Autumn

Hello dear friends! Thank you for all your comments on our last blog entry. And as we are watching the terrible events in Japan unfold we thought we'd still like to share some good news with you in these dark times:

Our Sheltie-mama Treasure gave birth to 4 puppies on 13 March, 1 girl and 3 three boys, all sable and white. They are called the JACKSON FIVE after their daddy Jackson, Eastonia, Man in the Mirror (very impressive name, huh?)

We haven't yet seen any photos but as soon as we do we'll ask auntie Lynne if we can post one on our blog. This will have been our Sheltie-mama's last litter because she is now 6 years of age (we think?) and has raised many puppies in her life. We're sure she'll be enjoying her well-earned retirement!

It's autumn now and the cooler temperatures mean that we can go for longer walks.

We live very close to the Pakuratahi Forest Park
and go for walks there almost every day. You can make the walks as long as you like, starting from 1 hour going on to three days :)

Here we are at the Maymorn entrance to the park, only about 1km from our doorstep! Sorry, but there were too many nice smells to be paying attention to Mama and her camera.



Last week was quite wet so these fly agarics (mushrooms) have popped up all over the place. They are pretty nasty things actually, and Mama won't even let us sniff at them. They do make for nice photos, however!




Ah, yes we DO like our new hunting grounds!!!



And after a long walk what better is there to do than to cuddle up together for a little down time?



Well, that's all for now. Have a good week everydog and keep safe!

Love, Josh, Jess and Gisela