Year: 2022

Today at the beach we knew that winter had arrived. It was cold and windy which meant the Goldies loved it at their meet up at St Mildred’s Bay. Today there were about 20 there.

From there we went to Herne Bay to collect another Christmas present. We are now towards the end of the list!

We watched another of my teams go out of the family sweepstake….Australia but they did play well against Argentina! I still have France left.

Thought for the Day –  “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!'” ~ Audrey Hepburn

Today is “gotcha day” for Ellie, in 2013! This was the first day we had her. She looks so young here.

I asked the local kennels if they could look after her over Christmas as we had flights booked to come back and see everyone. The one we had used for Rosie just said no even though I had spent a lot of money there!! I will be eternally grateful to K9 Kennels who squeezed her in, so much for “friends”/local kennels who wouldn’t have her. If I hadn’t found someone we may never have been able to keep her.

We had a walk along the river and the sun came out!  We were surprised at the number of moorhens. In the spring when they were nesting it seemed as though the crows were taking a lot of the chicks. Good to see a lot survived.

Yes, the river looks disgusting, blame DDC!

Next was packaging up Milly and Sol’s Christmas box and I took it to the local Evri. Two presents sorted!

More football!

Thought for the Day  – “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” ~ Carol Burnett

Shopping at Westwood in search of more for Christmas. It was getting busy. I can’t believe the amount of houses being built on the way to Westwood. If each house has two cars, I don’t think I will be shopping there when they are complete, the traffic jams will be horrific.

We watched more football. Well, that was a very contentious goal from Japan!

Thought for the Day – “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” ~ Helen Keller

No rain and so we took Ellie to Minnis Bay. She met another goldie , Harry but he was so boisterous that at one stage he squashed Ellie on the sand, which she wasn’t too impressed with !

On the drive home the fog came down and then it was clear by the time we arrived in Sandwich.

In the afternoon I went  to see our Queenie who was looking so much better, thank goodness. More Hatters things to sort out!

Thought for the Day – “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well.” ~ Mark Twain

I think we were lucky that we chose to walk Ellie over the fields instead of The Butts, along the river where we often go. Gossip has it that the emergency services pulled a body from the river. The place is swamped with police cars.

It was wet and muddy over the fields but Ellie loved it.

Later I went into Deal to do some shopping. Everywhere was packed so I didn’t stay too long. By the time I arrived home Mal had sorted out the Christmas tree.

The big football game in the evening! England v Wales and yes we won. Glad to see Foden playing this game.

Thought for the Day – “Be a positive energy trampoline – absorb what you need and rebound more back.” ~ Dave Carolan

My day volunteering at Cancer Research.  So we were up early to walk Ellie and Daisy across the fields.

A good day at work and we had high takings. No rain in Birchington but evidently it rained most of the day at home.

Mal looked after Daisy, not that she needs any looking after , she is very good apart from being another food scrounger but she is a goldie! Trudi collected her before I arrived home.

Thought for the Day – “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” ~ Will Rogers

We took Ellie for a walk in the rain and then later Daisy arrived for an overnight stay. She is the goldie we had before who doesn’t want to go home. She really is a sweetie.

We watched the football and then of course we had to have wet walkies.

Then drying two goldies!! I have Ellie is trained to come in and lie on the towel, not with Daisy! She thought it was a great game to run around and let us try and catch her but we couldn’t stop laughing!

Sleepy dogs!!

Thought for the Day – “Dogs are not our whole life but they make our lives whole.”