Post #200 !!

Wooohooo! It's our 200th post!

Let's take a moment to reflect....

We were encouraged to start our own blog by Sue of Gennasus way back in September and for that we blame thank her, but little did we realise when writing our first post what a huge addiction part of our lives it would become. Through a growing love of photography it has awakened a new appreciation for the beautiful area that we are lucky enough to live in.

But more than that, it has opened up a whole world -literally- of new friends....each and every one of you have made this hobby of ours far more enjoyable than we ever imagined it could be, and in so many different ways. We all learn so much from each other, help, teach, encourage, laugh with and cry for each other, we enjoy the relationships we are forming immensely. As well as writing our own blog and enjoying the comments and feedback, we love to read all our friends' blogs too....when our secretary is not slacking off....and read all your comments, after all, what would a blog be without comments? (We promise to do ours soon!)

You have all helped and encouraged us over the last 200 posts and we look forward to sharing the next 200 with you!

So, you can be sure you'll be seeing lots more of us lovely Beagles, whether at work....

....rest (can you spy the smug kitty? Grrr)....

....or play.... (you can biggify all the collages!)

...whatever the weather....

....whether in black and white....

....or showing our true colours!

We'll share with you our wonderful scenery....

....our glorious skies....

....the friends that we meet....some random, some regular....

....even some strange human behaviour!

Armed only with a lowly camera phone....for the time being....

(Any nice people at Canon want to donate to a great cause? Click here!)

....we'll share more photos and videos of us hunting as a pack....

....and let you watch in amazement as we catch our own food!

We hope to run more contests....

(For those of you who took part in Red Snooters or played host to Rambo, we haven't forgotten your parcels....we just had a minor glitch!)

....go on lots more hot dates with our sweethearts....

....sometimes chaperoned by one of our dear Aunties....

...and meet many more lovely friends. If you're reading this then it means you're cool, no two ways about it :D so please take this award as a token of our appreciation for your friendship. It was given to us a while back by some DOT* friends, HoneyDew and Sampson and we'd like you all to have it, no strings ;o)

* Dogs on Thursday, a meme we always intend to play but never seem to get round to which is silly as we post ourselves every day. The button is even in our sidebar....maybe this week we'll remember!)

April was a wonderful month for us, from Alfie winning his certificate (which arrived this week) to Rambo the globetrotting Easter Bunny,

....to Joey and Zeke becoming our 100th follower just the other day, to being nominated for the Awesome Blog Award by Cocoa and Barley....and winning!

Thanks to the Beans for nominating us and to everyone who voted for us at the Bone Zone, we are honoured, especially being up against such a worthy opponent....please Doo get well soon Scooby!!

But April has also been a very sad month for many....lots of dear friends passed away including Honey who lost her battle with cancer this week, and Petey's Granny Betti, who died suddenly last week and whose memorial service is taking place today. Please say a prayer for them, hold your loved ones close, keep your paws crossed for those who are sick and let's hope we can share some happier times ahead.

And to end on a happier note, May is kicking off with a wonderful event....Asta's wheelie sister Myrna is marrying her true love Gilbert in Salzburg this weekend and we're all invited, it promises to be a glittering affair....make sure you stop by Asta's blog to give the happy couple your best wishes and see us in all our finery! We're off to primp pwimp ourselves now :D

And the polls are now open for Mason Dixie's Wiggle Waggle Walking contest, she has lots of participants strutting their funky stuff, including us! Why not go over and see for yourself?

Don't forget to leave a comment on this post to go into the prize draw!

You have until 6th May, when Snoop's birthday post goes on just after midnight (GMT). We probably won't post again before then, we're going to have a few days off for the wedding and to do all our catching up and we'll post Clive's tag after that....see you soon!