My new grandpups

  

                         

Yes bloggy friends I am a grandma again :-) My daughter Trilby gave birth to five beautiful puppies three weeks ago and they are growing fast! They have moved from the quiet room where they were born to the kitchen now so they can get used to all the sounds and smells and sights of the home and we have all had a chance to touch noses.

                         

            But Trilby is still feeding them and we are not allowed to play with them just yet. 

                           

                                         Here are some photos of them taken today :-)

                               

                                                                    A little boy

                                

                                                             One of his brothers

                                

                                                                  The other brother

                                 

                                                                One of the girls

                                  

                                                                      And her sister

By next week they should be big enough to come out and explore the house a bit more - then the fun will begin BOL.

 

Tour de Yorkshire

                        

Last year the Tour de France cycle race started here in our home county of Yorkshire and all the peeps thought it was great fun and there were lots of celebrations all round the towns and villages. Anyway the peeps decided it would be even more fun to have a race every year just in Yorkshire!! So this year was the first Tour de Yorkshire and even better for us Stage 2 of the race set off from Selby which is a market town not far from the village where we live. So Judith and me went to watch the cyclists set off and enjoy the decorations round the town.

                          

                           

                           

There were yellow and blue cycles everywhere decorating shop windows and even the Abbey!

                             

                              

                               

                           The three swans are the symbol of Selby from many centuries ago.

                                

                                 

                                    And the blue flag with the white rose is the Yorkshire flag 

I was there at the start to watch the cyclists setting off and there were crowds and press everywhere.

                                   

                                                     

                                   

                                    

                                                             This was team Wiggins 

                      Barry Wiggins is a famous UK cyclist - second on the right of the Wiggins team. 

                                   

The only trouble with the bikes is they go so fast - one minute there were hundreds and then - 

                                     

                                                                    They were gone !

                                      

                                                        But there is always next year  BOL

     

    

      

Walk among the bluebells

                            

Yesterday the sun came out and it was a beautiful morning for a stroll in the woods so Leigh took me through to Brayton Barff to see the bluebells. They are just coming out but are very pretty to see.

                             

                              

                               

                     There were some lovely little white flowers under one of the trees too.

                                 

Not many peeps or dogs out that early so I had the woods to myself really to furtle about and enjoy all the lovely smells.

                               

                               

                               

                                

As well as the flowers there were so many birds singing - it was lovely to hear them. We even saw a little Robin looking for insects on the pathway.

                                

On the way back Leigh managed to get a photo of two swallows who arrived in our village last week. I hope they are not going to get a shock today as it has got really cold and windy again! 

                                           

                                

I am hoping the warm Spring weather comes back soon for the swallows and for our fun walks!

                               

      

    

My 5th Birthday

                                    

This was the birthday card that Leigh made for me yesterday when I celebrated my fifth birthday. I had a lovely day enjoying the sun and plenty of snoozes and then all my lovely presents too.

                                     

              Here I am showing off my new pearly necklace for special occasions BOL

                                              

                                             And my lovely sparkly tag for my collar :-)

                                

                                              And best of all the munchies and toys!!

                     The fish skin cubes were the best ever and I did share them with the others too.

At the weekend I also had a special day out for a day of scent work with Judith and that was great fun. I had a go at learning how to seek out hidden cheesy titbits in a big hall with lots of boxes and baskets and other hiding places. The best sort of game ever!!

                                

                               

                              

                                 

But it was quite tiring and I was ready for a good nap after all that searching and munching!

                                  

   

A River Walk

                          

This is the River Wharfe which runs by the town of Wetherby in Yorkshire. On Saturday our peeps took me and Crybbe to meet a friend for a country walk by the river and we had a good furtle along the way :-)

                           

                           

  

                            

                                   There were craggy cliffs along one side of the path.

                             

                                                     And bridges to walk under.

                             

   It is still early Spring here so not many flowers to see but we found these little yellow ones:

                              

After the walk it was back into the town for my peeps to have lunch and we found a good restaurant which allowed us to come in and rest under the table upstairs while lunch was served :-)

                                

                                

                                  I got so settled I was not so pleased to get moving again BOL

                               

But the sun came out and I got a chance to pose with the flowers in the market place: