To insanity and beyond ...: If Sam could write, his life story would make such an amusing tale!

It was the slurp that did it ..... a great big Labrador slurp.

Those with Labradors will know exactly what I mean.

Carol heard it from the bedroom as she was getting ready to come and pick me up to go to Waiatarua.

Pete had left the butter on the kitchen counter and Sam had helped himself.

Early morning sunlight bathing my city.

Sam couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about ... it had been delicious!

Carol’s look said it all when she arrived at the Co-op.

Sam the Man was in the dog-box. She needed her caffeine fix!

Best of buddies ... it's just too special

The fur-ball likes to share her bed.

The girls at the Co-op wait eagerly each morning to hear the next story in the saga that is Sam. On Tuesday he blew up the hair-dryer .... not intentionally of course. He’s teething and anything and everything is gum fodder, including power chords. It wasn’t quite the reaction Carol expected when she turned on the hair-dryer.

If Sam could write, his life story would make such an amusing tale!

Early morning sun on the hound.

Ebony and her man-servant Anthony AND her other human, Amy, were at the Dog Pond when we got there this morning. Ebony was delighted to see us and came racing over to say hello. She knows the double ‘C’ are the weird whachos that bring rugby balls AND hounds for her to play with.

It was great to finally meet Amy in person as we’ve heard so much about her from Anthony.

Ebony, like our hounds, is much loved by BOTH her humans.

Labradors and rugby balls make for fun times in the reserve and I’ve come home with a VERY tired hound. Sam, on the other hand, could do it all over again ... and yet again!

I had a new adventure planned for this weekend .... I was going to learn stand-up paddle boarding. I have this vision of the hound and I paddling on the waves past Ladies Bay and Karaka Bay, and all the other bays that are only accessible at low tide when you’re on foot. In my vision the hound’s sitting perfectly still on the board as I paddle us along on the mirror-like surface of the sea. I think I might be visually impaired as the reality could be vastly different to what I see in my mind.

I think we might both end up in the water.

Sam and Ebony don't care which ball they have as long as they have a ball.
My hound's more particular ... she wants a SPECIFIC ball!

I think there might be waves.

Not double trouble but TREBLE trouble .... all 3 chocolate mousse flavours!

The paddle-board lessons are going to have to be put on hold though as, rather unexpectedly, Chocolatandco are heading off to the Matakana Indie Market this Sunday ..... our first market of the year .... yay!

Lots of preparation to do this week now!