Zoë Bowyer

Explorer, originally uploaded by ZMB. A little change of scene here, I was getting bored of looking at the post below. Martha is 10 months old today and has just returned from her first holiday to the Dingle Peninsula. She went for houndie walks, explored and stood without support. A good holiday. I busied myself [...]

Mentally I am the same size I was before I grew my bump. Physically I cannot fit through the same tight gaps – especially between car wing mirrors. According to my mother my arse looks bigger. I guess it’s a balance thing, my arse grows to balance out the big belly so that I don’t [...]

Going away on holiday has many positive points, not least of which is the greeting that the dogs gave us on our return. Both waggled with excitement from their noses to the tips of their tails. Gracie’s full greeting takes up to an hour and includes much waggling, jumping up, climbing onto our shoulders; where [...]

I started the bank holiday weekend a little early by taking the afternoon off work on Friday. I used the time to cook the ‘no knead bread’ I had started the night before and to go for a photowalk in Top Wood with Dave and the dogs. Gracie was in fine posing form and Maya [...]

Hey, I tried texting you all to wish you a Happy New Year, but the networks are jammed. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Just to prove that I am not a Christmas grouch, I give you Gracie and Maya frolicking in the winter snow in their Christmas hats. No dogs were harmed in any way in the making of this photo. Gracie hopes that she will get a Big Bone from Santa Paws and Maya wants Sausages and [...]

It’s ffffffffffreezing outside. Not good weather to be walking on icy paths with two dogs who think they are trying out for the sled dog team. So, I have just had a week off work and it has been great. I could do with another month off just to get properly caught up with everything, [...]

Day 1 – Travel by ferry to Scotland. Drive to Spean Bridge to pet-friendly guesthouse. Very pleasant, with fresh flowers all over the place. Gracie makes herself at home and jumps onto the bed. Eat in guesthouse restaurant – yummy food. Day 2 – Eat smoked haddock for breakfast then climb Ben Nevis. Get drenched [...]

Over Looking Originally uploaded by ZMB. …Like taking Granny out for a spin to the new museum in Ballymena. I started off this bank holiday weekend with a huge list of things I wanted to do. Now it’s Monday and I feel that I haven’t done all that much. But the things I have done [...]

Inspired by Hannah’s list of never done before things, I decided to come up with one of my own. 1. Travelled in a Cessna plane. 2. Watched a movie in the Cameo cinema in Edinburgh. 3. Visited Oaxaca, went hiking in Mexican mountains. 4. Climbed to the top of Mount Brandon. After years of visiting [...]

I am typing one-handed as a small dog is lying, softly snoring, on my lap with her head resting on my left wrist. She can quite often be found on my lap when I am at the computer. She is also very fond of lap lying while I am knitting. This week I won the [...]

Edinburgh is stunning, but not so much if you have been before. The first time is like magic. Last time I was here I followed D in a daze, just absorbing all the new sights. This time I feel like I am getting a better understanding of where places are in relation to each other. [...]

How much is that doggy in the window? Originally uploaded by ZMB. Macy kept us all entertained with her marvellous renditions of “How much is that doggy in the window?” while we were on holiday in Co Kerry. She sings beautifully. It really was a doggy heaven holiday. Macy and Gracie were delighted to be [...]

We camped on Rathlin Island on Saturday night. Unfortunately the good weather ended while we were there and it rained and rained through the night. We managed to get the tent put up just before the rain started, then we went out for dinner from the chip van and went for a couple of pints. [...]