Tragic News!!!

Dearly beloved,
We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Mitzy De Santos. The friendly family cat, that we all new and loved.
Mitzy passed earlier today, at the vet. We brought her to the vet yesterday, after she submissively peed on Mum's bed. He told us that she had a very bad, and rather serious chest infection. He hospitalised her and kept her over night. Early this morning we got a call, from the vet saying that she has responded well and has improved. Things were looking up, until we recieved another call from the vet several hours later, saying that Mitzy had a fit and never woke up.
Mitzy has always been in our family for 16 years. She meant alot to Mum and Me. We've had some good times with her and we will never forget her. I'm glad to know that she is in a better place. A warmer place.
R.I.P Mitzy

xx

Not a lot to say!!!

Dad came down yesterday and he's staying for a week. Yesterday we showed Dad the site and took him to meet the Kelly's. While they were chatting, Connor and I played with the dogs, Rover and Murphy, who were tied up out back. That was fun, but it wasn't much fun for them, being tied up and kept from the rest of the family and all.
Dad spent the whole drive home talking about how similar Mayo is to the Caribbean.
Today we went on a drive down to Lough Mask. While Dad wondered around the hill and enjoyed the scenery, he spotted a small strip of golden sand in the distance. We drove up to it and the view was pure bliss. You can see from the pictures how blue the water is. In real life it's even more breath taking. Sand is a bit grainy but the temperature is perfect and it also exfoliates your feet. Dad and I tried stepping in the water and, truth be told, the longer you stand in it the colder it gets! But that's a good thing because the water is as pure as drinking water, so you could have ready chilled drinking water! Another fascinating fact about that beach is that if you rub the sand on your skin, it leaves gold glitter on your skin. It was all over my feet and I didn't want to put my socks back on. As you walk up and down the beach, you can see the glitter and some of them are quite big, like a five pence piece. Mum thinks it might be real gold, and that if we dig deep enough we'll find nuggets!
Horse riding was cool this week. I didn't have Spot or Merlin. I had Guinness. He is a dream to ride, responds really well. They put me down for him for next week. But they put me down for Merlin last week and I got Guinness, so who knows who I'm gonna get.:-s

Speak soon
O xx

Barking Mad!!!

ATTENTION EVERYONE! I am proud to declare that we are members of the Mayo Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. (Yay!)
Let me explain...
I am currently working on persuading Mum to get a dog. Mum said that if we do get a dog, we will adopt from an animal shelter. So we went to check out the animal shelter to see what it was about. Before we knew it we joined the M.S.P.C.A and agreed to start our volunteer work the very next day! So on that Thusrday, we walked the abandoned, abused and lost dogs. There were only a few dogs and cats so we only walked four doggies; Cilla, Pepper, Jack and Puppy. (Puppy hasn't got a name yet, she's gorgeous though.) My favourite is Pepper. He is buzzing with energy and has a little yellow ball that he offers to all who comes near him. We played fetch with his ball in a big open field with high untamed grass, and he loved it. He answered to his name and found his little toy wherever it landed. (I'll see if I can get a picture next time.)
It was the last Orchestra this Saturday and there were a few iteresting announcements:

1. The Orchestra will have it's own concert next year and we'll have to perform ELEVEN PIECES. (I don't know if I can play that long!)
2. And hopefully next year we will be performing at a concert in HOLLAND with other orchestras all over Europe.(HOLLAND!)

This Saturday I didn't have Spot, I rode Merlin,who was quite nice. I was a bit more confident with him and he was quite affectionate; when we gave him a piece of carrot, he bent his neck all the way round to mum, asking for more. (Aww.) I also did my first jump with Merlin and it went smoothly. (YAY!) I'm riding him again next week. Looking forward to it.

Today we were going to have Sunday lunch at the Kelly's again but Joan went to hospital with yet another asthma attack. So we decided to go on another one of our beautiful drives. We found a waterfall in a forest at Tormakeady (as you can see from the pics.) Enjoy them....

Speak soon

Doggie De Santos xx