Happy 14th Birthday to Mr Toad!

 I can't believe that my special boy is 14! He is my little shadow and the sweetest most lovely dude 💙😎 It is one of the few things that is positive about being in lockdown, I have been able to spend a lot more time with the dogs especially when Brodie has been so poorly recently with his pancreatitis flare ups. We have had such cold weather recently with it plummeting to -8 degrees on occasions and the snow and ice has only just gone! It was nice not having to bath dogs after walks for a change! Although not as much snow as my Mum and sister who sent this amazing photo of the snow drifts on their lane 😱

Brodie enjoyed doing some freework on his birthday, this was him checking afterwards that he had found all the food! 

We emptied our garden buckets and Matt made them into an ice sculpture! This lasted for days and has only just melted today now its got warmer.

Please excuse the manky veg bed, its been too soggy or frozen to do anything with it for months!

We have had some beautiful sunrises recently as well! I love the pink clouds in this

And despite having no eggs I made a chocolate cake for Valentines day! It is very tasty! 

I managed to catch a sneaky photo of Spark who went and fetched her cushion and then had a sleep on it! 

And these two are just adorable!! Perfect for Valentines Day ❤

Yesterday when we went out walking I spotted this tunnel on someones drive (people leave stuff out for the scrap van that does the rounds) but as they say one mans rubbish is another mans treasure so I carried it home! Its about 1.5m and will be perfect for hoopers! 

Snow, grooming, food and jumps!

 I finally managed to get some photos of snowflakes on the dogs hair! I have been trying for a while and yesterday it snowed all day so I managed to get these

I also got some fun snow photos on our walk across the field!

Cheeky tongue! 💛

Beautiful Bean! 💚

Mr Toad! Can't believe he is 14 tomorrow! 💙

Miss Sparkle 💜

The last week has involved lots of yummy food...some baking, a visit to the bank, our weekly visit to Harpenden and also the most lovely surprise!! Rupert was my little helper on my trip to the bank, we also got a coffee from one of my favourite places and Bru wanted to say hi to the dogs waiting! 

Brodie toad got to do the Harpenden walk as he is feeling a wee bit better this week thank goodness

We did roast beef in the slow cooker and it was lovely and such a feast! 

I also baked some ginger cookies and they were probably my most professional looking batch yet!

They are also very popular with the dogs!! 😂

My lovely surprise was a box of the most beautiful cupcakes left on the bonnet of the van by one of my lovely clients! She is a brilliant cook and I would highly recommend Julies Cake Company in St Albans, not only do they taste delicious they look too pretty to eat! 

Yesterday I decided to give all the dogs a brush and do their nails, they were needing it!

I've actually been out in the garden over the last week before it snowed again! I managed to weed the patio and one flower bed and chop some dead stuff back.

The Peony is coming back to life!

The patio before weeding, it needed doing!

The flower bed all tidy finally!

The garden was also dry enough use the grass! So I finally got round to filming my retrieve video for J9 and also doing some jump work with the younger two dogs!

They were very tired afterwards! 

Bru has taken to sleeping here which is cute!

Snow spam!

 We have had some snow! It started during my walk yesterday morning (Matt stayed at home to look after Brodie as he is still having a pancreatitis flare up. By the time I got back with the other three it was snowing quite heavily and Toad enjoyed a potter in the garden! 

The morning started with a heavy frost

And we ended up with a few inches of snow! 

And of course we had to go and play in the garden!! 

This is possibly my fav photo! Toad has been feeling so rough but really enjoyed playing in the snow!

During the week I made some chocolate cookies, now thinking of what I can bake next? 😁

I also managed to finish another puzzle!  I'm not sure why it is sideways though! 

I have also been reading Captain Toms autobiography that my Mum got me for Christmas, he has lead such an interesting life! 

Thanks to everyone asking about Toad, he has been having a bad flare up which has meant many sleepless nights and him feeling very sorry for himself. In some ways its a relief that Im not working as the weather is so bad that I would be cancelling anyway and at least I can spend some sofa time with Toad 💙

I ventured out for a snowy walk with the younger two this morning and got some cool photos, sorry for the photo spam! 

Our road this morning

They found a friend on the fields!