Beachy Beach :o)

Woohoo....we've had some lovely weather (while the rest of the UK has been plagued with gales and flood warnings) and we have been to the beach again....alot!

Findhorn....

....to see the seals...arf-arf...

....and Roseisle of course!

Mother was feeling brave and we got off lead for a while!

We are used to seeing Nimrods and the occasional Eurofighter but we've had some unusual aerial visitors recently.....if you're interested....this is a Hercules. Also spotted (but not snapped as they were almost in space!) were a couple of Harriers among other things.


Heard there's more coming next week so we'll probably walk near the runway :o)

We're still struggling to keep up as you may have noticed....fighting a losing battle I think!

Findhorn Vids

We weren't going to post again until all our visiting was done but Mother has been at it with the camera again, so here a few videos that are perfect for Sunday Scenery, it's about time we started our memes again! The first two are from a few nights ago at Findhorn Bay, the seals were calling but not sure if you can hear.

And the last one was from Friday evening's walk along Findhorn's north shore, the beach was filled with happy dogs whose humans were just taking in the gorgeous lightshow that is a Moray Firth sunset, there was a seal playing in the sea too....nosey critters but so cool!

We have a couple of awards, thanks to the Munchkins and Piappies....we haven't forgotten and we'll put them in our next post.

You've Been Slimed

Hi everyfurry! So we thought we'd enter Honey's drooling contest....Mum was working really hard at getting us all to do our best drooling....camera in one hand....and a tasty morsel poised just out of our reach in the other....it was pure torture!

Rosie: Drool? Moi?? You must be joking....i'd never dream of doing anything so disgusting.....just gimme the toast already....or see those cute little pumps you love so much? History!

Alfie: Nope, I don't do much drooling either (unless you're eating Chinese)....how's my snooter though? Juicy enough for ya?

Snoop: Well....I DID have a massive drool...but then I licked my lips and it was gone....yum!

Gabbi: Okay, i'll play I suppose....here's a little teaser....

....then i'll drip drip drip for a while....

....before reaching supreme slime levels!

Ok, it's not quite a Mango or a Honey drool but i'm just little!

Are you a drooler? Why not check out Honey's contest!

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We went to the beach....yippee!

This is very exciting because we haven't been for ages.....the jeep has been out of action but Mum decided enough was enough and we all piled into Dad's car (it's VERY cramped)....oh, it was worth it though....look how much fun we had!

Mum tried to recreate the "bums" shot but thinks the old one is more natural.

You know who the bums belong to but can you guess whose feety-feets?

*sigh* look at my poor tattered sofa :o(

It's A Walk In The Park....

Rainy days make sleepy Beagles....

....but then it brightens up in the evening and it's off to the park and maybe a snoof round the hill and a game of chase the treat.....Mum made liver cake and we haven't had that for AGES!

Alfie gave chase to a deer on the hill but as soon as Mum mentioned 'din-dins' he came running back....pretty funny!

Hmmmm....

Wow, thanks for all the comments and advice on the situation with Gus. I felt what alot of you said before I read it but was led to believe that I was overreacting by my M.I.L....."that's just what cats do Nicky" she said.

Anyway, part of the problem has been solved. Last night as we set off to walk the dogs, Gus was sitting outside this woman's kitchen window. We put the dogs away, went back over and called him and he came running over to us. Took him indoors, brushed him, fed him etc and he settled down to sleep quite happy. Without having a confrontation we have what we wanted, I think the other neighbour (the one who told us where he was) has maybe said something to her about how unhappy I was with the whole catnapping thing....and yesterday's post now seems a tad over dramatic!

Thing is, he WAS sitting outside her house.....obviously waiting for her to come back, perfectly free to come home but choosing not to. So, we're feeding only water and dry kibble (we've tried BARF with him but he's not interested) which is what we've always fed him, he gets no tinned meat and no milk (we knew about the lactose thing) and has never known any different, it's what he's used to.....until now. This woman we know has been giving him milk, I suspect she has given him tinned meat too....of course, he's had a taste and wants more. I haven't seen her yet, she was out at work all day yesterday.....but Craig saw her going into her house this morning. He also saw Gus trying to get in with her and her not letting him......HE WANTS TO LIVE WITH HER NOW!! And to make matters worse, the dogs are more excited than ever to see him, he's been away so long.....we're going to have to do a refresher on how to behave around the cat....and stop the chase instinct and pack mentality triggering WW3 every time Gus is around....and maybe a nice tin of sardines once a week to keep him interested!

