Christmas Day...

With all the recent snow in the UK we were sent a picture of a Snowman in a bikini.


So we decided at the beach we'd try and make our version. These are our efforts. I think we need more practice!!



The dogs did some diggin!!



Dan going for a walk with Barney and Archie...



Unfortunately for Archie he didn't realise that there were deep grooves where the sea had eroded the hard rock and he went from paddling to swimming in one step.!!



Last picture upload for 2010... The beach on Christmas day....

Sunsets...

We've had quite a few great sunsets recently...




The colours are amazing...



Don't know if the pictures can really do it... Perhaps you have to be here to experience them..!

Meet Archie....

Say Hello! to Archie.... He's a 4mth old Jack Russell x Fox Terrier..! Very fast and vocal! He's Barneys new 'friend'.. Likes shoes and toilet rolls and hides his dog biscuits around the house and garden!

It's great to see Archie and Barney chasing around the garden playing.




At the end of a hard days play......

This will get you out of the water quick...!

Went for a walk along the beach at Westshore on Sunday. We'd been on a walk along the shore line and had turned back to head back to the car when we spotted these fins cruising along in the water.




There were about 5-6 big and little Orcas! They were swimming along the bay just the otherside of the wave brake, very close to the shore line... It was amazing to see them just swim by... and so close.

Chester...

Sadly, we lost Chester at the end of October.


Over a weekend he seemed to have a tummy ache and was doing alot of stretching. He went off his food so we took him to the vets, initially they couldn't see a problem as his temp and heart rate were ok. So they gave him some antibiotics and sent us home saying if there is no improvement come back the next day. As he seemed to be worse we took him back, they gave him a barium meal, an x-ray located a bowel blockage, when they did an exploratory op they found that his pancreas was 7-8 time bigger than it should be, and was one big tumor, so unfortunately he was put to sleep. He was cremated and we scattered his ashes down at the river where he had soooo much fun!!

It's hard to put into words how it affected us all!! It's amazing the affect of losing a little black furry chap has on a family!! and of course his brother Barney!

So a few pictures,




And his favorite thing to do was 'a pre wash on the stuff in the dishwasher'!!

Garden Make over...

We've been busy in the garden, removing raised flower beds and all the plants around the pool to prevent leaves blocking the pool filter.

Raised flower bed gone...




View around pool, before and now with new plants...

Veggie Garden - Update...

Veggie Garden planted....


There are strawberries under the wire, and in the main bed, there are some lettuces, gherkins, capsicums (peppers!), cucumber, chillies, red onions, tomatoes and garlic.

Getting the pool ready for the warmer weather, we found this chap. He lives in the gaps between the paving and the pool..

Car Show....

Went to a car show recently....Hot Rods and American Classics....




Classics....



Nice lights....

Birthday...!

Louise's birthday cake....... Yummy Chocolate.... Shop bought as she didn't want a 'home made' one!!!



She had 10 friends round for Movies, Pizza and loads of chat!! They all had a great time and left around 11pm!!

Dan vacated the house in favour of spending the evening with his friends!!!