Is there anybody out there?....

Hello my friends.....!...Hello!....Hello? ....is anyone still reading? Oh dear....we have not blogged since November.....old Marley would be very cross with me....*sigh*....we will try and bring you up to speed with what we have been doing......

...at the beginning of December we had some exciting post.....we had to ask peter Tosh to help us open it....

....oh look....there is a present inside it!!...I wonder who it is from....

.....there is a card with some writing on it.....hurry up Peter...

....it is a special communication from our dear friend @highlandisla.....

...*rummage rummage*.......

....oh! oh!....hmmm.....what could it be.....?

......hurrah! Lovely, warm and snuggly Christmas capes.....

..."these are not the droids you are looking for!"......BOL.....

....can you see what they say on the back??.....BTPosse....BOL.....how clever Miss Isla's grandma is for knitting them....we say a BIG THANKS to her....

....Miss Lola was furry jealous of our new coats because the weather in December was frosty!!.....

......we made sure that BT HQ was properly decorated for the holiday season.....

...a few days before Christmas I took a very special trip to Frensham Ponds to meet up with a very special doggie....do you remember poor Toby the Border Terrier who was stolen from his home?...well, his story had a very happy ending and he was found and returned to his family after several weeks of frantic searching and much activity to publicise his case on social media....the #BTposse was very honoured to be able to meet and walk with him......

......here are many of us!.....Mr Toby is the doggie on the right hand side of the bench....looking behind himself!...he's probably still quite nervous....it was a great honour to meet him and we say a special thanks to @cornishbarney for organising the event on behalf of the posse....you can also see that I got to spend some time with the real Colonel Rocky and sister Miss Islay...they are sitting on the left hand side of the bench....

...the Colonel and I were delighted to get Christmas Cards from the doggies that we sponsor at Dogs Trust....we hope they find their forever homes in 2015.....

....more very special gifts from our dear friends on Twitter....this time from Miss Kirsty and the gang @lilliandarchie....

...the Colonel was so pleased with his that he wore it up to London when the family went ice-skating......

...here he is at Waterloo Bridge...you can see St Paul's Cathedral behind him...to the right of the pic....

....here he is supervising the skating....

.....and keeping an eye on the Christmas Tree.....

.....here is William doing some skating...he's in the grey coat and keeps skating through....

A video posted by Marley Terrier (@marleyterrier) on Dec 27, 2014 at 1:55am PST

...and before we knew it it was Christmas Day....BOL.....

...Miss Lola had to sekuriyt-snooter every package...she was reluctant to let typist have his main present....

...on Boxing Day we went to see Cousin Tula....

...and then on to Cousin Lily's house.....Miss Lola enjoys the underfloor heating at Grandma's....

.....and the company of Uncle Rich....

.....and it snowed!.....brrrr......calls for hot coffee......

....and some advice from the locals.....

...the Colonel enjoyed the snow very much.....

...Miss Lola refused to go out....she is a dry paw/warm paw sort of dog.....

....cold enough for ...oh..polar bears.....

......we all enjoyed Grandma's new sofa....

....Miss Lola had numerous very short walks!...BOL....actually, she went outside and stood looking at the front door a few times....

....we noticed on Twitter that some of our pals in the posse had been furry creative.....

....Miss Lola continued her stand-off with her new allergy diet.....

....we tried to tempt her with some new cookies.....

....wont go out even for noms.....

.....even for a fox in the garden....!

...so we sent Cousin Tilly to round her up.....

...and eventually she was cheered up by a walk around Richmond Park......

...Monarch o' the Glen!...

...so that's what we've been up to.....

Clapton, former editor-in-chief of Blogging....

p.s. ...and we also performed our little pantomime at the #BTposse Christmas Party...but that's a story that deserves a blog all of its own!....stay tuned....