Anyway, thanks for all the advice....we'll take some of it and keep you posted. Maybe i'll put a card through her door saying thankyou for looking after the cat during the storms but please don't put anymore food out for him!

In the meantime, here are some random videos of how we spent yesterday (since we can't post photos) sorry if they make the page slow-loading....

Dinnertime.

Rosie licks her lips after dinner!

Rosie plays with the cat....

Snoop and Rosie enjoy a game of tag at the park....Alfie gets bossy! (Pardon the noise level, it was pretty windy!)

Hometime.

That's all for now....we're off to begin the mammoth task of visiting you....bear with us, it's gonna take a while!

Random Videos

Still not back....still at the bloomin library...but today it's letting me see pictures....and i've managed to upload some videos though I still can't put any photos on.....?? I have however sussed out Twitpics, thanks to Jake & Fergi and you can see some of our recent photos here.

This is what Gabbi does when Mum & Dad take the rest of us out and leave her, not sure if she's howling for Mum, Rosie or just the fact that she's not getting to come for a walk (she's on heat)....what a din!

Next....here's how she reacts to a thunderstorm (it was a whopper by our standards!) The rest of us weren't bothered by it but Gabbi trembled, panted and panicked all through it and for about 4 hours afterwards, she wouldn't be cuddled either. (Strangely, fireworks do not bother her....nor do the many noisy planes that fly over all the time)

And lastly......none of us lot are bothered by the vacuum cleaner.....infact we don't mind "being hoovered" as Alfie demonstrates!

See you all at the wedding......we'll try to get a video of the blushing bride soon....wait until you see the dress.....WOW!

Weekend Photos and Mono Maniacs

To see more Mono Maniacs or play along, visit Mono Weekly.

Pillboxes at Findhorn

One of the gravel ponds at Culbin Forest

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We haven't posted for a couple of days so you can imagine how many photos have been taken.....especially as Mum has a new camera to play with!

Friday at Roseisle

Saturday at Burghead

Sunday at Findhorn

Sunday night at Culbin Forest....just Alfie went as Mum was trying to tire the little twerp out....Snoop and the girls were already done in!

He decided to go for a dip in the gravel pond, it's like a protein shake just now....full of tadpoles!

On the way home we saw this:

....but wait Mum, what's that in the field....over there?

A Hare!! Oh, let me out...I want to chase him, I was BORN to chase him!

No?? Party-pooper!

SkyWatch Friday, New Toy and Rosie's Return

So far on this blog almost all of the photos have been taken using my little phone camera, some with Liam's phone which has a slightly better zoom and the odd few have either been taken with a loaned camera or by someone else. But today something fantastic happened....a very special and VERY generous friend sent me a brand new digital camera, it's a little Fujifilm Finepix and I absolutely love it! Tonight's peaches and cream sky promised another gorgeous sunset, so Alfie and I headed down to Findhorn to catch it.

Seals! You can biggify all the pics here, including the collage.

For more skies from around the world visit SkyWatch Friday!

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Hey friends! It's Rosie here :o) Since i've been cooped up for three whole weeks i've decided to hijack this post! I was so excited to get to the beach today....and just look what we found when we got there....my sweetie Petey had written a love note in the sand on his beach in South Carolina and the wind blew it all the way over to Findhorn....just for me! We got there just in time to see it before the incoming tide swallowed it up, phew....and Rosie Y Petey too!

Snoop and Gabbi came to the beach too (even though my season has finished Alfie the doofus still won't leave me alone so he had to stay home *snigger*). This was our starting point, look how blue the sky is!

It was pretty noisy as there were lots of jets flying over today.

It was windy too, look how big the waves are!

It was warm and sunny though and we did a lovely loop along the beach and back through Rabbit City. My snooter was even more sensitive to all the delicious smells than usual and Mum says it's a good job us girls were on our leads!

Snoop is more playful than usual when Alfie is not around. He got a bad case of the zoomies and taunted us to play with him...grrr...Mum, please can we get off our leads? We'll be good, we promise....look how much fun he's having....NOT FAIR!

We have an award to post and we still need to play Clive's tag....hopefully we'll manage to do those and catch up with you all over the weekend :o)