Lovely pic

So far good

Exercise class in the pool, and coffee afterwards.

Why do shops have top shelves
When Nelly was the size of an Elf 🧝�♀️ 
Perhaps they might deter a thief
Is that the manager's belief?

Thankyou  CHF and Michael. 

Lif is a good girl,  but she is getting on a bit now.  She will be 14 in April.
I have known her since the minute she was born, as I had her Mummy back in those days and Lif was born at home here.
The 'babies'  back in  2012.     
The 'blue' Beddies  are born jet black,  then as their coat grows it goes just like women's hair when they are silver grey but die it black.
As their adult coat grows through, it starts turning silver at the roots, so when they are clipped, more and more black gets trimmed off and they end up the silver-blue of an adult one day.

Little Gertie was a dark chocolate colour at birth,  (they call it 'Liver')  but turned in to a creamy-beige when she grew up.

Quote from: Raven on January 14, 2026, 01:33:33 PMI'll have to take great care of them, don't want anything to happen to them.

I bet they will be fine, Raven.  They grow and spread like wildfire.

When one of my GSD's died years back,  I didn't have him cremated, I buried him at home.
I bought a beautiful Rhododenderon to plant on his grave, and also sowed some Forget Me Not seeds all around it too.   
Everything was growing beautifully until one day I moved house.   I couldn't bear to leave it all there, so dug the Rhododenderon up and took with me to plant in my new house.   I also took a clump of Forget Me Nots to transplant too,  plus sowed more seeds incase the clump didn't 'take.'

To this day,  I still have a garden full of Forget Me Nots come up everywhere every spring.  I still have his Rhodenderon too, and I love it when its blooms again every spring.

Elmo was a very special dog.  You could trust him with newborn lambs, baby chicks,  my little goat kids - anything.
My gentle giant he was,  with a heart of pure gold, yet would have defended me with his life.

Quote from: Mups on January 14, 2026, 09:42:34 AMEither way . .  bless you. 


Actually I do sometimes use that phrase myself,  especially if I feel for somebody's rotten predicament, or maybe if they have done something really nice and thoughtful,  then I might say for example  - Bless you,  thankyou..

I agree, so do I. 

Liffey is a cutie. 

After an almost sleepless night through arthritic pain, I slept until 
after lunchtime and feeling human again.