"Family lunch on the long weekend"

Shortly before we went to the UK we had a lovely long weekend (don't you love those?!!) and we decided to have a 'proper' lunch out in the garden.
It was a family affair and we were joined by vaious of our 'children' throughout the meal!

my gorgeous husband!
his gorgeous wife! ok, ok....
Satchel & Tali join us
the gorgous Clyde pushing his luck!
our little gypsy trying not to look like she's after the food!

Anyway, it was very nice, especially the cornbread, yum! Which reminds me, I need to get baking, we've got Rex & Prue arriving in 2 weeks!

"Paris Hilton wannabees? Don't think so!!!"

Ok, this was just us being silly, quite some time ago now, but I'm trying to catch up on my pics and things.........

Linzi models the 'Bella' bag!

Justin joins in the fun with the 'Tali' bag!

Talitha goes to the dentist

Patrick assists Doctor Chitambala to 'operate' on our little girl!

Actually, more like 'the dentist comes to Talitha' except he's not a dentist he's a vet - our very own "Dr Chitambala"!!!

Poor Tali, she's getting on a bit now and her teeth have not been in good shape at all.

'Doc' was called in to the rescue back in December '06......"Just put me a table and chair in the garden under a tree for shade".......how cool is that! Who needs the hassle of transporting your dog to the vet when 'Doc' can come in and transform your back garden into an instant veterinary surgery!!!

Anyway, sure enough, Tal's had her little jab to knock her out and proceeded to get very wobbly and sleepy and once she was out for the count the Doc did the business on her little teeth - pulling a good few out in the process unfortunately - but hey! she's happier for it!

Doc said he didn't mind me taking his photo 'in action' for the interest of my 'worldwide readers' (!!) who may not have seen such a thing! (well you have now.......!)
Poor little Tals!

Wild dog spotted!

A wild dog was recently spotted in the undergrowth in a Chingola garden. She was behaving in a very fierce and frightening manner. This is the first recorded 'Wild Dog' sighting for years and could be very exciting for future wild animal viewing trips to the Copperbelt!

***stop press***

Hopes of millions of wild dog fans were dashed just before this went to press when local woman, Linzi Carlisle, came forward and informed us that the 'wild dog' in question was, in fact, "My cute, sweet, little pet dog Talitha!" she went on to say "She wouldn't hurt a fly! She just gets a teensy bit agitated when anyone goes near where she's hidden one of her bones!"