Violette: Pretty Neighs, my friends! How are you? We know that we horses have not been very present of late, but we have a full array of photos for you today! I shall of course start with me!
Benny: Well, let's be blunt. #1 is abandoning us today and she won't be back until Monday afternoon. She will be stewarding at the French national dressage and para-dressage championships. We hate it when she goes away. On the other paw, Mr. G will be looking after us and we all love him to bits. So we are thankful for him, even though we're a tad thankless at #1's absence. Does that make sense to you?
Ollie: It is now a few days in the past, but I wanted to tell you about one day last week. Mr. G and Ms. N came over and we all spent some time outside, trimming branches and cleaning gutters. Then we came inside and, oddly enough, we all went upstairs to the guest bathroom. Can you guess what happened next? Well, here it is in pictures!
Tama-Chan: Hello, Dear Friends! It's lovely to be back with all of you this Thursday, so that I can share with you the utter joy of the gift I received from #1. She ordered me a heated pad for my weary joints and I simply adore it! Whereas I often used to sleep curled up into a tight ball, I now stretch out so that every single bit of me can take advantage of the glorious heat. Behold the proof!
My cup is full, Dear Friends!
Momo-Chan: Welcome back to Momoland on Monday! It is always my pleasure to host this day of the week. Did you see the pics of my brother Benny getting a pedicure? Well, that's not happening with me... Why? I have such serious toehawks that it's really hard for #1 to even see my claws!
So here is a nice one of me:
Tama-Chan: Welcome to the first SoS post for November! As you know, an SoS post is very different from an SOS post! Happily, we are dealing with the former! We have had a pretty snuggly week at this end, so let's get going!
Let's start with Ollie this week. He got special cuddles yesterday when he and #1 went to see Ms. C taking part in an apple fair with one of her Percherons:
Benny: No, it's not THAT snip-snip. That would be old news for all of us. In fact, #1 was beginning to suffer seriously from my claws of doom digging into her and so decided I needed them clipped. As Mr. G and Ms. N were over, I had settled on Ms.N's knee, so was perfectly positioned for #1 to do what needed to be done. May I mention that I was an extremely good boy? And thanks to Mr. G for the photos!
Ryū-Chan: #1 realised that she had some really nice pics of me, mostly taken by Mr. G, which she had not shared yet, so she said I could have a post all to myself. I hope you like them!
In the hammock in the study:
Oh, and #1 said we should wish Happy Halloween to those who like to celebrate it. We don't, and we live at the very end of a quiet lane, with a closed gate, so no tricks nor treats down here!
#1 here. After celebrating Benny's fifth birthday on the 20th, we are celebrating Ollie's seventh birthday today. It is hard to believe that it has been almost seven years that he has been with us. In that time, he has gone from this:
To this:
I'm going to see if I can find one nice shot, occasionally two, from each year he has been with us at Poupounette Central.
June 2019 - Froggy Ollie!
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