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| Puggle |
Now, this will amuse you. I met a Puggle yesterday. That's a cross between a Pug and a Beagle, a chocolate brown idiot dog who wandered off and thought the Boxers would be fun to play with. I spotted her first, though, and made sure she got safely home. Apparently, she was visiting a neighbour and dug her way through the fence then came through two gardens, and crossed a road. It delayed our walk, too, but amused the boys over the road. I don't know if I'm in favour of these crosses.
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| Bassador |
I've recently heard of a Bassador, that's a Basset x Labrador! And we know quite a few Labradoodles and Goldiedoodles. I know that crosses do sometimes happen unintentionally and most offspring are cute and quirky in their own way, well loved but not necessarily to be repeated. I'm not an expert, though, so I'm not judging, merely observing.
And in other news, two ladies of a great age. No, not the Queen. One lady has a Birthday today, hoorah! One lady, a stalwart of Village life, sadly passed away last weekend. My condolences to her family and to all her Village friends, of which she had many.
It's my week to open and close the Church (*shudders, thinking about coffee-drinking vagrant, but that's another story). So I had a little walk up the road after swimming. I don't often just walk, enjoying the Village ambience, taking note of the other gardens, watching the school children hard at work, the nursery school with heads bent over creative tasks. When I walk I usually have the Boxers with me, and they quite frankly are not interested in sentimentality. I noticed that the bulbs are up in the School garden, a cheerful welcome; I noticed the sunny primulas outside the Village Hall. I saw Kai waiting patiently for his walk. I had time to enjoy the peace and quiet of the Churchyard, and read the visitor's book. I noticed the earthmoving equipment in the garden of the big house - getting ready for the National Gardens Scheme weekend already?
It promises to be a good week in Shackleford. I posted my Monday mood board here. Off to the garden now, dog walking later.