28 July 2012

Hello Everyone

Apologies for not posting a blog last week but we have been very busy!  We are moving house this weekend only a few miles from where we live but there is, of course, a lot of work to do moving.  We hope this is the last move for a very long time as we have moved house once this year already, moved the salon premises and moved Morag's mummy too so this house move makes the fourth move for this year!  

We are thrilled with our new house and Daisy takes it all in her stride.  Unfortunately, Martini doesn't deal well with moving so we are prepared for the next couple of weeks with him sitting on the stairs and crying in the new house.  He is frightened of the boxes and keeps leaving his food but he will come round when he realises how cosy we will be.  We have posted a photo of Martini and Daisy sitting at the top of the stairs last night looking confused - furniture from the upstairs had been taken downstairs.  

We thought we would a blog today as tomorrow more things are moving and we might not have our internet connected until this coming Thursday.  If we remember to take our laptop to the salon then our neighbour James always lets us use his broadband - thank you James!

The Olympics started last night but unfortunately we haven't seen any of the events yet but once we are snug in our new home in the next couple of days then we will have time to watch.  Hope you are enjoying the Olympics wherever you are in the world.

With woofs and tail wags

Morag, Martini and Daisy

15 July 2012

Hello Everyone

We have been enjoying the sunnier weather here in Cumbria this week and today, although it was sunny, it was definitely a bit cooler especially in the wind.  The salon has had a busy week which means Martini has missed out on his hair cut not that he minds of course!  Daisy had a couple of days where she felt a bit under the weather but she has perked up again and back to her usual self.  Poppy, who is Martini's friend from dog club, came for her hair cut.  Poppy  walks 4 and a half miles to the salon and home again and it was lovely to see her again.

We would like to remind everyone about the free sitting with photographer Joanne Caffrey which will be held on Saturday, 1 September.  You can enjoy a free 30 minute sitting for portraits of yourself, dogs, children or any combination.  It is essential to book these slots in advance and a few bookings have already been taken. Bookings can be made through the salon.

We have posted a photo of Martini and Daisy making themselves at home on Morag's bed - Martini went for a spot with pillows and Daisy was rolling around and, as you can see, they were caught in the act!

With woofs and tail wags

Morag, Martini and Daisy

8 July 2012

Hello Everyone

We had been very much looking forward to having a stand at Skelton Show with Joanne Caffrey Photography and Furry Tails Kennels but, unfortunately, the show was cancelled yesterday due to the extreme amount of rain we have had here in Cumbria recently.  As we had taken no bookings for yesterday at the salon, we decided to go and visit Morag's mummy in York for the day instead.  It seems a bit crazy to be checking the weather forecasts, road and traffic incident websites in July but we did just in case because we didn't want to get caught up in flash floods.  However, we left Cumbria in sunshine, had t-shirt weather all day and came back to Cumbria in sunshine so all-in-all we had a lovely day out.  We all kept thinking it was Sunday because we never get the chance to go on Saturdays.

A haircut is definitely on the cards for Martini this week as Morag's mummy said he looked like a sheepskin rug lying on the carpet!  Martini and Daisy love to visit their "Grandma" and had a lovely time lying in the sun in the garden.  Before we knew it, it was time to come back home and we must say that the sky (heading west in Cumbria) was very unusual around 9pm last night and we wondered if anyone else had noticed - there were unusual cloud patterns and we had wished we had been able to photograph it.  

We have posted a photo of Martini today sitting next to one of our flower pots (he is looking a bit fluffy).

We hope you all had a lovely weekend!

With woofs and tail wags

Morag, Martin and Daisy

1 July 2012 - Yappy Birthday Daisy

Hello Everyone

Today is a special day as it's Daisy's Yappy Birthday!  Daisy is 7 years old today and for her birthday she is having Jamie Oliver's special sausages as her birthday treat!  Daisy is very food orientated so sausages will be her ideal present and she is going to have some more served up for supper tonight.  We love our Oopsy Daisy and can't believe she is 7 years old already!

If you are reading this and live in Cumbria, you will know how much rain we have had in the past couple of weeks!  We even had no internet access (as we use mobile broadband) and couldn't update our Facebook page either.  All this seems to have been a result of the bad weather as a some of our of clients using a certain mobile phone provider have had no mobile phone signal as a mobile mast is down and its our internet provider too!  Our neighbour at the salon, Cumbria Computer Consultants, has let us use their broadband during the day when we are at the salon so a big bow wow thanks goes to them.  Let's hope we get a bit of sunshine soon because next weekend we have a stand at Skelton Show along with Joanne Caffrey Photography and Furry Tails Kennels.  We will be crossing everything the show still goes ahead (and there is lots of sunshine) as we have been looking forward to it for quite a while.  If all is well and Skelton Show goes ahead, we hope to see you there!

As it is Oopsy Daisy's special day, we have posted a photo of her which was taken by Joanne Caffrey Photography at our K9 Capers Day a couple of weeks ago.  We think its a lovely photo and thanks goes to Joanne for managing to get a good photo of our camera-shy Daisy!

With woofs and tail wags

Morag, Martini and Daisy