Wandering around Pittwater - Stowaway Cafe Bayview

Peaches and Toby have their daily walks and swims at Rowland Reserve dog beach at Bayview. It's a leash free area, and the dogs have a great time playing and swimming there. Peaches had a great time swimming after fish, and Toby even joined in the fun. After their play, we decided to have a wander around the foreshores of Pittwater. Not far into our walk, Toby spotted Stowaway Cafe, so we wandered in and to all our delights discovered it is pet friendly.

The people are so welcoming and the food is fabulous - we had a delightful little treat made especially for the cafe, and there were the most darling little angel cake forks (I want some). The view at Stowaway is very beautiful... we gazed along the marina at the gorgeous yachts nestled in Pittwater, and watched billowing sails as yachts slid away on their journeys into morning sun - so relaxing. Click here to visit Stowaway Cafe Bayview's site.

Bayview Dog Beach

Peaches at Bayview Dog Beach

We took Peaches and Toby down to Bayview Dog Beach today, and they had a great time, playing in the water and meeting some dog friends. Doggie smiles were all around and it was lovely to feel the sun again after days of torrential rain.

Toby at Bayview Dog Beach

A sunny moment

The sun has come out, what a delight after the last couple of days, so we all went outside for a moment... how cute do Peaches and Xena look together? Talk about the long and the short of it.

Peaches follwed me into the garden and we both wandered down to the very healthy looking lemon tree, lemon citrus tart came to mind... hmmm... time for morning tea I think.

Speaking of lemon citrus tart we shared a lovely one yesterday at Seaforth, time to get back into our walking again... please rain fine up!!

There were some very plump ducks wandering around the lawn after all the rain, and the grass just seems to be loving the water, it is so green. I tried to get a couple of pictures, but the iphone could only manage a certain amount, I must go and brave the camera choices again.

On my way around the garden trying to capture these two on film, I discoverd a fabulous sculpture hiding in the garden... isn't it fabulous? I want one...

I love wandering around gardens and finding hidden treasures... I can't wait to explore more here.

Rainy Days

Our Ingleside housesit has started off with torrential rain, so we all cosied up last night and stayed warm and dry inside. Toby and Peaches sat with Kevin and watched the Wallabies beat The Lions at Etihad Stadium (I like to throw in things like that because when Kevin reads this he sounds so stunned that I actually know where they played - which I don't - I had to look that up) - (but while I'm on the subject, I do think that Etihad Stadium is fabulous the way it can open or close depending on the weather, it's got to be so much better for everyone, do you think?).

Xena doesn't like rugby as Kevin starts to tell the players how to play, and she doesn't like it one bit, so we sit together at the computer and organise the blog together, last night we had fun making our first little video. One of the house sitting sites we are on, ask you to put a video together, so we had our first go.

Toby and Peaches

Well we've arrived to care for Toby and Peaches, aren't they gorgeous? Such loving dogs and wonderful natures. Toby is a Labradoodle and Peaches is a labrador. It was a rainy day today when we arrived, and so we've had a slow start to our housesit. Toby and Peaches have had their afternoon snacks and a yummy dinner and are off to beddiebies with a little treat.

I'm fascinated with the geranium in this picture - I love how the pink stands out against the white.

Maurice the Marvellous

Once upon a time, in a magical place called Northbridge, there lived a beautiful schnauzer called Maurice, a truly marvellous dog.

In fact we've heard tell, if you visit Northbridge today, you may even get to meet Maurice. We met Maurice one day when Kevin was doing a bit of gardening...

Maurice stopped by and asked Kevin how the gardening was going, and announced that he seemed to have misplaced his home.

He pointed to his collar, which had his name and a phone number, that's how we learned his name was Maurice (what a great name - so much better than spot don't you think?) (Not that we have anything against spot as a name - just sayin.)

Anyway, back to the story, in a dog's whisker, before you can say schmackos, his dad called around and collected him, and they went home, and the story ended happily ever after (because that's how all good stories end - and we love happy dog stories).

How marvellous. The end.

Maggie's Diary... 3 more sleeps

Well it's been an exciting few days, going for walks, and playing. But today it seemed as though I wasn't going to have any fun at all, as it's so cold and it started to rain really hard.

But then I got lucky, the rain stopped for a while and I took Kev out to play with the ball thrower, it was great fun and I got a bit tired after a while.

But then I ran out to the deck again and looked back at Kaz, and she understood that I wanted to go play more - so she told Kev and we went out again to play, and I ran and ran.

Aww it was great to run off some energy, it gets boring just watching TV. I had a nice bone though and some treats so that was OK. Eating is always fun on a rainy day.

I hid my bone downstairs, but I can't tell you where I put it on here as someone might go and get it.

I meant to tell you too that my new friend here, had got himself lost on his walk, but luckily he had a tag on so Kev & Kaz could call his family. They came and got him and he went home again.

Oh and hey - guess what? I saw scout today,and we had a play! Kev forgot to take the camera but we had lots of fun, and scout said to say 'hi' and asked if I can come and have a play date soon - can I can I? I've been very good.

Kaz told me it's only 3 more sleeps, oh I'm so excited to see you all again.

Love from Maggie...
PS - did you buy me a treat while you are away?