Friday, August 20

Of Puppies and Parrots . . . .



Knitting chipmunks wearing their Victorian inspired swimming costumes seems to be the closest I can get to joys of Summer right now.

Okay, what has happened to the rest of the Summer?

The weather here on Dartmoor is atrocious, with thick white mist and constant rain.  Charley is staring out of the window with a look of complete disbelief wondering why he can't go outside and get completely drenched, as is obviously his right. I am wondering why the season has changed so rapidly and in the middle of August?  Surely we can expect some sunshine around about now?

We've been very lucky recently, with visits from friends and a trip to meet up with Charley's family.  We have kept in touch with Charley's breeder, and in fact have become friends with Jane and her household of many animals. When we knew that two of her poodles were about to give birth, we offered to selflessly pop over and help 'socialise' them prior to their departure to their new families.  So, one afternoon 2 weeks ago we drove over to Newton Abbot and along with Charley, met up with 16 standard poodle pups. It was adorable!

A puddle of poodle pups, 6 weeks old



Charley was congratulated on dealing so well with all the puppies but really made it plain he wasn't into the youngsters, although the three kittens did hold his attention.  He was far happier though being with his mum and sister ~ although you can see from his sisters face that she wasn't too keen on being photographed right then!




We've also had a couple of visits from the ever fabbie KnitNurse  and her wonderful travelling parrot! Pippa gets rather bored and now has a swish backpack cage so she can accompany her owner on trips out and about.  It is a bijou travel case, just perfect for those times when you want to nip along to see a friend or two . .



Needless to say Charley was very interested in Pippa. And luckily she reciprocated with lots of wolf whistles and calls.  It seems that these two are going to be the best of buddies . . . . .