A Show In The City

Hello! I’ve decided to get my blog back on! I haven’t really been in the swing of it lately as I feel as though I’m still anxiously waiting for everything around me to happen. Its going to be an explosion of excitement when it all does I can tell you that. As for what I’m waiting for: my exam results from June, (not so exciting actually) news from our breeder on a puppy update and my new car. It turns out that we didn’t have to wait as long as I imagined for Polly to come into season as she started her cycle on Monday. No walks or trips out for a while! Boo!

Well speaking of trips out, Tuesday was a welcome distraction from my state of anticipation as we (mum, and her parents) took a visit to London to watch a show. When it comes to fashionable and contemporary locations London is top of the list at the moment. Perhaps down to its unbeatable urban majesty. But more likely due to that little event they’re calling the Olympics?

Olympics aside, as usual being in London is like being thrown into a gigantic maze of tall buildings, big red buses and crowds of people. Every corner you turn seems to lead you deeper into the heart of the city.

Covent Garden remains my favourite spot to visit. I like what it represents with quirky market stalls next to designer boutiques – a reflection of London’s diverse scale. Its baffling to think that you can go from posh to poverty in the blink of an eye, but I suppose that’s true for all major cities though.

We had a few hours to kill before the show so enough time to soak up some festive Olympic vibes. Everywhere looked very jolly with London 2012 banners decorating all the hotspots, but unfortunately it was far too hot to explore as much as I’d have liked to.

Instead we stayed cool and hydrated under some shade, eating delicious Thornton’s ice cream, honeycomb caramel yum yum. When in London a union jack napkin is mandatory obviously!

 

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Gradually the streets filled up with increased shadows of the evening which meant that it was time to make our way to the theatre for the 7pm performance of War Horse.

When I saw trailers for the movie it was one of those things that I liked the look of but never got round to watching  – but I was so glad I didn’t see the film as I got to enjoy the experience of watching it first time on the stage. We were seated high up in the front row at the side of the large theatre with a good view of all the action. I thought that the show was brilliantly clever and I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. I must say that I was expecting it to be really emotional but I thought it was actually quite a feel good show. There was drama, action, humour, heartache and lots of animals all wrapped up into one enjoyable performance.

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However much I enjoy trips into the city, I always feel a sense of relief when I’m back to the slow pace of my suburban life. London can be very overwhelming.

On saying that though, I hope that my exciting plans spring to life soon so that I can drive some of my hyped up energy somewhere productive. Drive being the key word especially once I get my Mini Cooper

 Have a fabulous weekend wherever you are, whatever you’re doing! x

The Waiting Game

Finally, Britain had a weekend that resembled summer! Blue skies, birds singing and trees gently waving in a mild breeze. And doesn’t the sunshine get people out? Generally there were just lots of people scattered around all over the place over the last two days. Obviously everyone is making the most of the rare nice weather while they can. We spent a good deal of yesterday at the allotment and Polly pug joined us for the first time. We tied her to the bench with plenty of shade and she really enjoyed herself. I weeded and watered for a while and although I’m very happy we’ve finally got some better weather yesterday wasn’t really ideal gardening conditions as it was just so hot.

Polly definitely had the best idea: snoozing away the day in the sun!

While removing the many hundreds of unwanted weeds on our plot yesterday I came to the conclusion that July is going to be the month of waiting around for us. Its quite an exciting but at the same time frustrating time. Its exciting because lots is on the horizon however I don’t know how much longer I can wait for it all.

It is most certainly all about to kick off very soon! Firstly, our breeder has been in touch to say that she is still waiting for puppies to be born but hopes for them to arrive within this week. Another sort of milestone event is that we think Polly is about to come into season at any minute now – she is about the right age and she has a lot of signs indicating that she is going into heat. I have no idea what to expect from that!

I’m also waiting for some documents to come through from the DVLA to sort my car/number plates out and these could take another few weeks so I can’t have my new car until this has been sorted out. And one more thing that I’m still waiting for is my examination results form way back in June.

I’m crossing my fingers for lots of ups towards the end of July!

Paw’s The Word

Good morning and a very happy Saturday to you! How was your week? Mine was a pretty uneventful one, filled with lots of work and plenty of frequent raindrops. All I can say is thank goodness its the weekend now as I have some fun plans including a curry night for my granddad’s birthday tonight and a trip to London. However, today’s post is dedicated to the lovely people over at Lucky Paws Boutique and they are Sammy and Missy. If you haven’t already, make sure to Tweet them a hello, you can find them as @LuckyPaws or @MissyMoo.

Polly and I first bumped into Sam and Missy at our first dog show a few weeks ago, luckily I took one of their lovely cards and got in touch with them again over the internet. Everything the boutique sells is so cute, but I began my first order with just two bits, something for both Polly and her future sister! I got Polly a pink harness and later on bought a jumper from their eBay Store for our future little puppy.

