It is very quiet here in Hippieland.
There is usually the noise of a small stampede in the house as Hippie takes her stuffed toys out to play. But today all is still…..
The play pen is deserted – well except for the stuffies who are looking very neglected…
The teddies who have been regularly menaced and who [...]
Last night I took Hippie over to my partner’s house for the night. As usual she had the craziest time chasing Poppy around the beans, barking and play-bowing when Poppy wouldn’t run. They were both worn out after a couple of hours.
We were cooking dinner and deciding when would be a good time to put [...]
Our local branch of the RSPCA had a fun day yesterday and as the weather was good we thought we would go along.
Both Max and Hendrix (the guinea pig) were rescued from the Woodside Animal Centre at Leicester. Max had been abandoned when he fell off a wall and broke his hind leg so badly [...]
Oh dear – Hippies very down today.
Yesterday, although her elbow was sore it didn’t seem to bother her much if she didn’t lay on hard flooring.
We took her to the local park where she took great delight in throwing a plastic bottle around in typical greyhound manner.
But of course she wasn’t going to give it [...]
Hippie met up with her favourite buddy the other evening…. Poppy is a gorgeous 3 year old rescued from the Newark branch of the Retired Greyhound Trust and Hippie loves her…..
As soon as they meet Hippie is down into ‘play bow’ mode and then leaps around cajoling Poppy to ‘come and have a play!!
They race [...]
It has been a tough week for our girl……
Max has been menacing her – well he did have the weekend alone while she was living it up in Derbyshire.
But did he have to stare like that!
She has been very down and her elbows are sore – its just not the same lying down on a [...]
Sunday morning dawned with beautiful sunshine – what a change!
We took our cups of tea out into the garden and Hippie was as usual overjoyed to be out there:-
And were her teddies left out? No way -
But a big sulk was approaching and as we packed our backs and cleared the little cottage Hippies mood [...]
Saturday morning and yet more rain but undeterred we let our girl out into the garden here at Burton Manor cottages – she really loves to run around out there and for some mad greyhound reason decided to fetch her teddies and take them for a run too…
My daughter and I decided on leisurely [...]
Just a weekend break but how nice!
We packed up the car and left home around lunchtime – sat nav plugged in, heading for the peak district – very close to Bakewell, a farm just outside Over Haddon.
The cottages are all part of a working farm – Burton Manor Farm Cottages and they are situated with [...]
We are taking our girl away at the weekend. Just a short break in a holiday cottage on a farm in Derbyshire…can’t wait!
But today I am writing lists, packing lists and I have discovered it is just like having a small child again, only this baby is huge!!!
I don’t think there will be room for [...]