Dear Santa

Last Sunday Ma and I took Miss Liquorice to have her photo taken in the company of Santa Claus at a pet store over at Campbelltown, southwest of Sydney, Australia. It was a hot morning and will be it getting much hotter before Christmas Day arrives. Santa and his...

Meals

Liquorice’s day starts with her morning brushing which lasts from 30 to 45 minutes depending on how energetic I am. Liquorice gnaws on a pressed rawhide bone or a basted knotted rawhide bone while I slave away making my little darling even more beautiful to my...

This Morning

It was one of those mornings that I had not been feeling well and all my “energy” was spent by the time Liquorice’s am grooming completed. Aching back and joints meant that, sadly, I was unable to play with my little darling. Even throwing the ball...

Dumb Or Dumber?

That is the question I asked of myself this morning, and it was all Liquorice’s fault! Why? Well after Liquorice and I returned from our morning walk I decided to pick a few veggies from the garden above our little house orchard at the other side of the...

Hip Hip Hooray!!!

My little darling turned ONE last Friday the 16th. There was nothing special or unusual for my little darling’s first annual birthday, rather it was more like an ordinary monthly one. We were going to a Christmas party with Liquorice the next day and that was to...

In The Eyes Of A Newf

My mother had decided to walk the 200 yards to our front gate together with the next 500 yards to the corner and return. Much too far for her these days but then you know what mothers are like! So it was decided that Liquorice and I would accompany her. (Later she...