The School Holidays are nearly over

It seems ages since the Children Broke up for their holidays and now it is nearly time for them to go back to School ~ and I think they really are looking forward to the new term ~





We have been out and about up and down Country Lanes and exploring the countryside ~ in this part of the world there are many places to visit ~ if you like the seaside we are only a few miles away from the Sea and Sand ~ but I prefer the countryside ~ We went through a small village and in one of the gardens we found this cow with her calf just by the side of the road ~ it seemed an odd place to have a stable but she looked very content as did her calf ~

I hope to have more time to devote to my blog ~

Ally

Another addition to our family

We have aquired a Corn Snake he did belong to Sam our Grandson ~ but he no longer wanted him as he is out and about a lot and no time for all the work required to take care of him~

He is lovely, I didn't think I could take to a snake but he is so friendly and he only needs to be fed once a week ~ he has a lovely home with Branches to slither along a dome thing !!!! to go into when he wants to ~ and all in all he looks quite comfortable and Happy ~ (how do you know if a snake is happy ~ I have no idea but I just like to think he is)

He has such a cute little face and his colours are lovely ~ Nin and Barney just ignore him ~ I am very happy to say :o)

We have been having some awful weather here we stopped at a store coming home, when we went in it was bright and sunny coming out 10 minutes later is was pouring down with rain ~ we stood under the cover of the Store but the rain was relentless so Lyn ran to the car but unfortunately slipped on the wet ground and hit her face she cannot remember how she cut her nose and I would think she may end up with a blackeye ~ she thinks she slipped when she opened the door and hit herself in the face ~ but she is feeling OK now you can't keep her down for long and on the way home she was laughing at doing such a stupid thing ~ but I do know how much it hurt her :O(

Hope you are all OK and having a wonderful weekend

♥ u Ally x

I forgot to mention that the snake is named Lenny

Lest I forget

Must make a couple of notes of what has happened these last two weeks ~ Firstly Cressie my Granddaughter was rushed to hospital with sever pains in her chest and having difficulty breathing ~ After lots of tests they diagnosed Pleurisy and I am glad to say she is much better now

Secondly Nin had an appointment at the Vets as he was having some trouble with his teeth ~ the Vet checked him out and said an operation was necessary as some of his teeth needed to be removed ~ the upshot was and is she had to remove 14 teeth and said she had never seen anything like it in a dog it was something that only cats ever suffered from ~ anyway we took him back to see the vet a week later and she was very pleased with his progress ~ told us he was healing very well ~ (that set us back £420.00) pity our animals didn't have a NHS ~ I am sure it must be very hard for some to be able to foot the bills the Vets present us with ~

Barney is being a nurse to Nin and is everywhere Nin is ~ actually it is lovely to watch as Barney snuggles as close to Nin as he can get ~ and is determined to be his shadow ~ they are such good friends ~ when Nin was in the Vets poor Barney didn't know what to do with himself he paced from room to room looking for his old friend ~

Barney waiting his turn to go into the washing machine :O)

Just look at the size of his paws :o)

Barney waiting for his turn in the washing machine :O)

Barney made himself comfortable in the small washing basket ~ We imagine he is waiting his turn to go in the washing machine ~

The top picture is Lewie he is the new addition to Tom's Family he is a rescued Labradoodle and is going to be a big boy ~ he is just 7 months old ~ you cannot really see his colouring in this picture but I will get a better picture of him at a later date ~ and I am glad to say him and Blue ~ Tom's other dog seem to be getting on very well together so I am sure they will end up being the very best of friends ~

Ally x

Lovely Sunny Thursday

Above is picture of William fast asleep and next to him fast asleep is Nin don't they just look so contented ~ they spent the whole night together curled together ~

It has been a lovely Sunny Day today ~ Tom came to visit us today and brought with him his New addition to his family he has adopted a "Labrador Poodle" or Labradoodle which was in need of rescuing he is a lovely Boy and cannot understand how anyone could ill treat him in any way ~ he is such a contented little boy (Well not so little ) he is seven months old and

"Blue" Tom's own dog is slowly getting to accept him ~ I do so hope they will eventually be the best of friends ~

"Lewey" is so tall that all he has to do is get on his back legs and he can reach the back of the units in the Kitchen and he can also undo the Back door ~ So we have to make sure we don't leave anything out that he can eat :o) he also was helping himself to the food from the sack of dog food in the cupboard which Barney and Nin cannot reach :o)

I will take a picture of him so you can see what an adorable Boy he is ~ He has Amder coloured eyes and has two toned brown and amber fur which is just starting to curl ~

He has won all of our hearts so I am sure he will have a good home for as long as he needs one I know for certain I could take him in ~

Ally xx

Just a short post to let you know I am still about ~

As usual on one of our trips out we turned down the wrong road and ended up seeing this beautiful field full of poppies ~ it was well worth taking the wrong turning ~

The pitcures are of good friends Nin and Barney enjoying the Sunshine and the lawn which has just been watered so was really cool for them :o_

Ally x

Barney and Nin helping with sorting out Lyn's Craft room :o)

Barney among the wool

We were trying to clear out Lyn's Craft room ~ and as you can see Nin and Barney thought the stacks of wool made a perfect bed ~ Nin is in the first picture Barney is in the others ~

It took us all week to get the room tidy ~ but it is all nice and tidy now ~

Hope everyone is enjoying this nice weather we are having at the moment ~ hope it lasts

I just noticed in the third picture down both Nin and Barney are Lying amongst the wool Nin is at the back of the picture :o)

Ally