Apologies for the blog hiatus over the past few weeks. We have been in school holiday mode doing a lot of this:
….. and then in Devon doing a lot of this:
…. as a consequence of which the garden is rather overgrown and the house very untidy. Added to which, I dropped the camera after taking the above picture, after which none of the subsequent photographs are downloading on to the computer – so even if I wanted to post some pictures of the overgrown garden and untidy house – I can’t! So there’s only one thing to do… which is start restoring some sort of order to the place…. Not a task I particularly relish, but it has to be done. I am rewarding myself an interim swim in a couple of hours’ time. Normal Blog service will be resumed as soon as possible.
The only other thing to report is that Tinker had her first birthday yesterday. How amazing to think that just a year ago all those six puppies were the size of small guinea pigs. What an awful lot has happened in the course of this year…
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Lovely photos – tinker looks so sweet -happy birthday! And sorry to hear your camera is playing up xxx
Well happy birthday Tinker!
a whole year?
gosh time has truly flown by…… glad that you are home safe and sound after what sounds a lovely trip (except for the camera incident)
sorry we did not get to see you – maybe next time X
catch up as soon as you get through the endless pile of washing etc
t x
happy birthday dear sweet tink – we send you lots of love xxx
with an extra big kiss and a wink from ghillie
Nice to have you back with a lovely photo of the sea, is that where your house is? I always had as a dream to have a house at the sea and dogs to go for long walks on the beach, you have both, I never made it, perhaps one day…Amitié Martine
It is hard to believe that a whole year has passed since the puppies were born. I have enjoyed watching your progress on house and garden so much. Happy Birthday to Tinker, and congratulations to you.
It’s lovely to be back, but that feeling of getting everything back under control can be a bit daunting. I am writing off today to beds/dusting/shopping having got back last Monday and going back to work on Thursday. One child is back at school the other goes back on Monday,then the decorators move in. Happy birthday to Tinker.
Thought you might like to see this picture of a couple streetcars made into a house.
http://www.shorpy.com/node/6760?size=_original
Rachel, thanks so much for the link to that amazing photograph. The house is quite beautiful… I wonder if it is still standing. Well worth a look at the link above, if anyone else is interested in curious old houses….
x E
Happy Birthday Tinker. What a sweetie!
xxx
Many thanks to everyone for their comments, puppy greetings, links, courgette recipes and general encouragement – all v much appreciated. Can’t believe it but this blog is about (maybe next week sometime) to hit its 100,000th visitor mark – so I shall have to organise another giveaway – any ideas out there?
Oh – and Martine – the first picture is very near to where we live, but up higher on the cliffs – a good place to walk the dogs on a not-too-blustery day, with fantastic views. We are much more down on the level of the beach – just a field of horses and the sea wall in front of us, then the beach. We can’t quite see the sea from the house (will do when we build a room upstairs) but we can hear it, which is lovely.
Just off to look at that house made from old cars!
xx Elspeth
I’ll stop lurking (
) and say that Tinker is so beautiful and that overgrown gardens are the best kind in my opinion. Thanks for visiting my blog.
How about the winner gets Tinker? SO CUTE! Just kidding of course. Tinker is lovely and your holiday photos are breathtaking.
Tinker in contemplation of a flower ~ it’s a perfect haiku of a photograph! xo Kari