Another MANIC Monday!

Oh boy ... another MANIC Monday!

... and let’s NOT forget about Sunday.  Or Saturday for that matter.

“Colours are the smiles of nature.” 

~ Leigh Hunt

Manic Monday started with a CRACKER of a rainbow and ended with a giggle.  

The hound got mail!

Yep, there was a present in the letterbox for the hound today

 ... and no, it’s NOT her birthday.

Her buddy Panda, he of the big brown spot over the eye, sent her a new rugby ball!

I wasn’t home when it was taken out of the letterbox but the youngest lemming was.  He loved the message on the ball and read it to the hound.  

“To Chocolat

Love from Panda”

She gets so excited when she gets a new ball.  The eyes light up.  She stands expectantly, waiting for it to be thrown.  We’ve let a little air out so she’s able to grip it and she’s been parading around the house with the new ball firmly grasped in her mouth.

Last time I looked, she was lying in the lounge with her head on the ball.

I think she likes it.

Thank you Panda ... and Lorraine .... you have no idea how HAPPY you’ve made her.

It will be interesting to see what happens when we go to the beach in the morning.  Her usual course of action when Sam arrives is to swop balls with him.  I wonder if she’ll swop her new ball with his now “OLD” Chiefs one tomorrow?

Watch this space.

It’s been a whirlwind of a weekend.  A market on Saturday, dinner out ... courtesy of the oldest lemming and the noise .... on Saturday night, another market on Sunday and lots and lots of tennis and rugby to watch in-between.  Thank goodness for My Sky.

Matakana Country Fair on Sunday

I did of course get text updates on the tennis from Carol ... fortunately WITHOUT the bad language that she probably expressed at home.  She would have been on the edge of her seat during the Djokovich/Wawrinka match.

The final tomorrow should be a GOOD one!

“Sometimes it is the quiet observer who sees the most.” 

~ Kathryn L. Nelson

Love the water being sprayed up by her tail!