Wishing you all a wonderful New Year

 Dear friends from far far away and nearby,
It is the day before the new year begins, here I am celebrating with my fruity drink.
 I have had a very nice year with lots of love and blessings in my everyday life.
I have enjoyed my simple little life and my garden here at Clover Cottage. It has made me happy to look after all the little creatures that appear at my kitchen door from time to time.  My bees and hedgehogs and frogs and blackbirds and caterpillars and naughty slugs are all healthy and doing very well indeed so I am grateful for that. Pearl pig, Mango mouse and Doodle dog are still my loyal, forever companions and I am blessed to have them in my life .
 I wish you all a wonderful new year with peace, love and happiness all around you.
 Love from Sherbetx

A naughty dog called Buddy

Ah, what a joy it is to be sitting here with these pinker than pink flowers. I only wish that I had a pink hat to match them, then my life would be complete !
 Now,  I must tell you that I have heard from a very dear friend of mine that while I was away from Clover Cottage today, a very naughty, young dog called Buddy ran into my garden.  He is a black labrador and there is nothing he likes better than splashing around in water and being as naughty as he can be.
This is what happened next.   Buddy jumped into my lily pond and started to pull all of my beautiful lilies out.  He ran all around my garden at full speed, making a terrible mess, leaving chewed up lilies everywhere,  in the bushes , in the vegetable patch, in the flowerbeds,  just everywhere !
At one point he swam right down to the bottom of the pond with just his tail sticking out of the water. He was trying to pull a lily out that was stuck under a rock .  Oh my goodness what a very naughty dog he is .  Oh dear,  poor pond.   Oh dear,  poor lilies. I do hope they grow again very soon .  I will miss them .   Love from Sherbetx

Sherbet and his friends visit a farm

Today, Mango, Pearl, Doodle and I went for a walk to the nearby farm at the end of Wiggleway Lane. It was lovely to be out in the fresh air especially for me as I have been resting in my cottage and I have missed being outside. I do try to go to work in my garden everyday, even when it is very cold. For our walk we made sure we had our waterproof boots on as we knew it would be muddy at the farm. As we turned into the farm gates we saw all the farm animals coming to greet us from the field that they lived in. There was a pig a bit like Pearl, a sheep a bit like me, a horse, a cow, a hen and my favourite type of dog, a friendly black and white sheep dog. We gave them some apples from my tree, they were so happy to see us. The farmer didn't let them come out of the field as they may get lost but we said hello to them and told them we would come again soon.