Sometimes it’s hot and sometimes it’s not

On June 18, 2018June 17, 2018 By bertie bossybootsIn HappeningsLeave a comment

Hello everybody, it’s Bertie here.

Some days last week were nice. When Mummy got home she put us out in the garden int he runs and it was very nice. She put the covers across the cages depending on how hot it was and how late it was. Later the sun doesn’t seem quite so warm.

I had the middle run this week, between Roscoe & Neville near the fence, and Biggles nearest the path. It was nice to see everybody but I find the sky a bit scary, so I rested in the tunnel or under my tent when there wasn’t anything else to do.

The grass seems to be getting a bit dry. I suppose I shouldn’t complain, but it is. Mummy said the grass under the plum tree is very dry, even dryer than mine. We didn’t go out yesterday because it was a ‘bit cool’ as Mummy says, and she brought us in some grass. There wasn’t very much, and most of it was drying, but it was very tasty all the same.

Mummy says we need rain, but only at night. I’m not sure that’s the way it works, Mummy.

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Grass and yummy things but no sunshine yet

On April 16, 2018April 15, 2018 By PercyIn Food3 Comments

Hello everybody. Percy here again. Although Bertie did ask me if he could start blogging again. He may be back soon, just wait till he has something to talk about other than himself.

It’s been a funny week. Mummy seemed to hope we’d be getting out in the garden this weekend, but it didn’t happen. Roscoe reported she’d been outside without her coat on, so we were hopeful, but she said the grass was too damp for us. She did bring us in a big handful on many days, and it was a little damp, but it was freshly picked and very yummy. Saturday she brought us in fresh leaves with roots. I think she calls them weeds, but there was dandelion, sow thistle and chickweed among other things. Then yesterday we had a lot of leaves she grows for us in the garden. Chard, radicchio, salsify (yum), and also some others we weren’t too keen on. A bit too strong for our delicate tastes. It was great to have fresh leaves, though.

Mummy had a good look at my teeth yesterday and asked me why I had my lower jaw over to the right. I didn’t know, it just did that of its own accord. She felt around my jawline and said she thought my lump had gone down my neck a bit, and wrapped around the hinge of my jaw. She’s started giving me metacam again. Seems all right to me. I thought you’d like to know, though.

I hope we go out on the grass this week. Keep your fingers crossed for us, please.

Grass! Sunshine! And rain …

On April 9, 2018April 8, 2018 By geordieroscoeIn Hygiene3 Comments

Mornin’ all, Roscoe here. I’ve a lot to tell you about today.

First off, it’s been sunny in the week. Mam went outside into the garden for a bit, several times each day, and left the door open. It was okay, I reckon, but she said the grass was too wet for runnin’ on yet. But she brought us some in, three days runnin’. That was yummy. She was expectin’ we could go out yesterday, but the rain came again, and we couldn’t. Toes crossed for today.

Saturday me and Nev had an excitin’ time. We went upstairs to a room we’d not been in yet, called the bathroom. There was lovely warm water in the bath to play in. I liked it a lot, and so did Nev. He explored both ends. I thought about jumpin’ out, but the walls were very high. Then Mam poured water over us, then some other stuff and gave us each a good massage. Oooh, that felt good. I wasn’t so keen on her liftin’ me up so she could do my bottom end, but no problem, really. Then she poured warm water over us again for a bit, before all the water disappeared and she wrapped us in a cloth and put us somewhere else for a few minutes. Then she wrapped us in drier cloths and took us downstairs for a cuddle, both together.

That lasted a long time, and she gave us a good rub with the red towel. Mam was watchin’ summat called Jimnastics on the picture box. Sounded good. Then she sat us on her lap right up close to the picture box and blew warm air over us with a white noisy thing. It was fine once I got used to it.

Then we went back into our nice clean cage, and she laughed and said she should rename me Fluffy. No thanks, Mam, it’s Roscoe now and forever, thanks.

Yesterday I think Biggles and some of the others had their turn. I guess this is all part of that spring-cleanin’ lark she did all through the weekend before.

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It’s smelling like spring

On March 26, 2018March 25, 2018 By geordieroscoeIn Happenings1 Comment

Way-aye, Roscoe here.

It’s been another quiet week. I’ve been getting a little bit bored with it, to tell the truth. Mam’s been out quite a bit, or busy with people calling her on that funny box she uses to talk to them. I think it’s people she’s talking to, any rate.

We’ve not any more grass from the garden lately, something to do with the white snow that covered it. We did get a wee bit on Saturday, though. Mam had been out all day, and the day before, and before that too, so maybe she was making it up to us, like. She’d been in at night, though. Not like the other week. She gave Neville a haircut the other day though.

Any rate, she was in all day yesterday. She spent some time outside doing noisy things. We could hear he cos she left the door open. We could hear the birds and smell the air. It smelled good.

I hear Percy let on that Neville and I had a bit of an argument the other day. We didn’t really. I just told Nev what he ought to do like, and he disagreed. So we talked about it for a while. I’ve no idea how he got that little spot behind his ear. It’s nothing to do with me, honest.

Mam said that if the grass was dry enough we could go out on it when it got warm so she could sit out without a coat on. So she’s going out without a coat on, but she’s not sitting. Okay. I see. I think. Get sitting, will you?

We had Grass!

On February 6, 2017February 6, 2017 By PercyIn Food3 Comments

Percy here. Not much happened this week, except we said goodbye to Auntie Dawn’s Atticus, which was very sad. We’re just waiting for news of whether she found someone else needing a good home yesterday.

The most exciting thing that happened to us was that Mummy brought in some fresh grass from the garden for us. Here’s Midge enjoying his (and Kevin with his in the other photo).

Mummy’s still sad

On April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 By KevinIn Happenings, Health3 Comments

Kevin here today. Percy did a jolly good job last week, didn’t he? He asked me to take over today because we came out of mourning on Friday and he wasn’t sure what to say.

Neither am I, of course. It seems a long time since Dylan left us to go over the Rainbow Bridge, but it seems Mummy’s only really been realising it over the past couple of weeks. She told me she couldn’t believe he’d gone and it was because he missed Dougall so much, and I think for the first four weeks she was really numb, you know? And she said for the last week or so she’s been crying because he’s gone, and she missed his geeky face looking at at her, and him trying to bite her nose – just playfully, of course.

I miss him when we’re out on the grass. There are only the four of us, which means we have lovely big runs, and because Oscar and Midge can’t be left together I stay with Midge, and Percy runs around with Oscar. Oscar still tries to shake the fence down between us. He’s a scamp. I get on fine with Midge, unless he’s trying to be bossy. But I miss Dylan, and I miss Colman too, when we’re outside most of all. But I reckon they’re having a great time over the Rainbow Bridge and Col hasn’t got any arthuritis to slow him down, so that’s good. I’m having the nice biscuits he had for his arthuritis, one after cuddle time every day, and they’re very tasty. I’m not having tubejuice any more, which is good too. I wish Mummy would sort out the top of the ramp tunnel, though, it seems to need some glue or something.

Anyway, it just shows that seven weeks may sound a long time but someone very wise knew what they were doing when they made that our tradition.

Mummy took some videos of us on Friday and said she’d put them on our Youtube page. So if she has, she’ll tell you how to get there at the end of this message.

Have a nice week. Let’s hope the sun shines and the grass isn’t too wet. 🙂

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