Skywatch Friday

Some of this week's skies....the last three of a sunrise taken in Edinburgh, the rest sunsets at Burghead.

Above, one of my favourite collages so far....and below, I think this is my favourite sky shot ever, so dramatic!

These next ones were taken on our walk yesterday at Burghead, the two on the left of the collage were me trying to show how white the hills across the Firth are....but of course my camera is not good enough to pick up the detail!

Our Dad came with us today, he was in charge of the liver cake....and BOY did we have to work for it!! (please disregard Dad's grotty work trousers!)

Ahem.....apologies are in order....we have just done an orange themed post and left someone out....Jana the Vizsla is our very good friend who we sometimes walk with....

....and the very dashing and funny Dennis the Vizsla Dog, both clearly orange! (hope you don't mind us pinching your profile pic, Dennis!)

Sorreeee, haha ok bye :o)

True Colours Thursday: Pink. Birthday Boy, an Award and a River Walk

It's True Colours Thursday again, this week's colour is PINK, host of this meme is BLUE.

With two teenage girls, it was never going to be a struggle to find pink things to post but I thought i'd keep it dog-related!

First is a collection of leads:
Rosie and Gabbi's showleads, these are hand plaited using Kangaroo hide which goes lovely and soft but is very strong, they also have beads on them which spell their names. They are each three shades of pink, Gabbi's is a shade lighter. Gabbi chewed hers up at a show and now has a tan & white one, don't know why I keep the pink one, it is useless now! Rosie and Gabbi's puppy leads which i've kept. Rosie and Gabbi's current leads which are dirty! Gabbi's is the white & pink one and Rosie's is chocolate & pink. Finally a rope slip lead which I use when we're going to shows as it's easier to put on and remove, Gabbi's one is pink.

Next, alot of our show stuff is pink: The pink smelly things in the car which keep the wet-dog niff at bay! The pocket in Mum's pink body-warmer from which all sorts of tasty treats magically appear, we stand very still and good when she puts her hand in there! The toilet bag where all our grooming stuff goes, with big pink hearts on it. A tin of paw wax incase of slippery floors.
Scissors for tidying up our tails, they have pink handles. The rucksack for carrying all our show gear. The pink rosette Snoop won for 6th Hound at Keith Country Show many moons ago.
Two pink show catalogues which Mum keeps as they relate to the rosettes below.
The pink folder where all our documents and certificates are kept.
The pink vetbed which goes in Rosie & Gabbi's crate, look how Alfie claims it for his own!
A selection of stuffies which sometimes come with us....Rosie has kindly removed their faces, to protect their identities I assume!
Our food is pink too! Yummy chicken carcasses.....well we need to eat when we're working!
Some of Alfie's rosettes have pink on them, the green & pink one was from the first time he won Best of Breed, he was also 4th in the Hound Group, the two blue & pink ones were from the time he won the Hound Group, Mum was shaking during the Best in Show line-up!
The all important wet wipes come in a pink packet.
The rosette Alfie won on Saturday, also pink.
Mum's pink driving gloves to keep her fingers warm driving through the hills! See two posts ago....Mum usually wears a pink jumper!
So there you have it, some of our PINK stuff!

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Today is Alfie's Birthday....he's three now!! Happy Birthday my boy xx Photos tomorrow :o)

Those sweet Bassets, Martha and Bailey have given us this lovely award, thanks dear girls!

Edit: the award was the cute ladybird one that unfortunately linked to a nasty adult site so subsequently has been removed, it was the thought that counted though :o)

You may remember in a previous post I said I wasn't doing the picking thing anymore for awards....so again, if you're in my blog lists, consider yourself awarded!

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Yesterday we went for a lovely walk along the river with our friends from Gennasus, it was a beautiful sunny day....even quite warm in the sun and the water was so calm.

Gabbi forgot she hates the water!

The wanderer returns!

Jana is as bouncy as ever.....then she spies some geese!

I didn't manage to get any Papillon photos but I can reveal that Teasel got her knickers in a twist! I think Louis is in the video below. (Louis won Best Veteran in Show for the 2nd year running at Bon-Accord on Saturday, well done boyo!)

Lastly....Gabbi wasn't into playing the dangly face game yesterday but I got one today :o)

Chocolate, anyone?

Today we went to Roseisle and met June and Kaiya for a walk. It was one of those freezing cold days where everything is still, frost underfoot and the light on the beach was amazing as the sun disappeared, really lovely! Kaiya is a Chocolate Labrador who comes to our classes and sometimes we lift-share to shows, her Mum June has just done a website for her. The Beagles had great fun playing with (chasing) Kaiya and I think she enjoyed herself too! I think the Vizsla in the first photo is Zala, we bump into her and her sister Rez once in a while, they also have a blog! Rosie was barking at her and she went away.... :o)

Some of the action shots are a bit blurry!

Venus is bright tonight!

Footnote: (sorry!) I always get people commenting on my wellies when i'm out and about and now i'm starting to notice comments on various blogs about them....so....I thought i'd look up the website of the company who makes them and post a link to it! I bought them at Darlington Champ show in the summer (if you'd been there, you'd understand!!) I turned up to a field with knee-deep mud in my dainty little blue leather pumps and they had mud INSIDE them before I even reached my bench! There was a stall selling cool wellies so I bought some (I wanted the white ones with pink hearts but they didn't have them in my size, grr!) the guy selling them made a 200 mile round-trip to pick up more later that day, he cleared out his stock- the mud was horrendous!
So anyway, click on the following link for Funky fashion wellies with FREE matching bags, there's also a button in the sidebar linking to the site.
I have to say also, that as wellies go these are very comfy, I wear mine every day and walk for miles in them!

Wordless Wednesday....

Click here to hop over to Sue's blog for some funny photos of this!

Papped again!

Yesterday we met the Gennasus gang for a lovely walk at Roseisle. It was a beautiful day again and we both got some great pictures of the dogs. Poor Gabbi missed all the fun........she had to stay home as she's in season........which means that Alfie's hormones have gone into overdrive! He thinks that every bitch is just for him, even little old (spayed) ladies.......he spent the entire walk flirting wildly with Sue's Teasel and I think his nose is in her nether-regions in every picture I took!

Rosie wonders why Alfie doesn't pay HER that much attention!

Look mate, i'm warning you.....

....you put that big nose of yours near there again and.....

....and....

.....right, that's it!!

Does this stop Alf?

No way, she smells great, she's cute too!

Jana....you're blocking my view of Teasel!

Jana does a spot of posing....

...and then a spot of bounding!

Ooh, tug-of-war....can I play?

No? Oh well, i'll just have another sniff.

Woman, stop playing hard-to-get, you know you want some Alfie lovin'!

Pff, older women are hard work!

I know, i'll annoy Jana for a bit.......but.....

...can't seem to stop...


As the weather eats it's way into the forest this tree's days are numbered.

After walking we stopped at the farm shop for a coffee....after their long walk the hounds didn't seem bothered by the sights, sounds and smells of the farmyard.