Hi boyz and + gals

It's Pekoe here...



I thought I'd make a guest appearance and tell y'all about our xmas in July celebrations on the weekend...



See all those bikkies on the tray and in the basket on the table there?



I helped make those! And so did my pinkie mum Maree.



We somehow missed out on the credit though because they were called "Inky and Molly's Bikkies". So I am a bit cross about that...



I may have only been there for a few hours but within that time I sampled as many (if not more) bikkies as Inky and Molly had in 2 days, so I should be given at least some credit for taste-testing, right??

As a bit of a pay-back I thought it would only be fair to send brother Max over to lift his leg on Inky and Molly's Esky...



Maaaax! Could you please?!!...



Max: Sure thing, Love. Job done. Can I go back to my ball now?



Max: Schanks!

Pekoe: Now that that is dealt with I just quickly head over to mum to tell her that, ehem, accounts have been settled...



Good girl, Pekoe, mum says.



Ha, gotcha, Ink and Moll.

So, now to the festivities...



I can see about 14 Dales and their Pinkies here.
There, I can see one of my Pinkies there on the right...



And another one there...



Ahhhh, I love getting a cuddle from Isabel...



Good stuff!



Molly: Hey Pekoe! What's going on??

You've hijacked our blog for long enough now. You better not been bad-mouthing us. Move over now...



I'm gonna show these people around...



Pekoe: Damn it!

Molly: So here is a group of us having a good run around on the common...





And here is some more action...



See that beautiful fuzz butt? That's Chester...


When I'm grown up I want to have a fuzzy butt like that, but mum says, there is not much hope. Apparently you have to be born with it and it's in the genes (whatever tht means). So I guess it's just bad luck my hair is more wavy than curly :(
But his glorious backside wasn't the only reason Chester was stealing the show.
Check out his flashing collar...



Very funky indeed. You probably can't see the little flashing light globes but let me tell you, Father Xmas would have been proud to have him pull his sleigh.

Now as my Pinkie was cuddling Chester, I couldn't help but notice the similarities.
I wonder if they share the same gene pool and how that might be possible, and why I don't have the fuzzy butt but then these two have...mmmhhhh...



Anyway, the other show stealer was this little pup here. Her name is Marley...



Isn't she beautiful?? We all thought she was an absolute darl' apart from Inky of course. You now how she gets when our pinkies dare to give somedoggie else other than her a millisecond of attention...



Inky: I don't know why they are all sooo in love with this puppy. Totally over-rated...



Nah, I won't have puppies myself, I don't think. Life is too short...



I'm better off flying solo...



Molly: Anyway, Inky. Let's move on with this blog. People might be falling asleep by now. SO where was I? Ah yes, I was showing you around the group of Dales...
So check out how much Roxy has grown!...



She's still (or even more) crazy and beautiful and we all agree that that's a perfect, dalish combination.

And our dearest friend Riley was there too. Remember Riles?...



He made the big trip from across the bay especially to hang out with us...



And his pinkie mum made us those special felted Aire-bandannas. Aren't they fantastic?...



So here we are, sporting our new Airecessories while molesting Maree for some food...




And over to the next group of pinkies for more scraps (why do they all stand around in clusters rather than just in one long line? that would be sooo much easier)...



Come on pinkies, hand down the treats!



Thanks, Fi...



Moving right along, here are Abba...



Morris (getting a cuddle)...



Stella...



And her brother Astro...



We also had Bronte (the Dale from down the road) and Dexter (whose brother Digger, a dear friend of ours sadly past away recently) make a guest appearance. However, the photographer had already packed up by then so there are no shots of them.

We had a fantastic day and loved having all our Dale friends together. The group of pinkies was rather generous and so with our bikkies and some Airedale Rescue merchandise we had for sale we raised nearly $300 so far. Thank you all dales and Pinkies, you rock!!

Needless to say that after a day of such strenuous activity and the baking-frenzy leading up to the event we passed out on the Aire-rug at home and didn't move again for a very long time...



So, do I get an award for the longest blog ever?

Love,

MOLLY