Thursday 22 February 2018

Toast friendly

Everyone deserves a night away.  A night away from responsibilities.  Well, away from most of them anyway.  Hawley House being pet friendly up at Hawley Beach gave us an opportunity to enjoy such much needed time away from pulling weeds, putting up fences, cleaning and baking.  Having three apple trees is marvellous until they all ripen at once.  The dreaded coddling moth has worked its way through my apples as Peter Cundall stated that they eat from one side of the fruit right through to the other then fall on the ground.  Rather than use my apples as a drive through, I'm keen to get to them before the restaurant opens.  But back to Hawley House. Set on a 150 acres this old rambling property is a private bed and breakfast home with welcoming dogs and people.  'Shadow' an ageing German Shepherd checked us in, giving our Cocker Spaniel a good sniffing over at the same time.  Bennie has limited time for social skills and will rush up to the nearest dog, introduce himself and then move onto the next one and then continue on his scented path.  It's pretty much, 'Hi, I'm Bennie, Best In Class....Hi, I'm Bennie Best in Class, see ya'.
Hawley House provides plenty of wetlands for birds and whilst they are pretty relaxed about most things, well behaved dogs are expected.  We sat outside on the verandah for breakfast (where this photo was taken) and enjoyed this gorgeous morning. Whilst the toast was cooking in the dining room I sat in the sun with Bennie when a young girl came up to him and gave him a pat.  Always the opportunist, Bennie licked the child, wagged his tail and took off towards the dining room with me thinking he was secured to the leg of the table.  In amongst the dining guests, Bennie races up to the toaster, on back legs puts his paws on the plate where the toast is and wags his tail.  Oops.  Not meant to be in there.  A few looks of disgust from fellow guests as I race in and drag him out by the lead to wait for his toast there.  So much for best in class.

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