Hello everyone,

here are the photos that I promised to post last year - I've only just got them off Neil. 

We had such a lovely day that day.

I love this picture of Neil and Sally

This is a good one of Sally - complete with shoestring - hence her new nickname- 'Shoestring Sally' e looks like a proper Bull Mastiff now!

Sally is such a water baby, she just loves paddling.

For those of you who don't know, Neil and I are getting married on the 29th June 2010 at 1pm at Storrs Hall Hotel in Windermere and then in either July or August we will be moving to the Lakes. We have bought a house in High Newton but it needs a complete renovation and will take about 4 - 5 months, so it's a very busy time for us so forgive me if I don't keep up with the blog but I will try to keep it up to date with all our plans.

This is the house we have bought.

This is the view from the house looking across to the Conniston Mountains.

As you can imagine we are all looking forward very much to moving up there, so til next time take care...

Sally Neil and Johanna

Hello Everyone,

We hope that you all had a great Christmas and have a happy, healthy and prosperous NewYear.

Sally has really enjoyed us being on holiday over Christmas and the New Year.  We have both been taking her for her walks in the morning most mornings and here she is after walking down the canal bank and getting very muddy.

With us both being in the house more Sally had a bit more run of the house (after we had made sure she could not get anything, like tissues out of the bin or clothes - she especially likes underwear!) She likes to lie at the top of the stairs as hot water pipes run under the floor so its nice and warm.

Here she is lying on our bed. She had managed to get one pillow under her back and had snuggled under the top covers to lie on the bottom sheet, I'm surprised she didn't get under the covers as well.

Sally loved the snow, especially when it was fresh, here she is in the yard just after it snowed the first time.

A few days later we were down the lane with the '3 girls' Roxy, Skyzer and Bailey, the 3 Retrievers. They all loved running around this field in the snow.  Sally liked to put her nose into it and run from side to side getting covered in snow.

Sally enjoyed Christmas Day.

Uncle John and Aunty Thelma had bought her this huge bone and she spent most of the day chewing on it. It certainly kept her busy until grandad and grandma came for Christmas dinner - and what a spread that was - a 3 bird roast with pheasant inside a chicken inside a goose with all the trimmings. Sally got to taste it all later and loved it.

Well that's all for now, hope everyone is keeping safe in the snow and ice.

Lots of love and all the best

Sally, Johanna and Neil.