long time no see

a lot has happened since i last wrote..... we have a new addition to our household....it must have been fate when i saw her on the Scottish  Staffordshire Bullterrier rescue page , because she was called ....Rosie, and we lost our Rosie last Sept, so i asked about her and it was agreed there could be a meet. Saturday 11 weeks ago was the day....i was so worried that my oldie Penny wouldnt like her, no worries, Tracy brought her little boy with her and it distracted Penny, Cassie took to her no bother. So home we went with her...all was fine , then we realised, there were damp patches wherever shed been sitting or lying.Ive had an incontinent dog before so knew the signs. Off to the supermarket to get kids trainer pants, cut hole for tail,pop onto Rosie, temporarily solved. Trip to vets, antibiotics first to see if its an infection....no , its not, onto medication, then gradually reduce till its at a fit for her. She is a lovely girl, prefers to be crated at night and when we go out, sits atop of long suffering Cassie, very affectionate,loves people and dogs, hates birds, wont have them in the garden.....so here she is

Cute, isnt she????

so here are my Three Amigos..... .all love to be on the sofa or on the bed..my bed , not theirs. The new kong filling is keeping them occupied for 20 mins, cottage cheese,banana and peanut butter

I have been making rag bags lately and although they are time consuming, they are fun to make. It took much longer to prepare the fabric than i thought, i took and hour and a half to tear and join the strips to make just one of the bags above....quite a time taken up before you can even begin to crochet, and it hard on the hands too, the fabric is stiff and hard to crochet...but the outcome is lovely....i have two for myself, here they are

I am also writing a facebook page around my dogs, they are so funny at times and having adopted the young Cassie, the older two have perked up a lot, heres the linky to the page
The Three Amigos

off to work now, i dont like getting up at 5am but the lighter mornings are coming and its not so bad then

Further to having Penny on a diet, ive been adding carrots to their meals every night so tonight i tried something else...mashed neeps...or turnips to those  not of Scots ancestry....went down a treat, bowls licked shiny and clean, Penny may not look too much slimmer but she has more "go " about her ,so much so, she was on top of the sofa with Cassie looking out the window this morning when we got home from shopping