever she had, can I have the same?"

It was obviously good stuff!



Then it was time to pose for a final photograph

before returning to the car where Taffy fell asleep! IMMEDIATELY.

Molly

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