Valentine's Woofs

Hello my friends.....before I go on my holiday tomorrow I wanted to share with you some exciting news from our friends at Dogs Trust....as some of you know, I have been sponsoring three doggies through the trust.....

...Mr Ronnie, one our of sponsored dogs, has written me a letter....you will never guess what!!??....Mr Ronnie has found a furever home....he is going to live with a super family who love staffies....they live near the centre in Evesham and so he tells me he will be able to pop back to see his great friends there.....you might be able to read his letter in full if you biggify the picture by clicking on it....

.....here I am reading Mr Ronnie's letter....and he also had some other very happy news for me....instead of stopping our sponsorship he has asked me to carry on sponsoring his friend Mr Seamus.....we are definitely going to do that.....

.....and if that wasn't exciting enough on its own then the day after Mr Ronnie's letter arrived we had another one from Mr Digby!....Mr Digby is the new doggie that we started to sponsor in honour of our pal Miss Ruby who went OTRB recently....that's how we come to sponsor dogs...we pick a new one each time a good friend passes over to be with old Marley....we think Mr Digby is a super looking friend....

...but that's not all....Mr Seamus has also written to me...what lovely manners the Dogs Trust doggies have...he tells me he loves being groomed and has a big tyre tractor to climb on so he can get a good view out over the fields......

....and then what happened next?!...our doggies sent me valentines cards!...there is one from Mr Seamus, one from Miss Amelia and one from Mr Freddie....they are all full of news from our friends....and Mr Digby and Mr Seamus also sent me their business cards to put in my rolodex....

...Mr Freddie is telling me about his plans for a romantic walk with his carer, Lorna, on Valentine's Day....Lorna is still keeping him well fed with turkey from the Dogs Trust Christmas Pawty....

...we love all our sponsored doggies at Dogs Trust....if you would like to sponsor a doggie there you can see all about it HERE....you can do it for as little as £1 per week....

Happy sponsoring....Clapton, Border Terrier HQ.....woof

#WorkingFromHomeFriday

Hello my friends....today (Friday) the Typist decided he would work from home as he had to go to the dentist in the afternoon.....it's always a busy time for him when he does this....he has lots to do and mist concentrate hard....

...luckily we had taken delivery of some new coffee pods yesterday....I think we will need them....

...I made sure he was properly fuelled with a nice bowl of muesli...he doesn't know where I keep it....please don't tell him....

....a cup of 10/10 strength espresso to get the motors running at full speed......

.....and of course checking that Miss Lola's breakfast bowls are all present and correct and clean......

.....I checked the schedule to make sure we knew all about the important meetings during the day.....pssst, the BT Posse calendar is now on sale for only £5 from our dear friends at Feelwells...at least for those in the UK

.....then we had to take mum to the station...i did volunteer to drive but apparently I don't have the right paperwork.....

.....we took Miss Lola for a walk....bit of a disaster though...we managed to get onto the doorstep without a key and the door swung shut behind us...oh dear....so we had to phone mum and then walk to meet her at the station to "borrow" her key...which meant a walk on the roads and not in the woods...

....Miss Lola was none too impressed.......and neither was mum! BOL....

....er...I think we were supposed to be working....we managed a quick check of peemails before.....

...heading back into the village to get a haircut....our local barber has its own pole...a barber's pole...NOT a pole for dancing...ahem...as some were suggesting on twitter today....Typist was clipped...he does not like his fur stripped.....

....and then we went to get a spare key cut to leave with Mavis next door n case of further accidents.....

....and we popped into the local shop to stock up on provisions.....

....Miss Lola and I wondered when the actual working bit of working from home was going to start.....

...so we decided to have our own meeting....we discussed sun-puddle production......

.....I was called on to do some navigating for the Typist while he did his daily exercise....we are following the Yellow Jersey up Mont Ventoux.....

....after a tremendously "busy" morning we had a simple lunch which I prepared myself....tune sandwich and a glass of juice....

....Miss Lola had a nap to recover from the shock of our meeting...sun-puddles are at an all time low.....

....although I did manage to find one for the Typist....we did some "blue sky" thinking......

....eugh....we had to go to the dentist eventually of course.....just the hygienist though....*flashes gleaming teeth*.....

.....a little wander round town.....we took an emergency call...William was back at home from school and feeling a bit under the weather with a cold....

....so we did a cake run for him....a nice slice of carrot cake and a honey/lemon drink for his throat.....

...oh...and a small detour to pick up some new chews for Miss Lola.....

...she took one to her office......

...and finally back to the station at 5pm to get mum.....all this working from home is a very tiring business indeed.....

I hope you had more restful days my friends...I wish you all a dry and fun-filled weekend.....

Clapton.......woof....