The Adventures of Cato, Tara and Jasmine

You do look absolutely besotted with your new treasure Cato, you take good care of it and many happy hours can be spent with it on boring rainy days ...You made me smile little man to see you so happy

What a find Cato!  A tennis ball that has already been customized!  LOL - we are at this very moment waiting for Bentley to come over.  Bentley is my daughter's Aus Cattle Dog.  His family is away for a few days so we're taking him for walks.  I told the Big Guy to bring him here so he can hang out with me.....it's going to rain all day.  Bentley believes ALL tennis balls should be customized and they are Shortie's favorites......very good for flinging.

Cato:

It is a lovely treasure, isn't it?  I have decided to keep it in my bed, at the end of Mum's desk.  

Has Bentley custardised any of Shortie's tennis balls?  I would love to see them, if he has!  Mine is perfect, of course.  But one day, I might decide to custard it a bit more.  Just, you know, if I ever wanted to...

Getting them started is the hard part Cato........maybe you can get a dog-friend who is stronger, with bigger toofies to get it started for you.

Shorty did have a nicely custardsized one but we left it in Oregon when we came back to CA.

Custardised.....giggle.  Makes me remember when I was a very small girl and Daddy used to call people bastards sometimes.  Being a little kid I, of course, picked things up  -  one time I called someone a Gustard and it was a family joke for a long time.

Beautiful! Where do you guys live? It looks like Ireland to me in these pictures

Oh Cato what a great find..........your so lucky my Mom would say YUCH if I came trotting up with it in my mouth and it would go to the nearest trash bin............we have balls in our toy boxes but none of us are into the sport of playing with balls but if you ever come to visit I will have some for you to play with but so your know they are not custardised..........I bet my Andy would do it for you though........he likes to do stuff like that. 

Your buddy

Bailey

40 minutes ago, KateBren said:

Beautiful! Where do you guys live? It looks like Ireland to me in these pictures

Mum:

We are in North East Lincolnshire.

This walk was in one of the local parks.  Created in the 70s, I think, with a dug out lake, and a couple of drainage becks out to the sea.  I think it serves a double purpose, - a nice park, and surface water drainage for the housing estates and golf course that surround it!  hahaha!

And yes, it is a beautiful area.  Very flat, not very wealthy, but so many good places (woods, parks, roads, beaches) to walk, it is like being a child in a sweetshop, every morning.

 

Cato:

Don't worry Bailey!  I am guarding my treasure well!  I wanted to bring it up to the Big Bed with me last night, so I would know it was safe, but Mum did say 'Yuck!' and then said 'No!'   Mums are weird, sometimes, aren't they?

But it was safe when I came down this morning, so it was OK.

Thank you for the offer of balls.  The thought of all those yet-to-be-custardised balls all over the world is VERY EXCITING!