Dedicated to my beloved Scotties
A few years ago, the famous Tour de France, had it’s first stage, here in the UK in the beautiful town of Harrogate. Here we are Me (Fabi) and the beautiful Bobby enjoying our day ……..
2nd November 2015, Sparta and Tayler 3 months old, preparing for their first proper outing ….
Those were the day …. back in 2005. We visited The Isle of Skye – what a fabulous photo of me, My mother Isobel, my older Sister Kelpie, and my litter brother Finlay. And the weather …… as you can see it looks rather Mediterranean, not what you’d expect from Scotland ….. Those were the days!
And finally, the 5 day Favourite Photo mania is at an end. After today I shall have my own bloggie back. But I shouldn’t grumble too much because the photos were all of me and my brothers, sister and mum, plus the odd one of that feisty little fireball called Fabianne.
This is the last photo in the 5 day photo challenge, Mama displayed on her Facebook page, and it shows the clan of five – oh those happy days. Here’s what Mama said about this photo …. “And finally, here’s the photo for Day Five : such happy happy memories of my Sparhawk clan of 5 beautiful beautiful scotties from 2007. Only Bobby Scottie Elkin remains by my side, the others are waiting for us across the Rainbow Bridge! One day, Izzy, Kelpie, Gus and Finlay, we’ll all meet again, and go scampering in the countryside, just like in this wonderful photo.”
Our friends on Facebook asked us to post a favourite photo, each day for 5 days, and this is our first one, which we thought we’d share with you guys.
This photo was taken on 12th February 1999 when the last of the 4 scottie babies was born to Mama’s beloved Izzy. This litter included my older sister Kelpie, and the infamous Gus. You can see that the baby on the left is not quite dry yet. Izzy was the most attentive mother any scottie pup could have and years later, she would still clean us babies even when we had matured ….. and of course us boys loved it, except Gus!!!!
Wow! Now then. This is ‘The Old Man of Storr’ on the Isle of Skye (apparently our ancestral home if you believe some of the history books). The Old Man of Storr is the monolith type structure, so I’m told! My real Mama (Izzy) and sister Kelpie had actually been up there. Mama thinks this was taken in or around 1997 or 1998. Their little sturdy legs carried them right up to the ‘cathedral’ and beyond. Although I have been to the Isle of Skye, this is one majestic icon that I didn’t get to leave any pee-mail on – and according to Mama I never shall ‘cos she says her legs are far too old to walk up there again – boooooring!
Sparhawk Scotties 