There are some moments that no matter the passing of time remain with you, with the clarity of mere seconds ago. It’s been nearly a year since we met Maisy. Meeting Maisy is one of those moments that remains distinctly and clearly with me. Maisy had been with the rescue for a number of months…

If I was going to write a tribute to Bea I would be here until the end of time. She was “perfect princess baby girl” to Joe and I, and we adored every inch of our little mouse dog. Whatever she meant to us though, she meant so much more to Sam. She was his…

It’s been too long since I’ve been here and created a post. I’m not often lost for words as Joe (and most people who know me!) will tell you but the last 18months has had me sometimes lost for words and more commonly, unable to fully articulate into words what my heart wants to say.…

Following on from the success of mini break, we decided to take the terrific twosome on a slightly longer break. We spent a week in Pembrokeshire in July (yes I am very late updating this but that’s a whole other set of posts), and we took into consideration some of the lessons learnt from mini…

Like many many others, we have not travelled anywhere in the last 18 months. This is 99.9% due to COVID, 0.1% due to Sam and Bea, for different reasons. Sam took a long time to settle here, and even now still has his moments where he has to retreat to his safe spot on his…

Could you have possibly known a year ago what was waiting for you? Did they tell you on that last day that you woke up in kennels that you were going home that afternoon? That first afternoon – I think we were all a bit overwhelmed and unsure, and some of the weeks and months…

It’s been a while… we seemed to have settled into some sort of happy state and routine that has made the days fly by. A couple of local walks around the racecourse, food and games and lots of sofa cuddles. Then the world started to open back up again… This is a good thing. It’s…

Sam loves his little big sister Bea. They are not just siblings by adoption, they are actually related. They are half siblings with the same father – not that you would believe that to look at them and not that they are aware of that. They just know that they have us and each other…

I’ve been musing a post or two for a while but decided to wait for today – today marks 8 months since the below picture was taken and Sam and Bea came home (apologies for the bad screen shot – being in it, I didn’t take it!) A lot of things have changed over the…

Probably 5 nights a week there are little paws on my lap. Little is I guess relative in this instance, as Beas paws are smaller than Sam’s but no means little. They are tough and strong, capable of smacking Joe in the mouth and splitting his lip in play. They are swift and light as…