So a few days ago we picked up the newest member of our family ... sweet Duggee-dog ... he is a little springer spaniel puppy and we are all in love!




Timber isn't really sure about him yet ... think he is a little too small to be of any interest to him, but I am sure they will soon be best friends!



I wasn't sure I could love another after Dilly, and no other dog will replace her, but this little wooflet has already got a place in my heart and I know it was the right time to get him.






Isn't he adorable!

My baby is gone ... I have been knowing it would come sometime as she was nearly 14 years old. She was the sweetest little love and her whole mission in life was to love me, which she did without fail.


The last few years of her life weren't as fun for her, she was pretty deaf and about 90% blind, however she was still happy and sweet.

Getting her was the best decision ... before, I was so depressed ... I cried everyday ... she bought me unconditional love and so much joy.


She had the softest fur and prettiest face. There will never be another like her for me.


Although I have cried, I feel peaceful. It was her time. She didn't suffer for long. She had a fit at about 6.30 on Wednesday morning and died peacefully at 9.30am. She was in my arms and I was kissing her. This is our last selfie together


Thank you Dilly-dolly, for being mine and loving me x

I am sure you are sick of snow photos by now, but I wanted to share a few of ours. I meant to post them earlier, but my dad's been ill in hospital so this week seems to have got away from me!

These were taken on Friday 2nd March, when we woke up to some pretty crazy snow drifts. We get a lot of snow and often when others don't, but these drifts were crazy! There were patches of not much snow, then drifts as high and deep as a house!

We braved it out into the blizzard like winds ...

Timber of course loved it!

This is actually a lane. There are some houses further down there and I don't think they were dug out for over a week. This lane is where my mother-in-law grew up. When she was about 15 they were snowed in for 16 weeks! It's quite romantic as it's how her and my father-in-law met. He was working for the council and spent weeks digging them out! He often talks about hanging their coats on the top of the telegraph poles!! I can believe it now :)

The gate thing sticking up on the left hand side is actually the back of a tractor trailer that was buried. Opposite that, we climbed over the fence ... our legs sinking in all the way, and we rolled down the other side to get into the field to see the pool!


This is the same lane only in the other direction.


The pool was frozen apart from a little patch in the middle where the swans and ducks were all facing the howling winds, poor things.


This photo doesn't even begin to express how cold and biting the snow and wind was on our faces!


Timber loved every minute though ... he was born for it!




This photo was taken a couple of days later when we snuck down the main road (that was still closed as they hadn't finished clearing it) and this was how deep one of the snow drifts was that they had to dig through.

12 years ago I got my little baby ... my fluffy heart beat at my feet. My constant companion, by little faithful friend. She really changed my life and filled a hole in my heart.

{ Here } is a link to my post 12 years ago about getting her!

Looking at her eyes back then they were so beautiful, pools of amber. It is sad to see them so white now, and know she can't see me.

Here are some photos of my furry-baby :)

we have had a lovely snowy few weeks ... the dogs love it, especially Timber :)

Some of you may know that Steve and I are doing up our log cabin and making it into a lovely home ... we do believe we are now at the end of what Steve would say is our never ending search for windows! We bought 4 lovely wooden windows from eBay the other month (the bottom windows in the pictures below) ... they are perfect for what we wanted and I am so excited that Steve has 3 of them fitted already ... well as with lots of projects and working it out as we go along, plans change and we have decided to add a veranda to one end so we can sit on a swing and look at the stunning view down the valley ... this has meant that we are changing where some of the windows go and need a double sliding door too ... good old eBay came up trumps again, Steve found sliding doors in a near by town and also a lovely large window to go next to them (the windows in the brick wall) and some TOTAL bargains ... the top window is for the bathroom ... 99p folks! yep 99p! and the window below the brick wall one for the kitchen was only £5! The door is ceder and worth over £2000 and guess what we won it for ... £1.20!

My parents were off this weekend visiting one of my brothers in York and the kitchen window was on their way home so they picked that up and on Saturday, Steve and I went for a drive around to pick the others up ... it was a lovely day so we decided to take dilly-dog with us :) it was our first family adventure and dilly was as good as gold and just loved being with us ... she helped navigated ...


and slept a little ;)


we called into a little cafe after picking up the door and sat out side with Dilly ... the lovely ladies that worked there came out with a bowl of water for her then a few minutes later a plate with a cut up sausage! There are some lovely people out there!

On the way home we stopped off a Church Stretton for a delicious ice-cream and a walk around the town. Steve had the brain wave of driving up Cardingmill Valley to look at the views ... it was totally sheer on one side (not my side luckily) but totally breath taking!


We stopped off so Dilly could have a run around ... I only had my phone to take pictures, but would love to go back with my camera!