RUNNING.

Mabel : I think that's the warm weather over. It's also been raining a lot. But it didn't matter on Tuesday when we went to the beach. It was just brilliant. Lovely place for me to run. It's flat and it's like running on air. Had to have a wee seat and sit beside Pam for a while. I had been playing with my ball when Morris muscled in and took it. Then the idiot let it go and it went off with the current. He was trying to make up for diving in the water and disappearing. Came out spluttering. I had a chuckle. Pam's also been making us do brain-gym. I'm much better at it that him. I've worked out how to move all the pieces. Very proud.

Morris : I really like the water. What can I say? I am rather prone to losing stuff. That melon thing the other week. The ball this. It's just, I have the toy one minute and then I see something that attracts my attention and I open my mouth and run and that's it. As to the brain gym, I just get bored. She's so pushy. Sometimes I just give up and let her get o with it. We've still managed to chill a bit outside but, like she said, not much longer.

BOYS WILL BE BOYS!

Morris : I have had a lovely week. A lot of big, long runs and a lot of great food and magic company. It's been quite quiet this week. Common Riding is over, visitors are away and Pam went back to work......sort of. She's been doing a bit of Edinburgh Fringing. We've been helping Ewen combat some small visitors in our house...MICE. We help by keeping out of the way. He's caught five. That seems to be it. Paws crossed. Anyway, the past few mornings we've been walking with Uncle Gavin and Orry. My big pal. We run and run and chase and chase. Excellent. On Saturday we went to visit him at his house. Great fun again. We were exhausted.

Mirren : They are so rude. They NEVER let me play. They always say they're too rough for me. Too fast. Now that's wrong because I am way faster than either of them. They just don't want me to show them up. So I'm not allowed to join in or I'm ignored. Even in the picture. They're lying together, tongues out, panting. I'm to the side, on my own. Pam says they are just embarrassed that I show them up and to just ignore them and go chase something faster. Like a rabbit. He's my brother when there are just the two of us a home and then he treats me like this!!!! Not happy.

SUMMER OVER?

Morris: To be honest I'm exhausted. What with Common Riding, visitors, long early morning walks and hydro therapy, I don't need an excuse to hit the bed. Then on Sunday Pam came with us for a walk. Insisted we went to our favourite field. Took our coats in her pocket. Then she produced a new toy. A soft melon toy. Mabel looked like a kangaroo. She'd throw it up in the air and bounce to catch it. I tried to do the same. Took my eye of it for a second and lost it. Mabel wasn't impressed. We got home and found one of the coats had dropped out of Pam's pocket. Had to go back and do the walk AGAIN till she found it. Wiped.

Mabel : I wasn't happy about the lost toy. To be honest he is such a moan. It's just he prefers to spend his time horizontaly while I prefer some serious action. Even at hydro he was an embarrasment. He lounged all over Katie and then he rested his head on top of the tank and just looked sleepy. We were tired that mornng but really?????

COMMON RIDING 2024

Morris : We've been very busy this week. Pam's sister and brother-in-law came to stay. Strange having two more people in the house. They kept sitting iin our spaces. Very exhausting trying to get them to sit on the floor. It's also been Common Riding here. Lots of horses on our walk paths. Not impressed. They keep leaving poo. Ewen took us up the hill to see the horses when he was taking pictures.

Mabel : I am just too tired. Early walks. Pam getting dressed up. Visitors. Horses. I just need to sleep and get everything back to normal.