I been on hollingdays ....... a taste of my reports to come!!

Hiya all,

I have not been around much because we have been on HOLLINGDAYS!!!!! I'm going to do full reports for you - but mum said I'm allowed to give you a little taste of things to come:

Me and some Pelli-cans

We lived in the PKW

I perfected my "deep sea swimming" !!

I made lots of furiends in the caravan park!!

So get ready ...... details to come!!

More Birdie FUNS (with my cousins this time)!!!

Hiya all,

Just a quick one for your viewing and listening pleasure. Here you will see my naughty, cheeky, "top-knot pigeon" knocking at the dining room window. This time my cousins Scarlet (red collar) and Zoe (orange collar) were there to participate in all the funs.

Be warned (mum said I have to warn you ..... ) this video contains high pitched mini schnauzer voices. Can be known to crack wine glasses and make human ears bleed. REALLY MUM ??!! You do know how to exaggerate!!!!

The Heat is ON!!!

Hiya all,

Today we are forecast another day of over 43 C (110F) temperatures. We are seriously baking here.

You know I'm hot and "past it" when I hide from dad dad in the mornings when he wants to take me for a walk to do "my business".  I bury my head into my animal cushions on the couch and think I can do "my business" in the garden today. Four steps and I can be back in air-conditioning!!

Mum is working full-time on keeping the plants and garden going and helping the wild birdies stay alive.

Our Birdie-bath is the place be be if you are wild bird around these parts.

When that gets overcrowded....

Mum has cleaned out the Birdie-bath that she doesn't use anymore and fills it fresh every day. See how Bidies "puff" when they get hot just like us Dawgs!

She even puts out extra plastic trays ...... and if the bigger birds HOG it.....

She puts out more so the little birdies can drink without getting pecked at...

So - we are still kickin' here in Adelaide.

Me and the Birdies.

Stuff that is going on in my Garden.

Hiya all,

Mum and dad dad were so proud. Their Nectarine Tree developed a huge BUMPER crop of yummers fruit that looked great.

See - that's the tree behind me in the very hot sunshine.

We are still puffing(dawgs) and schwitzing(peeps) here in our record high temperatures. 

See the beautifuls sweet fruits on the tree. The peeps were lickin' their lips looking forward to them.

Then these feathered guys moved on in and ......

Soon the fruits were lookin' like this !!

And the pavers smelt good with shredded Nectarine stuff spewed everywhere!!

Mum and dad dad were not happy ..... but I pointed out that the birdies were just trying to feed their little birdies!! (plus eat a little themselves)

The peeps were not happy my furiends.

So I direct your attention to the vegie patch.

Here we are having more success. The old sheets are preventing the scorching sun from stewing the tomatoes and frying the leaves in the 40 (104F) plus temperatures.

Here is my favourite patio tomato bush. It produces little baby cherry tomatoes which I can pick myself!!

But mum didn't like it when I started ripping off bits of the branches to get to them!! Bol! So now SHE does the picking for me.

Oh Yummers!

See - those birdies didn't get these!! Yaaahoooo!

And there are plenty more to come on yet.

I know Frankie and Ernie's mom will be very jelly to see our Tomatoes ..... they are very cold over there at the moment. Warm up soon Aunty Lana!!

Back to the BEACH - Before it gets too HOT!

Hiya my furiends,

Like my new Ruby Harness?? This was one of my Xmas gifts and the first time I got to use it was yesterday - when we hit the beach.

I know that my o/s furiends and family are having all sorts of strife with polar vortex's and just generally freezin' your furry butts off ... but we are having the opposite issues here.

We have got through a week of temps that were 40 degrees C (104F) and up to 45 (113F). Mum's tomatoes made it through (she is happy to report) but only JUST.

We had a week off to recover - back to normal summer temps (around 33 C av, 92F). Now we are going back to baking. They have forecast another week or more of very hot hot temps, with little reprieve overnight. Boy - we are gonna be KRANKY!

The big news is that yesterday mum had the bright idea to take me to the beach ..... and I said YES PAWLEEEESE!!! 

Are we there yet???? (Only took 10 minutes!!)

Woo-Hooo - Chuck the ball dad dad!!!

I loves chasing the tennis ball on the beach.

I got a lot of socialising done - these were big doggies. The doggie at the bottom of the picture is a "stumpy tail cattle dog" and we had a lot of fun together.

I loved runnings in the shallows to get my ball.

Then we spotted a group of Dolphins swimming and surfing really close to shore!!

Then I played "dolphins" by swimming in the rock pools with my mum.

Having a rest on a rock in the rock pool.

Dad dad was throwing the ball for me in the rock pools too!

This little doggie was helping me dry off - and it actually barked more than me!!

What a great time - I had to be rinsed off in the baff tub at home - then mum massaged some of my nice leave in conditioner into my skin and furs. That was nice too.

Then a BIG NAP was required.

Hope my post helped to make you thaw a bit - and believe it or not - mum is thinking about planning a holiday to the SNOW this year !!!!

She's just NUTS!

Be BRAVE ....... it's Baby PEEP Day!!

Look - I know some of you dawgs out there are very brave when it comes to little and baby Peeps .... but not I. I didn't have much exposure to small and smallish peeps while I was a wee pup .... then when I got older and starting getting' out to parks and stuff .... I came across these small peeps - who spent a great deal of time squealing, shouting, flinging their arms about, and worst of all .... doing these things while rushing to me!!! 

So you can imagine - I am not good today with little peeps. I do not trust easy.... and my timid side really comes to the fore.

So this day - mum pulled me aside and told me that we were getting special visitors .... and one of them was a Baby Peep and a child peep too ...... and that I had to be good and brave.

Firstly - when they arrived I did a lot of barking (ear piercing loud barking) to let them all know I was VERY UNSURE about their arrival. Mum was not happy with this..... but it's what I do!

Eventually - the barking stopped. 

Let me introduce Baby Peep Gemma. Her mum and my mum used to work together for the Government. They now live in Queensland and are two plane trips away from us.

I needed a little bit of treat encouragement to get in the same shot as Baby Gemma.

See getting a little closer.

I especially like the tum rubs!!!

Mum was happy to be slobbering all over the little Peep - and even offered to KEEP HER (!!!! :-0 )

I dunno about that - nothing terrible happened to me during the visit ...... and she was kinda cute .....

But Keeping her....... I don't think her mum would like that !!

At one stage Gemma was lying on my rug and I went right up and sniffed her! Strange new smells indeed.

But the visit was over and they had to go back home. Mum said I was Brave - but said I could have been a little Braver .... 

Something to work on I guess my furiends!

Bye for now xxx

There's no use KNOCKING........Mr BIRDIE .........

Do you get this kinda stuff goin' on at your place???

We gets these strange knockin' noises, mainly in the mornings. It's very spooky.

This is the commotion at the Bay Window, in the main bedroom.

Don't try lookin' SWEET Mr Birdie - I ain't lettin' you in!!

We even made this little video for your viewing pleasure.

I gotta say, this cheeky birdie has also tried to get in via the Family Room window, and the Kitchen window -lucky the glass is strong!!

When I have had enough, I run outside and scare him away!!

Bye Bye BIRDIE!!