Sea-sausages

Ahoy landpuppers, it is I Pippa, back from the bottom of the sea!

Woof ahoy!

Hmm, it's been quite a while, so let me update you on the latest from the life of Cap'n Pip.

I turned 3, and someone forgot to blog about it...

Instead I got a creepy card, a bed, and some fun toys.

And I've been sailing around the North Sea...
(pic by Eve from a plane)

Trying to catch dolphins!

Woof, a big sea-sausage! (This is Archie, at Victoria Park)

This is just one of 50 fibreglass dolphins placed around Aberdeen this summer.

They all have different names and different styles, and have been organised by Wild in Art, the ARCHIE foundation and WDC.
At the end of the 10 weeks they're around town, they will be auctioned away, to raise money for various charities. To find out more, click here.

My mission this summer is to spot all 50 of them, with the help of my chums.

These are only a few of the ones we've found so far...

Trees a Crowd, at Westburn Park.

Funky D, at Johnstone Gardens.

Poppy, the WW1 dolphin, at the Gordon Highlanders Museum.

And there's plenty more for me to run around and see!

Quick, to the next one, woof!

However, if you want to see the real dolphins, the place to be is at the harbour, where they flip and flop over the waves.

The sea-sausages are here!

Unfortunately, we don't have any pictures of them, but I can assure you, there are billions of them... nearly!

Thanks for popping past today!

Cheerio,
Pippa :) wuf wuf

P.S. Our internet can still be a bit temperamental, so commenting could be slow.

I like seals!

Hello folks, Happy Easter, woof!
Have you all been having egg hunts? (Or poop-scoop hunts, for some?)

At Easter, there are lots and lots of baby animals being born all over Aberdeen, like this cute wee duckling we saw at Doonies Farm the other day. He was only 9 days old!

It's so fluffy!

So yesterday, I went to Newburgh, to look for a slightly different type of Easter baby animal...

Let's go! Woof!

It was lovely and quiet and sunny, (but maybe a bit too hot for a little, hairy sheltie like me!) and we didn't have to walk for long until we I found them. It was very exciting!

Woof, I can see them!

SEAL PUPS!!

There was a chain and a flag up so that we couldn't go any nearer (not that I wanted to disturb them!), and, although the zoom was trying it's hardest, these are the best pictures we could get.

Woof, they were making funny gurgling noises!

They were all just sunbathing in the beautiful sunshine, and some of them were wrestling, too! A few of the puppies looked a bit fluffy, but most of them had rolled into the water and gotten wet.

Every now and then, we'd see a shiny, grey head pop up from the water, spying on us, to make sure we weren't touching the pups.

It was pretty confusing, because I didn't really know what they were, but d'you know what?

I like seals!

Woof, they're funny thingies, those seals.

And, I like Newburgh!

Oooh, and I had an exciting experience in the sand dunes for the very first time, woof! I must say, I've never eaten so much sand in my life.

Cheerio,

Pippa :) wuf wuf

Hip-Pip-Hooray, it's Spring!

Woof!

Hello folks!

Yay, Spring is definitely here! All the pretty flowers are out, like on this big bush, which, as an aspiring horticulturist, I grew all by myself (ehem, woof...), and the birdies are all happy and chirpy.

AND, Mr Blue Sky and Mrs Sun have actually made an appearance. I mean, what?! They must have finally learnt their lesson after all my (polite) whining and woofing and barking. In fact, they've even made an effort to pop out for more than a second nearly each day!

Hippa-Pippa-Hooray!

Woof, I've been having a really good time...

At the beach...

In the hills...

At the park...

Licking my nose some more...

And, now that the weather's better, we decided to bring out the agility stuff again.
No, Eve, it was NOT a shock to the system at first, and no, I was NOT very puffed out by the end.

Hmmm, maybe I'm not as fit as I was in summer, but it's not my fault Grandad, walks me at 0.00001 mph, woof!
Anyway, when I'm out on real walks with Eve, I literally pull her to where ever we're going - I have far too much energy!

Wheehee, let's go!

Woof, and I could certainly out-sprint anyone in a chase for my best friend...

Can you guess who that is?

No clues here...

So, has Spring sprung where you are in the worldie?

Cheerio,
Pippa :) wuf wuf

Gone too long!

Hello folks!

Woof, I'm really sorry, but it seems I've been on a rather spontaneous Bloggy Break for... hang on...
2 MONTHS??!!!

Hold on a tic, what month is this we're on now?

MARCH?! No, this can't be true! (Ehem, no, no, I didn't think it was still January, no...)

Woof, but it must be, if that's what my two lovely calendars are turned to...

(The top one is of a strange, little dog, don't even know her name, and the bottom one is of photos taken by Steven. You could say he's my human brother, but that would be a bit odd.)

That's way too long, definitely!

Oh no, that must mean I've missed out on heaps and heaps of things that have been going on in Blogville! Hmm, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to be relishing in Aberdeen's victory in the league cup then. Oops.

Oh, just look at the proudness of it all, even
my harness is the Aberdeen colour!

My dear chums were enjoying it a lot as well:

The Gordon Highlanders

William Wallace

Robbie Burns

And of course, we can't forget King Edward and Robert the Bruce, who also joined in with the festivities.

Woof, maybe I watched a bit too much Crufts and "Sport Relief's Top Dog" on the telly too, on top of playing with the cool toy...

"So if I rip you up, it won't matter, because the money
still went to charity!"

Well, it seems I better hang my head in shame and get back to blogging.

Whiney, whine...

Back to business then!

Sorry I've been gone so long and have missed so much. We'll be catching up over the next few days, don't worry.

Thanks for popping by today!

Cheerio,

Pippa :) wuf wuf