Saturday Steps and............A..........

No walls where hurt in the taking of this photo!!

Yes thats right it my day

 St Georges Day

But do you know who the other St George was, he was the bloke that slayed a Dragon!!

None of your bunny hopping, bird chasing, squirrel bashing a Dragon would you believe!!

Anyways he stands for courage, chivalry, charity

 and for slaying a dragon

Just like this!!

This is the flag of St George which is The England Flag,

 (The real one dosen't have England written on it!! its there for folks that don't know their flags!)

You might see it in other places, 'cus he's not just the patron Saint of England

If you would like to know more about him here's a LINK

So there it is in a nut shell. 

Lets get onto the fun bit.

 You have been sending your photos in with places that have my name on.

Thank you Madi and Mom

Thanks to mom's friend Angela, these were taken in Cardiff

Thank You FG and Downunder Daisy

Thank You Auntie Rose, Second Hand Rose

From my girlfriend Stanize cus I'm her Knight in Shining Armor

Love you loads.......Stanize xxxxx

 You can see her sometimes on Wyatts blog posts

Gardening With Wyatt

Ok I know I'm no Saint, so here's one with just George on

Mom still won't own up that she got my name from this place, and if you are wondering about the other photos well the next town to us is called,

 yes you guessed it

St Georges 

It was real funny watching mom and dad take those photos, driving around in the car, mom was shouting stop, there's another one and would take a photo out of the car window!!! it looked like we where under cover agents, I'm surprised the police weren't called!!

Happy St Georges Day

Look, I'm out of focus!!

 mom says  she was trying to get the bottle in focus!

"Mom the bottles not in focus"

This is what is says on the bottle

Before I go, most of you think I just set a pose for the camera,

well, true to my terrier characteristics

 I'm no Saint

 So just this once, for your enjoyment here are some out takes!!

I have some announcements

The Big Birthday Bash....Celebration of Life

Is going on at Ronnii's Ramblings I'll see you there later

 Ronnii lost her brother Richie to the bridge on Monday, fun free dear Richie and give Molly Pops my love.

I'd like to wish Andi from Andi's English Attic a Happy Wedding Anniversary she has just got the cutest Welsh Terrier puppy called Elsie. 

If you don't know its also  Shakespeare's Birthday, but more important its my dear blogging friend

Antia's Birthday from

 Castles Crowns and Cottages

Happy Birthday Antia

Thanks for letting me join the sisterhood on your Birthday.

Plus I nearly forgot its Easter!!!

So a Happy Easter to all of you

Right I'm off to de stuff this Dragon

"What did you say Mom"

"Give it back"

"I have to give it back!!!! You'll have to catch me first"

Till Next Time

See Yea George xxx

I'll be back in the week with this months

Photo Scavenger Hunt

Saturday Steps+ A Church and A Dingle!!

Come on you have to come up the steps with me today.

Nearly at the top

Now I've had my Blogiversary on the 14th April

 but on the 12th April it was Mom and Dads Wedding Anniversary 31 years.

 Yes that is them on the steps, I think mom is getting a little to good at photo shop! we are all friends here so I'll let you into a secret mom photo shops my lead out!!! yes that's right I am always on a lead! sorry to dissapoint but my mind wanders when I'm out so I feel happier knowing mom and dad are close by and I won't get lost.

 

They were Married at St Marys Magdalene Church Quatford on the

12th April 1980

I was here 31 years later on the

 11th April 2011

Its a very small church made out of sandstone, and like all village churches these days locked up, so no going inside today

While mom and dad are having alook around I spot something!!!

It looks totally out of place!, can you guess what it it is?

Can you see now, its a lift!!! I've never seen one of them before by a church, maybe you have? I can see why they have put a lift there, that's a lot on steps to climb. 

  Anyways

 Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad, hope you enjoyed you meal out without me on the 12th!!!

