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Showing posts with label dog. Show all posts

Sunday, 19 April 2015

The Birthday Girl

In the absence of any bird news (it's turning out to be a very poor spring for common migrants, really hope it picks up quick) I thought I should blog about the birthday girl...

 

It's hard to believe Honey is already one. It's been a steep learning curve for us both, but especially me as I've never owned a dog before - in fact I used to be scared of them. When I was five I jumped into a bed of stinging nettles because a dog was running at me barking!

I have now completely changed and am very confident around dogs, thanks to Honey.  She is a wonderful animal with such a good and relaxed temperament, and is a great companion in life.  Another way she has changed us is that we now get even more peed off with irresponsible dog owners.  I'm sure everyone has seen how often 'dogs on leads' signs are ignored - don't think some dog owners can read.  As for picking up the poop, there is never an excuse not to. Really winds us up, way more than it used too.

Anyway, back to Honey, and she's actually now a famous dog. Although this isn't all factually correct (dam press!) it was great to see her in the Bridport and Lyme Regis News...



But although she's one, it doesn't mean she's grown up...



Saturday, 14 June 2014

The Garden Is Done!

Well it's about time I revealed this exciting news.  The garden is compete - all thanks to Phil and his family who spent several days up here grafting. 

So, this is what we started with (as you all should know by now!)...



First step was to remove all the decking and patio - and all the wood that came with it.  I've shown this done in previous posts, this took a couple of weeks. Next step was the new patio and the surround to what would be our lawn...



Then came the top soil...



Which was followed by a morning of James Mc help (a pro gardener), who helped prepare the soil...



And then later, turf it!  Here's me laying the first bit of turf (along with customary bacon roll)...



And here I am laying the final piece (with customary builders bum!)...



So by the end of the day it looked like this...



What a transformation!  A week later and the grass has taken well, and is really growing. This is how it looked at just after 6 this morning...



Oh, did I forget to mention something!?

Yes, as of yesterday there's an addition to our family. Meet Honey our 8 week old extremely adorable Golden Retriever...

 


Honey absolutely loves the garden - although she is doing the best she can to undo all the work James and I did laying the lawn....