Heathrow airport

Just had lunch - Spinach salad -nice to have some veggies after the meat and fats overloads of the past few days
On to Sevilla....

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End of 4 days in England

Beagles were judged on Friday, the entry was about 225. This lovely bitch pictured above was best bitch- we tried, unsuccessfully, to buy her - but understandably her proud breeders would not part with her.
We watched Best in Show tonight and the winner was the veteran Australian bred vizsla a worthy winner
Tomorrow we head to Seville, Spain for a few days vacation. Will hopefully be able to find Wi-fi and blog




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We are packed

Well we head off tomorrow to Cruft's dog show, in England. Beagles show on Friday. Carrie is house-sitting for us in our absence - Thanks Carrie! The dogs will all enjoy being spoilt by her.
We look forward to seeing all of our friends from around the world in Birmingham. Swing by the Beagle ring and visit.
After Cruft's we are going to Spain for a few days - watch this blog.....

Not as nice as Yesterday...

But I am not complaining. The day started nicely and all the dogs were lying on the deck, here is our 14 year old whippet (she demands a soft bed!)
The beagles are happy to just lie on the deck. By the afternoon, we had some sprinkles of rain and its all clouded over. I guess the weather man is trying to prepare us for Europe!

A Beautiful Saturday

On a spring day, with temperatures that reached 72 degrees, this afternoon, it was time to go for a long bike ride, mow the lawns and generally enjoy the day. This was the view from the end of the driveway - you can see all the trees with blossoms - we have had such a mild winter, everything is flowering.
I just hope the weather can be as nice next week when we head to England for Crufts and follow that up with a few days in Spain (Seville)

It had to end

The fantastic weather of the past few weeks - today is cloudy and drizzly.
Still I am enjoying a break at Starbuck's and have discovered a new App for my iTouch which enables me to very easily post to my blog using their free Wi-Fi while enjoying my double tall non fat latte.....life is good!



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No Excuses

(View of Mt Hood taken from Sandy, while we were driving around Oregon this week)

I have been very negligent in updating my blog recently - no particular reason just a combination of things to do, along with superb weather, which have lead us to do many more things during the day and then being glued to the TV watching the Olympics, into the small hours of the morning, for the last week.
Last weekend, we had a dog show and just had Thomas and his son Erik entered. The entry of beagles was tiny (5) - Thomas won the breed both days and got a group placement on Sunday. Erik won a single point, but it was good training for him, if nothing else. The weekend was really enjoyable as we had a chance to have dinner with friends (Tracy & John) who we have not seen since they moved to Idaho and another friend (Kathy) - it was a great restaurant in Albany and superb company.
I took the opportunity to play with my new Flip video camera (just a tiny thing about the size of a cell phone) and it does a respectable job. I wanted to practice before i went to Crufts next month, so I new how it worked.
Sunday was Valentines day - we were done early at the show and so went home and had a nice bottle of wine and a home cooked meal.
This week, in between a lot of driving around greater Portland, collecting and delivering things we have managed to squeeze in some outdoor exercise (bike riding for me and walking for David) - somehow I enjoy this much more than hitting the stationary bike at the gym! And then of course lawn mowing.....
And now its the weekend again - no dog shows this weekend, but the good weather continues - its was 62 degrees today - I LOVE it.