Australian Advent Calendar Day 11

It was the local Christmas pageant last night which is a big deal around here - lots and lots of great Christmassy photo opportunities, but of course my camera battery went flat....

So here instead is a sketch of one of the Canine Rescue's dogs, trotting along in the parade dressed as an angel.

Dogs of Bali

We're just back from two weeks in Bali - I have a lot of photos to show you.... but I thought I'd start with a collection of Bali's stray dogs. They're everywhere and trot around very confidently!

Dogs

The sun's been shining, we've been hanging out at the beach and the skate park, and here are some dogs that were hanging out with us!

Dog Beach!

Molly's New Year's resolution was to learn to swim, so today we took her to the dog beach in Fremantle.

With a little gentle persuasion she swam a little bit (with her mouth tight shut and a look of terror in her eyes), before running off to play with two boxers...

Dog Goggles

Spotted on the way home from swimming lessons! 

Yesterday's sunshine....

This dog will not move when it's sunny - this is the face of a happy dog!

Second puppyhood...

Molly our Big Dog (French Mastiff cross) is on medication for hypo-thyroidism and has a new lease of life! She has reverted to puppyhood in a big way - see below photo...

Luckily it's a very pink ball of wool that I wasn't going to use, but now I'm a bit worried that she's going to start gnawing on the doorframes like she did when she was little...

That was the day we brought her home - she's grown a bit in the last five years...

Day 38

Village dog show!

And well done to Monty for having the second waggiest tail!

Day 8

We've been dog-sitting for a few days - for a small hairy spaniel!

Have you seen..

Hot Dog!

This is our daft dog - I thought she was going to drop dead of heat exhaustion and she refused to move into the shade.. So I threw a wet towel over her and she seems quite happy!

Wrinkles

Molly is not a big fan of winter.
In fact she hasn't moved for three days. I think she might be hibernating.
Perhaps I should put her in a big box full of straw and wake her up in the Spring?

Dog and legs

A little bit inspired by Elliott Erwitt ...

- every small dog should have a woolly jumper and matching beret..

The Arts Hut

My cards are now stocked in a gorgeous little gallery called the Arts Hut, in Herstmonceux, Sussex.

The Arts Hut is owned and run by artist Anna Wilson-Patterson - this is one of her 'Hound' monoprints - have a look at her website to see more of her lovely work.

'Thanks for your cards which I received this morning and are out on display,they look great.'

Muttley Molly

Molly Dog is four years old this month (we don't know the exact date) So Happy Birthday big smelly dog!