SUNDAY 21st August: Daisy
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Tara:
Hot hot hot! Mum says it was nearly to hot to walk. First we went for breakfast with Auntie Jane, and sausage, of course. And then we went to Foxy Park, like usual.
But Mum said this time we were only going to go round once! So I had to do extra special bouncing to make sure I got enough!
We saw Daisy again!
And some dachshunds.
They were very steady and polite and boring. But I liked Daisy. She was more interested in Cato to start with, but I bounced and got her to play with me in the end. Hahaha! I think Cato was a bit jealous!!!
Although she did seem very interested in his knickers.
Mum asked Daisy's Mum if Daisy would like to come and stay with us for her holidays. When Daisy's Mum goes away. They swapped tellyphone numbers. That would be fun, wouldn't it? Although Cato would go all soppy, of course.
It was too hot to fight properly, but we tried.
Cato:
Mum and Auntie Jane walked very slowly, and stayed under the trees, so we were in the shade, and we met Daisy. I like Daisy. And Tara got jealous. But at least she then played with Daisy, and didn't bounce on me all the time. 
This is Daisy's Mum. She is very nice. And she likes me too.
And we sat with Mum and Auntie Jane on a bench for ages, cos that was cooler, and lost of people and dogs walked past us.
No flowers ALL walk! Isn't that ACE?!?! Lots of people though.
It was very hot so we had lots of drinks. This is Tara wearing her new bows. Wot a fuss we had! But the sun is too bright to show it off properly. Thank goodness.
Mum:
No flowers today. And a bit of tragedy.
The flower deficiency is because it is now High Summer, and everything is bunkered down for the dry spell. A bit disappointing in some ways, but we did spot some fruit over the park wall in someone's garden. Looks like it is a good year from them.
Plums
Apples
As we were going round, Jane was telling me about how she had heard that one of the local charities had got some volunteers to come into the park and 'tidy up' the big flower bed on top of the wall. The one with the giant hosta, the red and yellow roses, and the phormium that just bloomed. She was quite excited to see what they had done, because weeds had been threatening all the plants.
When we got there, it was terrible.
The volunteers had obviously applied a scorched earth policy, with total disregard for any gardening common sense. The fatsia had been half chopped back. The phormium's leaves had been cut to half their height (like you would a bearded iris), one of the roses has disappeared completely, the other is cut back as severely as you would do at April pruning, they have left a baby sycamore tree spouting in the middle of the bed, and there are square meters of bare ground where plants used to be. And worst of all? They have cut back the weeds, to about an inch above ground level. So that their roots are all still intact, ready to burst into flourishing take-over as soon as the first rain hits them. Couch grass, goose grass and various invasive pests all left there.
I got a bit cross.
Actually, I was so annoyed I forgot to take any photos! lol. Will get some next time.
We also found a very miserable looking pigeon. 
luckily the dogs didn't see it! We had big debates about whether to try and rescue it or not, and decided to leave it, in the belief that for a wild pigeon, it would be better and more natural to go quickly in a fox's jaws, than to have the terror of being trapped in a cage being handled and medicated.
Not a good walk for the humans in the party, although the mutts seemed quite happy.
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