Both items arrived in the post very quickly on Thursday, and Polly and I would like to say a big, big thank you to Lucky Paws, firstly for the beautiful items and secondly for being such a pleasure to buy from. Sam was always keeping me updated on the status of my order, and I think that its nice to have a little bit of knowledge of how your purchases are coming along. Plus its especially nice to feel like someone actually cares about what they are sending you for a change.

Here are some pictures of Polly being a pug-poser in her lovely new harness:

Plus how excited am I to have an adorable item ready for when our second baby arrives in the autumn, its beginning to feel so real all of a sudden! How cute is this jumper?!

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I know that Polly has got lots of doggy followers on Twitter so please be sure to check out what Lucky Paws Boutique has to offer – I’m sure that something will tickle your pickle, there really are lots of gorgeous buys at a very affordable price! Or better still if you’re local Sammy does the stall and regularly posts where she is going with it!

Once again, thank you to LPB for the lovely bits we will definitely be returning to you again soon If you have any comments or questions about today’s post please feel free to contact me on Twitter or Facebook. Have a great weekend! x x

A Combination Not To Be Mixed

Oh this is one of the parts I have most been looking forward to about having an allotment. Having, flowers and fruit and in other words something to show for all of the work that has been put in. I cannot pretend to take credit for all of this because a lot of it is from my Grandparent’s plot, but I see it as a good sign that we’ve got plenty more of this to come in our direction.

These are some of our very own:

A delightful combination of rhubarb, onions, strawberries and courgettes from the plot. Not to be put in a dish together though!But still just because these fruit and veg don’t go together, how exciting is this?

It all looks so fresh too.

I consider us so lucky to have rhubarb as it costs a ridiculous amount to buy from the supermarkets these days. Is delicious warmed up with some vanilla ice cream! Yum.

My personal favourites are still the berries’ at the moment: strawberries and raspberries. Mmmm delicious and so summery (even if the weather is not)

What do you find most satisfying about gardening or owning a plot?

The Great British Summer

What a summer this is turning out to be in regards of the weather. It saddens me that I have been turning to my raincoat, umbrella and chunky waterproof boots in mid-July.  Most of my summer dresses haven’t even left the wardrobe this year yet! Its depressing because summer is the time when everyone is out and about here and there but these heavy downpours prevent you from doing that quite so freely (unless you’re okay with getting drenched to the bone!) However that wasn’t the spirit of a lot of people yesterday.

Mum and I made a brief appearance at Beth’s Dog show and I was pleased to see plenty of people had made an effort to give their support despite the awful weather! There were lots of fun stalls that we browsed and loads of dogs were entering the show. Because of the weather we only stayed for a short while and so I didn’t enter Polly in any of the classes, although had the weather been nicer I would have liked to. I did end up buying Polly a few treats including some toys, a new jumper and harness.

I seriously hope that a proper summer is just around the corner!

Pig-less

We had some sad news this morning when my dad went downstairs to make a cup of tea and discovered that my sweet little guinea pig Calypso had passed away in the night. We think that she has been poorly for the last week or so since she gradually stopped eating. She was five years old which is a fair age for a piggy considering she has been alone for a whole year with her sister’s death last June. We worried she would pine terribly for Caramel but she managed to keep going for another thirteen months without her sister in the cadge with her.

Thankfully she didn’t appear to be in any pain towards the end, I think that she had just become very old and slow in herself all of a sudden, and thus deteriorated before our eyes this last week. We were going to take her to the vet but we thought that the trauma of it would have been a bit cruel on her fragile little body and we let time do its thing. Nature took its course, and Lulu went peacefully in her sleep.

Its so very sad when an animal passes away because they really do make an imprint on your heart. And actually, even the smallest of animals have the ability to touch our lives in such a big way. I have so many sweet memories of my guinea pigs together, they are lovely docile creatures and made beautiful pets in our home for the past five years. The absence of their cadge in the house is very odd at the moment

I find comfort in hoping that somewhere my two piggies are skipping around freely in the grass together  

RIP little one.

2012 Highlights January-June

I can’t believe that we’re over half way through 2012 already! Its been an exciting year. Take a look at my year so far:

January

February

March

April

May

June

And there are still so many more exciting events left to follow! What a year 2012 is shaping up to be!

Barking Mad: The Pug Story Part 4

Here it is – the news I’ve been eagerly anticipating to reveal in more detail! We’ve had Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 but incredibly my Pug Story is taking on another journey this year. Are you ready for Part 4?! Well here it is…

Sometimes I Can’t Help Myself

Sometimes I can’t help myself.

Oh scrap that. SometimesI can’t help myself.

Let me start this post again. I can’t help myself. There I said it. I admit that I am very much  a ‘see it, want it’ type of girl. This is both a good

A Glimpse Of The 2012 Olympics

Hello how we doing on this hot Thursday afternoon? So yesterday I went to Greenwich for my Mum’s birthday and we had a really lovely, relaxing time. I actually took a bit of a break from my camera yesterday, sometimes I need a rest from my toy as its become such an everyday item for me lately. However when I saw the transformation of the city’s lovely old park I had to snap a few, quick shots of my only ‘in person’ glimpse of the 2012 Olympics. I thought I could just share them with you on my blog.