Halloween?

Halloweens not really done here but this year Regan dressed up for a party at Girl Guides....

and then joined up with her brother and the kids next door for a quick lap of the people we know in our area on Halloween night..... I was quite suprised that everyone they visited had lollies ready although only a few groups of kids ventured out.....

Last week Yr 5 at the kids school had to organise a day for charity with all sorts of stalls.... Regan dobbed me in for her cake stall.... all I can say is lucky Shane was working away that night ... he just doesn't understand how I can get the kitchen in such a state.....

After batch of toffees then batch of lamingtons etc etc we ended up with 72 toffees ( made in a small muffin pan with half a paddlepop stick put in just before they set) and ...

32 lamingtons....

the girls did really well and made $121 dollars for charity....

More pics of the dogs of course ... how cute are these two...

can you see it???? Talos has a heart on his arse...

It took about 30 goes to get these shots .. it's very hard to get behind a pup that wants to play and the camera keep focusing on the grass because his fur is so fluffy...

and lastly, I have scrapped again.... these are pics of the girls over for Regans b'day back in Jul

Till next time....

A bit of re-arranging

We spent yesterday moving the yellow lounge from here.....

and then getting the purple ones from here...

and here...

and putting them here...

it gives us a bit more space and opens up the room heaps ....... lucky we were happy with it 'cause there was no way Shane was putting it all back....

only problem is now we have an empty room with a large unneeded lounge in it......

In other news the little fellow is growing - especially his ears and front legs...

he has had his first bath...

and has finally won over Koda..... they are now best buddies....

Till next time...

Welcome Talos

Named after the Greek Titan Talos - a massive giant made of bronze that was given to Europe by Zeus to protect her and the isle of Crete...

Now I know what your saying - 'wasn't the last post about the loss of Todd, out with the old and in with the new'......it wasn't like that at all.. We have had our name down for a long hair, male, straight back german shepherd since we looked after Haydes but after Todd died Koda ( the coolie) was very lonely and bored.... We rang the breader and said we would take any puppy, boy, girl, long or short so she bumped us up a bit and offered us this cutey.. She thinks he will be a semi long coat like his gorgeous dad Simba (below)

School holidays are all over and we didn't get to do much with the kids this time so it was nice to take the drive to Wisemans Ferry to pick him up.... we went via Galston George driving past both of my grandarents old houses and bringing back quite a few good memories...

The shop where i work finally sold just before the holidays (hense no time off with the kids) Its sad to see the old bosses go, we also lost most of the staff - its only Carly and I left to train a new boss as well as 4 new staff - happy days are coming.......

Not to sure about the new clientele either

Shane and Regan have been hitting the gardens and they are looking so much better for it.....

The gardens that is not the family members...

The birds and bees certainly agree with me...

R.I.P Toddy Dog 1997 - 2011

The flag was at half mast at the Yea household over the weekend as we remembered our fallen comrade.

Toddy has been Shane and my companion since he was 1 - years before we were married or had kids. We loved him dearly but unfortunately it was time and we had to put him down on Fri arvo. Shane bought him home and we buried him under his fav tree (below).












We have all loved his company over the last 13 years .....he was quite the disruptive pup which provoked us to getting Bark Busters in, after which he was the most beautiful, loving and wonderfully natured companion. We have called him the million dollar dog for a long time now because for a RSPCA rescue dog he has sure cost us some serious money at the vets.... He has been:

stabbed,
attacked by other dogs,
run over,
operated on for foreign objects in his intestines,
stuck in the eye by a black boy spike,
treated for snake bites and ticks,
medicated after putting his back out by hitting a shed,
operated on to remove cancerous lumps,
and well medicated to help with his arthritis,
but finally it was old age and a disease called geriatric vestibular ( affecting his balance and coordination) that got the better of him.



(when going through the photos i found some of him each year for three years wearing one of these buckets - it got to the point I could tell that he was actually embarrassed by them)





He had recovered mostly from the vestibular but he wasn't like he should be, often falling and tripping on his own feet, he was still happy but just going through the motions - he got up, went to his favourite blackboy and slept there until it was time for dinner ..... he wanted to run and play with Koda but couldn't quite be bothered and was still happy to see us when we came home, enough to wag his tail but not enough to bother getting up.







You were a truly fantastic dog, pet, friend, and companion
We love you buddy.....