Life is a Journey not a Destination

Yesterday the dogs discovered a little sparrow that had somehow gotten into the house and was trapped in the computer room. There is a glass door that opens into the loungeroom and he must have been up again the glass. When Amy opened the door she thought a mouse ran out but it was just a little sparrow. At first I thought it was half dead – either from being trapped or from fright with two big dogs chasing it. But after further examination I put it into a box with some water and budgie seed to try and recover.

It’s foot looked broken but a few hours later seemed okay. We put him in the spare bird cage overnight.

His wing appeared to not be working properly so this morning I took him into our birds vet (they do work for WIRES). They were going to have the vet check him out but it’s looking like he’ll make a full recovering and be released. It was nice getting to play a part in saving his life.

My dogs know that whenever I use the kitchenaid mixer there will be a bowl to be lick. Today Rosie had the first go and ended with with quite a bit of it on her head.

Then it was Bailey’s turn.

while Rosie watched, hoping he’d leave her some more…

Sorry Rosie, that bowl got licked clean!

I just loved these guys….

Bailey has got to be the funniest dog we’ve known, & the most flexible .

When he’s not doing the splits he can often be found lying on his back….

He’s a great dog and puts up with a lot….

Rosie isn’t quite so funny but she fits herself into the smallest places…

and likes to sit on our laps…

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Wednesday was the last day of school. Christy came downstairs at 4am, completely ready for school – hair done, shoes on. She had her dressing gown on over the top cause she was cold.

She’d even made a list of things to get done.

Both girls were excited about the last day of school and the start of 6 weeks holidays.

Even the dogs were excited – look at the mess they made of some hand-made bon bons we had mistakenly left under the tree.

Today we headed out on a forest walk with the dog club where we do training. The dogs had the best time – they got to run free with all their doggy friends.

We went for a 45min walk through the forest, had a picnic lunch (next time we’ll come prepared for a BBQ), chatted, sat around the fire and watched the dogs played.

We all had a fun time and look forward to other such outings. The dogs slept the whole way home (1 1/2 hours) and are still sleeping.

On Sunday we celebrated the dogs birthday. Bailey turned 1 and Rosie will turn 3 on Wed. The girls made a cake and decorated (1/2 the cake each). Nan & Pop came over the share the cake.

They played with their new toys.

Which were destroyed by this morning.

I’m having so much fun with the new video camera and putting little movies together – but please feel free to tell me if I’m doing to many.For some reason I can’t get the video quality to transfer to Youtube. This was taken yesterday morning. It was Bailey’s first time at the beach as you can see he loved it.

A video of our new chickens.

More videos from Animals Australia

Even though I don’t eat any meat I still do buy some organic free range ham for the kids, and Mum gets one for Christmas lunch. You don’t have to do without, just get an animal that had happy life.