Sunday, 11 April 2010

Easter Weekend Fun ..

(Sending Archie away for a water retrieve)

Thankfully, Archie has made a full recovery from his infection. He had his first run out today since last Tuesday and I've never seen him so springy and boingy. We didn't go mad as he gets tired very quickly, but we had a quick 20 minutes out in the field and boy did he enjoy himself !


These pics are from the Easter weekend before the little man got ill. We had all the family with us over the weekend so we all tromped out to the forest for a walk one afternoon.

I did a little bit of retrieving with Archie which he absolutely adores ... as you can see.



The audience ... not sure everyone was particularly interested ...

Tilly trying to be helpful, bless her ...

I seem to have a whistle permanently stuck in my gob these past few weeks ...


The whole crew : From L to R - Nick & his parents, me & Boo and Archibald, my little brother & his family and then my parents.


Two Grandads putting the world to rights. Actually, my dad is telling Nicks dad one of his stories from his Policing days. I keep telling him he ought to write a book !


Mud Monkey, Boo ... She thinks that by having a pair of Muckboots like mummy gives her the red light to fill them with muddy water !


How could I get cross with that cheeky face ?

Bottoms Up ...

Bottoms Down ...

On the balance bar .... and No, I don't still have it !


It was more fun to jump off and pull silly faces !


A lovely weekend had by all, lots of fun, lots of laughter, lots of happy tiredy children !

Friday, 9 April 2010

My Boy Archie ...


... has been a very, very poorly boy and the reason ?

He's had a nasty infection somewhere in his body which thankfully, has responded to being pumped full of antibiotics. He's also been on a drip as he's not eaten or drunk for a couple of days.
He's been looked after by the staff at the Vet Centre where I started my working life about twelfty hundred years ago, the head vet is the same young vet that started his career too all those years ago .... almost 30 to be exact !!!!

We got him home tonight & it's so lovely to have him back with us, I've been a bit lost without him if truth be told. He's very sleepy and not 100% but hopefully he'll be back to his normal boingy, bouncy self very soon.

Boo has had her 6th Birthday and she had a lovely time with lots of family & friends around. It's been pretty hectic at 23BeechHill but I will post some pics of all the frivolities very soon.
And, once the Easter Hols are done and dusted for another year, I'll hopefully be back to crafting. My mojo has gone on his hols again !

Hope you've all had a great Easter !