Archie The Wonder Dog

The gorgeous and talented Rebecca@MakingRebeccaLynne has just announced that she'll be running an international low volume swap which will be starting on Monday 27th August.  For details please click on the button below and if you're interested please leave a comment on her announcement post - find it here . If you're thinking 'what on earth is low volume?' then fear not for Rebecca has pulled together some fine examples on her announcement post and I've borrowed a few photos from a couple of bloggy friends (I asked first!) These are bright blocks surrounded by a low volume background Borrowed (with permission!) from Fiona@PoppyMakes Also from Fiona@PoppyMakes Borrowed (with permission!) from Jan@Isisjem   Also from Jan@Isisjem  And a stack of low volume fabrics from Jan's stash   Also from Jan@Isisjem  And a couple of low volume dog photos, just to round off the post! ...

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for Archie in the Pets on Quilts - he won !!!  I think he's a little bit disappointed that he doesn't get a trophy and/or a sash and tiara but he did get extra biscuits and a treat or two, spread out over the week, of course, wouldn't want him getting fat!  (Chance would be a fine thing...I'd give it a good go...) so he seems quite happy.  I also won a voucher for a quilt shop in the random draw so I'm going to have fun spending that! Anyone for a thank you kiss? In fact he's so please he thought he's show you how well his tummy hair is growing back...(Owners of boy dogs will testify that's it's not easy to get a tummy shot that doesn't upset the delicate!) Not so much of the baldy nicknames from now on! I seem to be going through a lucky streak at the moment (I pinched it from Hadley !) as I also won a lovely charm pack in Mary's giveaway - Mary has a wonderful bl...

What's that?  It's time to vote in the pets on quilt competition? You are going to vote for me, aren't you? (Ignore the mess left by BC in the background and concentrate on me!) Go here to view the entries and then leave a comment here saying which entries you are voting for (you have one vote per category - dogs, cats, other, EQ and art - and if you leave a 'vote' comment you also get entered into the random draw).  Of course, if you don't want to go to the trouble of looking at all the entries then you could just vote for yours truly, 112! I'll wait here... I think crossing my legs gives me an air of dignity and gravitas...do you agree ? Or here... I love my bed, it's like a fluffy cloud... Or here... Peace at last... Or here... (if the sun shows up) In half an hour I'm going to be in full sun - bliss! ...for my extra 'it's the taking part and not the winning' biscuits while BC answers a...

Ah, I thought that would get your attention!  It's Archie here - I've snuck onto the computer while She Who Controls The Biscuits watches some horses jumping over some funny looking fences. A few days ago She Who Controls The Biscuits (I think I'll call her Biscuit Controller, or BC, for short as typing is hard when you're a dog) made me participate in something like a photo shoot (only a lot less professional and with far fewer biscuits) for a competition - something to do with Pets on Quilts .  She kept muttering could I just please, pretty please ignore the lifelong rule of no dogs Archie on quilt and lie on a quilt.  And look handsome.  Handsome?  On a pink quilt?  Would it have killed her to use a quilt that gave me more gravitas?  Maybe that navy one she's got on the settee... Anywho, BC finally persuaded me that I was going to be allowed on the quilts (albeit for a ridiculously short time) if I would consent to have my photo taken and enter...

July has been a quiet month here as I've been really tired and then got a tummy bug which has left me wiped out...I did finish some presents though so it wasn't a complete wash-out! Union flag thread catchers and a pin cushion... I also got the results of Archie's bile acid/ultrasound tests - they came back 'within normal range' so although he does have a problem with his liver he's not as far down the road (of liver failure) as the vet thought.  In terms of how he is in himself he's...completely normal!  Sleeping a lot, lying in the sun (when it's out!) and looking forward to meals and walks.  He still jumps round like a young 'un when I get his lead out and he's as keen on his walks as ever - he still grabs his lead in his mouth and pulls me towards the corner of the road (where he gets let off his lead and, in his mind, the walk starts) - just like he's done for eleven years.  So, it's better news than I expected, I've ju...