It's been a brilliant week, lots of good days.
Playing in the paddock each day with little Bella who has integrated herself well into the 'pack' of dogs, sheep, chickens and cat. She has no fear and everyone loves her.
She met my Mum and brother at the Van mid-week, she stole a couple of hearts there too 💗
She absolutely loved the caravan and settled in immediately to Van Life.
We had a little walk along the riverbank before heading for home in Wales again and she got used to her little red collar and lead set. We keep red collars for the dogs at the Van with the caravan address on the dog tags in case they wander off, and then switch back to their purple collars with the Welsh address on the dog tags for the journey back to Wales.
Back in Wales she is now used to the twice daily perambulation round the paddock and playtime with Jasmine. See a little snippet of one of the daily playtimes below.
Today is my birthday and it's a gloriously sunny day, so first thing this morning after a leisurely breakfast we piled into the car and went into Llanrwst for a w along the riverbank.
We met lots of folk that found our new little addition just totally adorable and lots of fuss was made of her.
The it was time for a pit-stop ... water for thirsty doggies and a caffeine top up for Mum and Dad.
Oh, and there might have been a rogue cream scone consumed by Alan 😉
New snazzy menus for the season ahead.
Then as the heat of the day began to build up we headed back along the riverbank, with once again lots of stops for puppy petting by other walkers, and drove the short distance home.
Now I'm doing a bit of blogging, a bit of sorting out ... what better time to sort out and discard your Winter clothes than on a really hot Spring day, although I doubt many of them will sell at a car boot sale if the weather stays this warm. I'm still in the process of wearing and then either keeping or jettisoning all my clothes. Whittling away possessions as and when it becomes obvious what needs to be kept and what can be very easily let go.
I hope you're all enjoying some sunny weather this Easter weekend, how lovely it is to have a Bank Holiday with sunny weather for once.
Happy Easter.
Sue xx
Very Happy Birthday, a sunny birthday is the best sort of birthday
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue, I hope yours was equally bright and sunny :-)
DeleteHappy Birthday, Sue!
ReplyDeleteBella looks adorable :)
Thank you , yes she is :-)
DeleteHappy Easter to you too Sue. Here in the Yorkshire Dales the cruel East wind has gone at last and today is glorious - pure blue sky and warm sun.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I'm so glad most of us are getting this lovely weather :-)
DeleteHappy Birthday Sue, I am loving your new blog .
ReplyDeleteAww ... thank you xx
DeleteHappy Birthday Sue. X
ReplyDeleteThank you xx
DeleteHappy birthday Sue. You don't half look like your mum! Bella is adorable.
ReplyDeleteThank you. xx
DeleteHappy birthday Sue, we are enjoying the sunshine here in Shropshire too. The photos of all the animals are great and the video of the baby of the family just makes me smile, thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you :-)
DeleteHi Sue, and a Happy Primrose day to you!
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned car boot sales. Can you recommend the best in your area? We know the one in Chirk but that's probably a bit far from Llanrwst.
Thank you, yes I was born on Primrose Day.
DeleteThe best car boots sales are Rowen which is on next Saturday the 27th, signposted from the main road at Tal Y Cafn and which we usually try and sell at, and then Taly Y Bont which I think is on the following week.
thanks Sue, we'll take a look at the Rowen sale next week. I noticed that there is an actual start time (rather than just 'crack of dawn') so is this actually observed or do buyers drift in earlier?
DeleteMuch, much earlier. Advertised start time is usually 12. Most cars are set up and busy selling between 10 and 11am and drifting off home by 1pm.
DeleteOoooh, that's a useful nugget of local information, thanks! we'd have turned up at 12 and wondered why the good stuff had gone. We'll say hello if we see you there sometime in the future (Gill and Mike)
DeleteYes please do, we sell from Alan's truck usually, a big green Mitsubishi L200 with two paste tables and a clothes rail in front of it :-)
DeleteHappy Birthday Sue! How nice to see your Mum enjoying her new grandpuppy. I love the video - how fun to see Bella frolicking around! Have a wonderful birthday and Easter and enjoy that beautiful weather.
ReplyDeleteThank you, yes they loved each other to bits :-)
DeleteHappy Birthday. Wishing you a wonderful weekend and a good year ahead.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Van life resumes this week :-)
DeleteHappy birthday and lovely photos again. Lovely weather here in the south too. Happy Easter.
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DeleteHappy Birthday Sue! Lovely to see all the pups and Jasmine all together. We're supposed to get snow/rain mix this weekend, hopefully it won't stay.
ReplyDeleteThank you :-)
DeleteWe had snow on the tops of the Carneddau until the start of this week, now it's all gone and Spring is officially here :-)
Many happy returns. xx Looks like all the family have had a lovely day :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, it's nice that everyone is enjoying my birthday celebrations as much as me. More today with lunch out with my eldest son and his new partner :-)
DeleteHappy birthday - so glad you have had such a lovely day and that the sun is shining.
ReplyDeleteThank you :-)
DeleteAlan said he ordered the weather specially ... I don't believe him for a moment, the sun always shines on the righteous ;-)
Happy Birthday - better late than never. The weather should continue to be great for several days to come which is lovely (and great for drying the washing outside).
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Thank you xx
DeleteYes I have had all the washing out this week. I stripped the beds on my birthday to take advantage of the sunshine :-)
Happy Birthday Sue.
ReplyDeleteYour new puppy has definitely lifted your spirits by the sound of things. I'm so glad.
She's beautiful and I’m sure she's a real time waster!!
Lovely to see your mum with her.
Have a wonderful weekend.
You always spur me on to more clearing out though I’m a novice compared with you.
This week we've had a real go and our local charity shops are beginning to think about banning us I think!
Same again next week.
The sunshine makes me want to clear out. I'm tired of being a custodian to generations worth of “stuff”.
Sue
Thank you. xx
DeleteShe really has. Even the journey to go and pick her up from Bristol was a lovely day out, meeting a fellow vlogger and all her dogs.
Happy Easter and birthday wishes for yesterday. I am currently sorting through last years clothes (some too tight) but trying not to buy any more. We have a caravan so mostly tee shirts and cropped jeans and a fleece!
ReplyDeleteThank you. xx
DeleteI'm being really ruthless with my clothes at the moment. I packed away the Winter jumpers yesterday and then got them back out again and jettisoned five more to the car boot pile instead.
what a gorgeous wee dog!
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