I kill things ...... yep ....!

Ladies Bay ... where the sun shone briefly and the tide threatened to engulf us!

I kill things ....... yep ....... living things .... lots of them ..... little black hard-working insects that invade my space!!  They arrive uninvited ..... they move into my craft boxes with all their relatives and friends, and friends of friends ad nauseum .... they drive me to distraction!!  They create their own highways up my walls and

Indy hoovering the rocks

across the floors ... nothing seems to deter them .... they’re like a great big black machine ... constantly moving .. constantly irritating the life out of me!!  There .... you have it ..... I do not like ants!  I know they’re God’s creatures ... as my youngest son often reminds me ..... but he doesn’t like spiders .... is terrified of them ... but he won’t kill them ... we have to do the dirty deed for him!!

Indy ... such a gorgeous boy!

In Glover Park this morning I sat down on the grass to watch the birds trying to herd Chocolat and I away from their nest ... they were highly vocal and dive-bombed us as we walked along the path on the edge of the cliff.  They were fascinating ..... I could have sat there for ages watching them ... but the ants there had other plans.  The grass in Glover Park has only recently been mowed ..... yesterday I spent ages lying on
the edge of the cliff watching my world move by in slow motion ... but today the birds didn’t want us near the edge of the cliff ... and the ants didn’t want us further inland.  I must have sat on one of their highways and they responded by biting my bum!!  It wasn’t just me they bit either ... Chocolat felt the brunt of their displeasure too ....

Our morning walk had started so well ... despite the softly falling rain.  Gone was the sunshine of yesterday .... and in it’s place grey cloud after grey cloud ..... the rain was warm though and no deterrent to either the hound or I ... we don’t mind walking in the rain.  As is usual when the skies are grey, there were

Chocolat has soon learnt that Julia carries treats ... YUM!

very few humans and hounds on the beach.  Indy and Julia met us there .... Indy doing a good job of hoovering the beach and Julia was kept busy picking up all the deposits he made.  Indy does mobile ‘poops’ .... there are way too many interesting smells on the beach to waste time dropping his ‘poops’ all in one spot .... got to do it on the go ..... it’s so amusing to watch!!

Chocolat is very much a lady where that’s concerned ..... she DOESN’T hoover ..... and she doesn’t ‘poop’ on the go ..... she drops all her ‘poops’ in a nice tidy pile .... it’s so considerate of her and so easy to scoop up.  Enough about that though!

Julia and Indy making friends at the view site ...

I’m still fascinated by how tall Indy is .... he has such lovely long legs and lopes along the beach compared to my hound’s gallop .... and it’s a bit of a sideways gallop .... her rear legs don’t seem to move in line with her front legs.  The faster she runs and the more excited she gets ... the more out of alignment her legs seem to be ... I almost feel she’s going to trip herself up and go head
over heels!!  Indy’s run is effortless ... he’s an elegant chocolate Labrador ... and I don’t think I’ve seen one of those before. Just like my hound though he shows his pleasure with his whole body ..... his bum also wags when he’s happy .... it’s funny how flexible Labrador’s bodies are despite them being so solid.

I love the fact that every day I’m able to amble with my hound .... it’s my way of being able to “let go” of all the challenges life is throwing at me and allow my ‘spark of madness’ to have flight .... I dream, fly,  laugh and have fun with my kindred spirit hound.  I don’t want to ever lose the magic that this madness brings to my life ..... I want to do ... do ... do ... until I can do no more.  This world we live in gives off so many negative messages at times .... all the things we mustn’t do ... all the rules that say “Don’t do this” or “Don’t do that” .... isn’t it time we all tried to nourish the part of us that isn’t scared to dream or trust or just “let go” and have fun for the sake of having fun!

I just love this pic that was posted on Positive Outlook's page today .... that's MY life!!