Faggots, blackberries and bathing the dog!

This morning I had a good rummage around in the freezer because I knew I had some faggots in there somewhere and I did find them eventually. I had to remove a drawer and found the two faggots hidden at the back where they couldn't be seen because of the tray on the top. The fridge freezer is one that you don't have to defrost but I do like to take everything out and wipe the drawers from time to time. It wasn't only the faggots that I discovered but also a rather large duckbreast which I had completely forgotten about. As it's been in there for a long time it is destined to be dinner next weekend when Eden and I will have a chinese style meal.

She is coming to the end of her week's holiday and will go home on Sunday evening but until then we also have the dog, Tinkerbell, who arrived at lunchtime. Sarah dropped her off on her way to the North for a couple of days and when she returns on Sunday she will collect the pair of them.

So after we had lunch we took the dog for a walk up the cycle track which is nearby and discovered quite a lot of blackberries which made us return home to get a basin. Dog walked and basin full of blackberries we returned home and gave the berries a really good wash so that I can make a crumble tomorrow when I do some baking.

I had been asked to help Eden bath the dog as she was a bit smelly, so we dumped her in the bath and gave her a good shampoo. After drying and brushing her I had to trim her hair around her face so that she could see properly. Now I can add 'dog groomer' to my cv along with all the other things I have done in my lifetime.