December 2010 Blog Posts (113)

Emby had her 12th birthday yesterday (4 December) and she is still in great health. We had sunshine for Emby's Special Day.after having 816 mm of rain in November and rain for the first 3 days of December too!

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She is a very special old girl and we love her. She still keeps us on our toes and makes sure that her meals are always on…

No electricity, no running water....but beautiful romantic pictures instead...…

It's Pitanga's birthday today and I woke up to a very Winterish morning... Cold and rain! Romã was brave enough to go outside but soon gave up and came back to bed. Pitanga didn't even bother :)

We slept in for an extra 3 hours and I had Irish spread all over me - there were heads and paws and tails from my two girls everywhere! I used this extra time to look at my 3 year old girl and her (now) crazy daughter and thought about how far they have come and how my life has changed since I…

This morning the temperature dropped to -21 degrees- brrrrrrrrrr…

Happily, we have had our lives turned upside down, with a ball of orange belton joy, who we have named "Hattie," short for "Hattitude!" Special thanks to Jo and Matt in New Zealand, and a page will be dedicated to Hattie, just as soon as the photographs permit.

For Now, though, some photos of our past English Setters, including our gorgeous tri colour, Suntop Shining Berry Imp UK) and the beautiful International Sh Ch Suntop Winterbreeze, a…

the first day:

freeze came...

perfect time for Conni - winter…