In all the 6 years or so I've been driving across The Wharfe every work-day, I don't think I've ever seen it quite as full as it was on Friday. Fi and John's wedding was the next day, at The Red Lion in Burnsall - right…
Family
Matt, the main blogger round these parts is patriarch and assistant manager to a rather special family. Other members are: Eirene, patient and beautiful wife and mother to their 4 mini them. Introducing the DragonDroplets: Felix (born 1998), Jaygo (2001) Sophie (2006) and Annie Mo (2013). Augmented with a Labradinger dog (half English Springer, half Chocolate Lab).
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Wedding on the Wharfe
FamilyEarlier on, I helped Felix make this collage thing for a school project. It's a pretty good snapshot of what's what round these parts. Speaking of snapshots, we've just watched Britain In A Day - a moving mash-up of a…
The Adventures of Cake DogI love summer. It's my favourite day of the year (boom boom!). This summer (as featured over the weekend we've just had) was a peach. Blue skies and hot. We were so happy that we'd arranged to go camping. Our…
Elsie won a rosette!Elsie won a rosette! , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Elsie won a rosette!
Dogs and kids and shoesThe weekend was fun. It involved two birthdays – the first of which was a garden / house party. Dogs and kids very welcomed. People with exactly the same footware (pictured above – me and Ricky), also welcomed. I think…
Lanzarote was aceI'm going to leave this as one of them let the pictures do (most of) the talking blogs. Suffice to say we had a fantastic time in Lanzarote. The Hotel was fantastic, the island, incredible. A good time was had by all of…
Jaygo by a canal in GooleJaygo by a canal in Goole , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . If you put Goole into Google it comes back with Google. If you click the search instead for Goole, it comes back with a bunch of info on an inland port in…
DragonDrop PieI just made this pie. It was ace.
Mush!Snow day on Sunday. Elsie (Springador pup) pulled a sled. A harness (rather than a collar) was attached to to the dog at one end and a sled at the other and hay presto. Sophie loved it. Eislie loved it. She had a job to…
Riverside walkRiverside walk , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . A weekend of contrasts - Eirene and I had been out to a Festival warm up party on the Friday evening (the festy in question is DragonGate 2012 - no doubt more on that…
Sophie opens a giftI took this photo on Christmas morning... Exactly 4 years ago I took a very similar photo... It's amazing how much and how little changes with the passing of time. Sophie has grown up so much yet she's still got this…
Christmas EveA colour combo I spotted outside our house earlier Twas the night before Christmas, well the day at least. I've had the busiest period at work I've had in a long time - huge deadline - nailed. It's held off the…
- Puppy Party
Last night we went to a 'Puppy Party'. This was an informal dog socialisation class at Vets4Pets in Harrogate. It was ace. Elsie got a chance to get all giddy with other pups and play with some cool toys. Embedded video
- Short video of a short dog
Embedded video She's doing well. First weekend. No bother with Fireworks we've discovered - we took her with us to see the incredible 50th aniversary display of Fireworks on the Stray in a baby sling and had an…
Felix is 13He may be 13 today but I'm pleased to see that he still has this reaction to Jelly Babies originally uploaded by DragonDrop . The big highlight of the now is that we’ve got a teenager all of a sudden. Felix has turned…