Life in the fast lane

When your out and about and sitting on the back seat of the car, as you all know I do...

When you travel a long road.

 Always make sure you have something good to nibble along the way.

Call me spoilt if you want, I'm on my way to see a very important pup.

The Caterpillar called Chops. Tell you all about it later in the week.
Lots of luv AMES X

The lesser spotted tree surgeon seen in South Devon.

Not often I wake up on a gloriously sunny day and find someone in a tree outside the cottage window.
The lesser spotted tree surgeon isn't often seen around here.

Once on the ground they tend to be pretty nimble, skipping along the river bank, you have to be quick to photograph them.

Then straight up a tree again.
Blending back into the undergrowth.

It's been so like Summer the past three days it's been far too good to stay inside.

The bee's are back. Except, this one which was flying around our kitchen. Our new floor looks great but it can't be that interesting to a beautiful queen bee. Gently captured and put out in the garden to roam.

We even have strawberry plants in flower.Growing Tomato plants.Especially snapped for Caroline, our tomato contest is still going. As I haven't been around in blog land this week I have lots to catch up on, especially Caroline's blog to see how her plants are growing.

Good weather also brings Frank out into the garden, the tweeting of nesting birds is a thrill far too good to miss.  He's another year old, hopefully slower this year. Or hopefully the birds will be quicker.

Where ever you are this weekend, if your out in the sun enjoy the weather while it lasts. 

Door ways.

We needed some time off, that's just what we have had this weekend.
I bet your wondering who is standing at this door. I'll admit, it was a few years ago, this is one of the photo's we had in the attic. Karina is a few years older, so is Mark. We no longer have our black Labrador Grace or little Pops.  Grace would also appear when her other name of Disgrace was used.
Pops was a rescue. I went to the shop one day and came back with a Cocker spaniel that I literally picked up from the road. It's a very long story, just lets say, Pops spent six happy years with us. We were so upset when she went. We were never ever going to have another dog.  Unless of cause it was female, black and white and a spaniel....

A bit like AMIE SOTO BLOSSOM.

Amie might be an old girl now, but she is still first at the door when we have visitors. 
Unless she's asleep.

Quality time on the beach this weekend catching up with Becca and Mark.

For all Stonehenge fans.

Becca and Mark have exactly the same car as us. Same make, same colour, same year.

Even the same kind of keys. But not neccessily the same when the car keys have been swapped over.
We were a few days too late for April Fools day, although it had the same effect. Mark couldn't understand why he couldn't get into his car...

Not every one was fooled.
Say bye-bye Ames, we'll see Mark and Becca again soon.

There are lots of shaggy dog stories around, meet Bungle. A new dog on the block in blog land. 

How to file your best friends nails sneakily

It's so good to be able to show you a bear again.

The size of a bear in a photograph can be deceiving.

See what I mean. I didn't make this little guy, I won him in a Benson Bears giveaway a few weeks ago.

How I could be so lucky. I gushed when I won him, but just like to gush again and say thank you to Linda from Benson Bears. Linda has more bears you can gush over at Bears in the Bush.  He travelled from Tasmania to Soggibottom  and arrived a few minutes before we took a large step to normality in the cottage from our burst under ground water pipe back in February.

We can't say we are sorry to see the back of grey concrete. Amie wasn't very impressed with it either, but it was a good way to file her claws. About the only positive thing that that a concrete floor has in it's favor.

Even my tardis cupboard under the stairs had to be removed. Everything that could be moved went to higher ground ready for our new floor.

Was it worth waiting for ?
Not sure if we really needed a leaky water pipe to start with or all the hassle that went with it.
Beautiful floor though.

Amie likes it.

We're slowly getting back to normal, things are returning to where they should be.
Isn't that right Mew ?

Tears and Sunday lunch.

Amie isn't really crying over her lunch, she needs her face washed.

Dinner wasn't that bad after all, let's just say she never left much.

Ames didn't have to fill this in today. The national census was a bit of a let down anyway. Didn't have to put how many cats or dogs. They did however want to know about your religion. It amazed me to know that there are so many Jedi , Dali Lama followers and Witches around in our village. Makes me wonder how many Jedi there are in England today.. One person who went past the cottage said they had written  that they were a Wiki Leak follower this morning.  If you want to know the results of today's census you will have to wait a hundred years to get the information.

There are buds bursting out everywhere, these are on our plum tree. In a few weeks I know one of us will be counting how many plums are on the tree and then blaming me when one goes missing.

Soggibottom is going to be missing from the blogging world for a few days. But only for a few. The week has arrived. Nearly six weeks of living without a working kitchen and an upside down cottage, we are getting ready for our new floor on Wednesday. Can you believe the weather forecast, it's going to rain all day...

Our garden could really do with some rain anyway... See you all later in the week. :-)

Let sleeping dogs dream of the beach.

 The best thing to do is to find a cosy spot out of the wind when every one is busy messing around in the garden..... Let sleeping dogs dream.......

of the beach.

Sandy crabs

It wasn't one of the best days to go walking on the beach.
Amie never really missed much...

Only one other person on the beach anyway.

All in all much better to stay at home and watch tomato's grow...

This tomato plant is especially for Caroline and our tomato challenge.

The cottage is still not quite as we know it.
I will have the camera in my hand and rolling when we have a new floor next week.
At least our garden is ready to roll for Spring.
Normal blogging and visiting will be resumed soon... 
Until then Ames really does have the right idea.

Was she dreaming of the beach?
Did she really know we had been on the beach without her ?
We knew and we missed her beside us.
Sometimes it really is best to let a dog sleep off their lunch...

No shoes

Chilling out this week...
Taking shoes off and Mew isn't watching any T.V NEWS.....