Delayed award!

Hello everybloggie,

Sally back again - my paws are better - still have a little rash on my belly - but it too is getting better.  I want to thank everyone for their concern and best wishes - it helped me get better.  Paddy was a good blogger and he may get a chance to blog again - he has been with us over a month now so that makes him officially ours! Here he is with a very odd 'smile' ...

 I would like everybloggee to know that i am ok with him.  I even let him sleep near me on the communal dog bed.  

Now I have been awarded the Kreativ Blog Award by our lovely Italian pal Lucia - she is one of the sweetest bloggers we know - but she is an airedale and they are quite special!  I hope she and her ragazza are ok - I know this has been a difficult time for their family.  

Well they were super wonderful and awarded us this a little while ago - but our very slow computer typist has been busy with other things!  She has no sense of priorities.  

The Kreativ Blogger Award....Here are its rules:

1. Post it on your blog and link to the doggie that gave it to you. 2. List sette(seven) things you love. 3. List seven blogs you love. 4. Email or comment on the blogs you love to let them know you've given them an award.

Since there are officially two of us now - we will list 7 things we both love.....

1. We both love to eat food - Paddy adores any meat that is roasted - I am partial to Pasta dishes

2. We both love to go for rides in the car - I sit like a little lady on the back seat.  Paddy sticks his silly head out the window and has been known to try to jump out of the car to greet passing dogs - this makes D nervous...

3. We both love to sleep - and we both like to have our bellies in the air when we sleep 

4. We love greeting our humans in the morning - we both jump on the bed and give lots of licks.  Sometimes we get carried away and fall off the bed - but once I got excited and held C in a head lock and licked him silly!  

5. We love meeting new people/dogs - I love meeting new people (potential food sources) and Paddy loves meeting new dogs (potential bum slappees)  - when Paddy wants to play with a dog - he starts spinning round and bum smacks their face.  We will try and get it on film - because it really cracks us up...

6. We are both anarchists - generally we are very clean dogs - but I love having 'accidents' on my D's coronation rug - usually smack dab on the Royal Insignia - and Paddy loves to wee on the tyres of any expensive 4x4.   He ignores the old beaters (maybe it reminds him of the moving kennel, ie D and C's car) We had to really move him along today cause he sensed there was a BMW X5 in his personal space....

7. We saved the best to last... WE LOVE BLOGGING AND WE LOVE OUR FELLOW BLOGGEES....

So now we have to list 7 blogs we love - we love them all so this is very difficult for us - but we will choose a few that we think haven't received this....

1. Jackson's World - he may have received this already - but we are hoping that by bestowing this on him - it might entice him into blogging soon - 'cause we miss him.  

2. Massimiliano - he is our new found friend from Hong Kong - his family have had some tough moments recently - so we hope this helps cheer him up and let him know we are thinking about him

3. Tula - she is one big and very cute Akita - and she is a rescue like us!  Plus she always uses fun cartoon effects...

4. Paco and Milo - our new friends from Italy - plus it is Paco's birthday - so Buon Compleanno and tanti auguri...

5. Merci - she is a little rescue Fox terrier like us - and she hasn't been too well and we would like to cheer her up and ask her to blog soon!

6. Autumn - a sweet lakie Rescue - she is moving home and poor thing she is surrounded by boxes - she needs  pleasant diversion - like blogging!

7. Eric Square Dog - he is a real cutie and we were hoping to meet him at the Fox Terrier Fun Walk - it was his barkday recently - so big barks to him and we hope he will teach us how to place our awards on the side of our blog...he is a very Kreativ Blogger!

Well that was just a selection of blogs we enjoy reading ... the world really is a small place 

We hope all our bloggee friends are enjoying their sundays - we send lots of licks

Sally and Paddy

Paddy reporting about the Lake District

Hello everyone,

Paddy reporting today - Sally has problems with her paws again and she won't be able to type.  She is wearing little girls socks - sadly the socks in this household seem to go astray - so Sally isn't wearing matching ones.  D thinks they escape from the dryer - maybe it is like Colditz and they tunnel their way out of the dryer?   Well here is Poor Little Sally:

Sally is looking very sorry for herself - so we all hope she gets better soon and her paws clear up.  

Well, we had a very busy week!  After having lots of fun in Salzburg at the wedding of the century - we were off to the Lake District!  D and C love this area of England and love to go hiking.  D also likes all the Antique shops and small little Junk Shops along the way.   She bought lots of embroidered tablecloths - which is odd as she never uses them...go figure.

Well, it was a very wet and windy week - so in most of the photos I have sticky uppy ears - we walked lots and ate at a lot of Pubs - I really like going to a Pub after a walk and eating something - D and C drank local Ales and we all left with rosy cheeks.  

We did a lot of walking and sightseeing - so I will try and pick out the highlights - otherwise this would be one very long blog....

Here I am sitting on the doorstep of our little cottage - the two legged ones take forever to get ready - I couldn't wait....

We were ready for any walk - here is us trying to pull D up the road to get a move on...

We were staying near Wastwater (England's deepest lake) in the shadow of Scafell Pike (England's highest mountain) - we did go for hikes in the hills - but the wind stopped us from going up the really high peaks as everyone was afraid we would be blown off the mountain - and at times it really did feel like we might be.  I was really good on the hikes - although I have my sight impairment - I have all the spirit to make it up those mountains - here I am on the way to Great Gable - we are overlooking Wastwater - it was beautiful...

We did make it down and very predictably ended up in the pub - I got a lot of attention - but no Ale - very unfair...

At Wastwater is the smallest church in England - it is called St. Olaf's - we went in and said prayers for  all our friends and family - it was a time of great reflection - I sat peacefully too - although I did want to water the Yew trees outside - sorry...

We also spent an afternoon at the beach - Sally really let her fur down and ran like mad.  D had an idea I was ready for some off leash time - so she let me off and I ran straight towards Scotland - they caught up with me and I was put back on.  It was a fun game for me - I was going to Scotland to visit all my Scottish pals...D didn't understand...

Here is Sally and me at the beach - it was very windy!! No bucket and spade for us I am afraid 

We visited several towns but I thought I would point out a special place for my friends on the other side of the pond - in Whitehaven there is a plaque commemorating Mildred Gale - paternal Grandmother of George Washington - who was from Virginia but went to Whitehaven where she now rests.  Sally wanted to head to the coffee shop - she isn't one for history I am afraid!  

While we were at Whitehaven we saw a really funny bunch of geese hanging outside the YWCA - not sure what interested them - but I sure hope it was fun.

I had a wonderful time - and we were out every day - plus we were allowed in the pubs and restaurants - I even got let into a few historic buildings - my favourite was an old working mill - where I got angry at the resident cat and paid no attention to the nice man - but in my defence he started it - I was minding my own business when he came right over and smacked me in the face!!!   Hows that for Northern hospitality?  Maybe he was jealous of my rakish good looks...

Anyway - I was really pooped at the end of each day and pretty much ended them fast asleep in front of the TV.  

Well thats it for now - we all hope Sally gets better soon - lots of licks

Paddy