Come on lets go, I need to stretch my legs

Next stop Dudmaston Hall, its not a very dog friendly place!! I am only allowed in

 The Dingle

Last time I was here we got lost!!! Link to the post

Whats a Dingle I hear you say, a deep narrow cleft between hills

 can also be called a Dell  this one is wooded

Heck that cold on the paws!!! no I was not relieving myself!! you don't do that in streams! 

See even in a wood theres steps!!!

Yes that sausage is all mine!!! pass it to me dad please.

I must tell you what next Saturday is its

St Georges Day

 that's right I have a day named after me!!!

Not really he's the patron Saint of England,

More about him next Saturday, and me of course.

 If you have any photos of places with George on send them in and I will put them on the post,

 moms email is on my side bar.  

Till then have a Good Week

See Yea George xxx

Its over to Mom

"Thanks George"

A year ago today I started Georges' blog

He's changed alot in that time! true to his breed characteristics and we love him all the more for it.

I started the blog for me to have a diary of him growing up, but it has become more than that.

Along the way I have picked up many friends and enjoy the banter in the comments.

Its taken me a while to figure out what I should put in this post

So I'll tell you why we picked a Welsh Terrier.

I grew up with a Lakeland terrier called Sooty, he was an independent little dog. I remember one time when he stopped my cousin  going back down stairs after visiting the bathroom!

Also the time when he got out, we spend hours looking for him, and the time when mom and dad said he was ill and wouldn't be coming back from the vets, but he did and lived for some time after that.

Me and Sooty on The Clee Hill, which is where George was born!

The next dog to come into our lives was Tigger, we were married and I was working in a small pottery making shirehorse's!!! the boss had two dogs that she always brought to work with her an English Setter and  American  cockier spaniel. The front roller stutter door was open and this dog just walked in and curled up in one of the dog beds, no collar.

 We made a phone call to the police but no one had reported her missing, There was no way  the boss could take her home, so I said I would, we put an advert in the local paper again no one came forward.

We named her Tigger because of her marking, we didn't know her age but she lived to the age of 11years with us.

Our next dog was Jack we got him from the dogs home, he was

10 months old.

Jack stuck to me like glue, he would follow me all over the place.

In the later years of his life he was going deaf and blind, I used a lot of signing with my hands which worked wonders, but we had that bond, like a type of telepathy, no need to say a word

I was giving him a bath and found a lump under his chin, I thought it was to do with his teeth, it turned out to be the cancer lymphoma the vet gave him a month to live, that was the November of 2009, he made it passed Christmas but I had to let him go on 29th Dec. aged 15. It was not a good Christmas that year  

     

Then came George, I was that close to Jack that I knew I could not be without a dog as part of our family. 

This time it would be different, we decided we would have a puppy!!!

With me growing up with a Lakeland and we both love Airedales we narrowed it down to a Welsh Terrier, just because of the size!!

Its not a popular breed, most folks think he is an Airedale anyway!

On 23rd January 2010 we picked up George, a little bundle of fur that melted our hearts, he's a big ball of fur now, but still melts my heart, even though he's a daddy's boy.

Its also a good time to look at the blog, I did think I would just do a year of Saturday Steps, the first one was on the 15th May!! but on reflection I will keep this going until I run out of steps!!! as every walk we go on has some steps along the way.

So I will be doing what I have done over the last couple of weeks, a Saturday Steps including a post. 

I could easly do a post everyday with the things that George gets up to! but, as you all know, blogging can take over and I don't want to get to the point when I find it a chore, stop enjoying it and stop.

When I first started I had no idea at the end of the first year I would be up to 195 followers and George's 1st Birthday when 55 of you sent in photos of you on steps, amazing.

Plus Flat Georges 2011 World Tour, a big Thank You to everyone that has done a blog post and sent in photos.

I class that blog as yours, you are the ones taking him out and about writing the post and taking photos,

 I'm just hosting it. 

 I love seeing what you are up to, I'm just sorry I can't comment on all your blog posts but time does not allow.  I better wrap it up now, George is tapping his paws, thanks for making this an enjoyable year of blogging.

See Yea Jan xxx

Well I can't add to that so till next time see yea George xxx