A Snowy Day

 On Monday evening it suddenly started to snow and the dogs all ran outside to see what was happening. By the next morning there was a good covering of snow in the garden but it was already beginning to thaw. Astrid has never seen snow before and was intrigued by the change in the landscape but was soon enjoying playing in the cold white stuff with no concerns for the snowflakes in her beard. 

The night time snowfall 

Pip checking out the snow on the lawn

The garden in the morning sunlight

The viburnum blossom hidden in snow 

The intrepid affenpinschers exploring the snowy landscape 

Checking out the snow on the hay bales 

Phoebe with a snowy face 

Archie feeling the snowballs forming in his fur

Pip

Astrid 

Archie 

Pip

Aoife in her PJs making a quick return to the warm house

By the afternoon the snow had all vanished but it is very cold now and frosty nights forecast. 

Holiday Visitors

Mabel and Kaspar are here for a little holiday break with young Flynn, staying with their Darksprite family. Mabel is Trilby's younger sister and Kaspar is Trilby’s son. They have been visiting many times over the years and are quite at home here. It is lovely for us to see them regularly and their relatives enjoy meeting up with them again too. 

Here in Yorkshire the weather is getting colder now but bright and all the dogs have been having a fun time in the garden among the autumn leaves. 

Moth keeping an eye on the family as always! 

Mabel and her nephew Archie watching the young affens playing.

Mabel and her favourite ball.

Phoebe on the hay bales with Moth and Astrid 

A little robin came to see the dogs too.

Handsome Flynn, Astrid’s brother.

Flynn with leaf accessory.

And some B&W portraits of our visitors too. 

Kaspar 

Mabel 

Flynn 

A fine day at the Dog Field

Yesterday was the first day for a whole week that we saw the sun. It had been dull and cloudy every day until then…no wind even just mist and cloud. The dogs were so happy to see the sunshine and we took them down to the dog field for a run around and a good sniff! 

Leonardo and Fíadh having a race

Astrid loves running too 

Even Aoife who is nearly 14 years old enjoyed a run!

Her daughter Saoirse was worried Aoife had tired herself out.

But she was fine after a little rest. 

 Vita found a huge molehill to dig out 

Theodora thought it was time for treats! 

Archie ❤️

Leonardo ❤️

Danny ❤️ 

Aoife ready to go home ❤️

Hallowe’en Pumpkins and Bandanas

Yesterday was Hallowe’en and Judith had been busy carving pumpkins and making bandanas for all the dogs. We had 4 holiday guests with us - Mabel who isTrilby’s younger sister, Kaspar who is Trilby’s son, Flynn who is Astrid’s brother and Daphne who is Phoebe’s daughter and sister to Leonardo and Theodora. Here are some photos of the family in their fun bandanas: