Back garden heathers ~ early March 2011

Happy Birthday Conker, beautiful photo Tt

Happy Birthday Conker - what a wonderful display too !

Thanks Yorkshire and Paul :o)

Conker is looking so beautiful...and I think he likes your heathers as well...gazing at them with a very happy and contented look on his face. :)

Thank you Whistonlass ~
It scares me, thinking back to how he was very near to death, so soon after his 5th birthday...
He's a good boy ... loves his garden :o)

Happy Birthday Conker, good to see you looking so healthy and happy!, hope you get lots of hugs [one from me xx] and special treats! Beautiful picture Terra both of Conker and your lovely heathers.;0))

Many happy returns of the day Conker, lovely photo TT. x

Oh, he looks absolutely gorgeous.

Thanks Pansypotter, Grandmage, and Alexandra ~

Hugs have been given to Conker :o) xxx

Happy Birthday Conker.... lovely heathers.... my Ella would have been 16 last week... still cant beleive shes not with us anymore.... so glad conker is fit and well now..

Hello Holly...
You did well to give both your lovely Yorkshire Terriers such very long and happy lives.. understandable you still miss them a lot. xxx

Happy, happy birthday conker! He nearly shares a birthday with my two girls, they are 6 on Sunday.
Here is a recipe for a doggie Birthday cake!!!
1 butternut squash
1-2 1b mince.
Roast squash and cook mince...
Mix the squash and monce together.
Line a bowl with the squash skin then fill with mince.
Leave to cool. When really cold, turn out like a cake!!
Cut into slices for the Birthday pooch!!

So happy Conker is well, he is such a beauty! xx

Thanks TT...

Happy Birthday Conker. He is so beautiful TT. My favourite breed of dog. The heathers are lovely too.

happy birthday Conker...so happy you are well enough to enjoy all this attention..:-) x

Thanks everyone...
The heathers seem to be doing fine after the very cold winter ..
Sandra ... I hope your lovely little dogs are all well.. x

Happy birthday, Conker. Millie sends birthday licks and wags too :)

xxx for Millie ... Thank you Gee ... :o)

Gorgeous display there Terrtoonie and Conker looking so proud and well.

Hi Sixpence... thanks ..
Conker sends you special <<<hugs>>> :o)

Happy birthday Conker, lots of love from Tilly & Jack you are doing so well and you are the best heather there. I still miss Smokey very much, he his never very far from my thoughts :)

hugs 4 conker from me tooooooooooo .......... happy birth day !!! love the heathers ................. ;0)))

Happy Birthday Conker, you dont look a day over 2!

Hello Carol...
Conker says thank you xxx ... We understand that you still miss Smokey so much, but nice that he follows you around on your avatar photo, just as Bonsai the Welsh Terrier does on my photo... Love to Tilly and Jack.. xx

Thanks Tetrarch ... Conker does look young ..
Maybe we should all eat whatever Conker is eating. Lol. :o)

Hi Cristina... Conker sends hugs to you all ... xxx

Thanks TT, love to you and all 3 boys xx

Lovely photo of your Birthday boy,and your garden,Terra.He looks so well :o).Happy birthday Conker..XX

Great to hear the good news about Conker TT he certainly looks wonderful, Oh and a good selection of heathers there.

Thanks Bloomer :o)

Hi Bob ~ thanks ... Conker is enjoying life.
He likes inspecting my springtime flowers ... ;o)

Happy bithday Conker, He is so handsome, I would just love to cuddle him up, I still miss Mojo so much , so i get great pleasure in looking at your photo's of him , Hug's to Conker . xxx And i love the colour of the heather ?. all in all a beautiful composition

:o))

Hello Sue... Thank you ...
Conker sends you a special cuddle... we understand about your still missing marvellous Mojo so very very much... you have wonderful special memories to treasure ... xxx

Happy Birthday Conker you are one very special dog with one very very special owner. xx

Thanks Sue... I'm very lucky to have Conker xxx

what a lovely photo ~ how could it be anything other when its set in a beautiful garden and starring such a gorgeous dog!
what i cant get over is how conker is smiling and approving of the garden!

I`m so very happy for you Terra, Conker looks the picture of health that he is. Its been one year now since you went to so much trouble to find our lovely Perry for us and we`re both eternally grateful. :o)

Gorgeous boy Conker, and you are looking so well! Happy birthday to you, Lottie sends 7 woofs....:o)) A year today since we lost Finn Tt....Lottie has inherited his eyebrows....:o)

Hi Janey ...
I still have fabulous Finn on the front page of my favourite GoY photos ... I'm so glad that Lottie has those unmistakable eyebrows. Conkers says thanks for the 7 woofs.. :o)

Thanks Sandra ...
So glad that Perry has settled in well. It was my pleasure in finding him for you ... ideal owners :o)

Hello Sticki ...
Conker is very much the actor isn't he. I suggested he check on the heathers and he came up with the appropriate expression of approval ... Lol.

Happy Birthday :o) X

Woof woof woof :o) xxx

:)X

lovely photo and happy birthday conker - he looks so well :-)

happy birthday Conker, you look so healthy after going through such an ordeal!

Happy birthday, Conker! Our doggies are still WWW for you. :o)

Conker says thanks to Kfunsters, Laura and Pip ~

the World Wide Wagging is working well :o)

Happy Birthday Conker xx
That really is a lovely picture, Conker looks like he is smiling at the pretty Heathers :o)))

Hello Annella ... Thanks.
Conker likes evergreens Lol.

Conker sends you woofs and hugs xxx

Aww, he looks so happy :) Birthday wishes Conker!!!

Woof woof, Jen, woof..... :o)

=P

I can't believe its 2 years ago!!! Well done Conker here's to a long and happy life...woofs from Rocky :)

Lovely picture of Conker and many happy returns! xx

Woofs Rocky !

Hi Red aly ~
Conkers says thanks and sends a big <hug> xxx

Many happy returns to Conker ... such a handsme dog ... so pleased he's looking so fit and well ... lovely photo. : o ))))

Conker says woof and thank you ...
... and hello to Megan :o) xxx

Happy Birthday Conker :o)

Thanks Helen ... woof :o)

Conker is stunning! I used to have a collie....who I lost to old age a few years back. Your garden is very pretty too!

Thank you Heidi. Sorry to read you lost your dog. The older they become, the fonder we become of them, don't we ...

My back garden heathers have done well this year...
... I wonder whether the very cold weather has improved them !

happy birthday Conker you look wonderful. Very pleasent expression. Thankyou enjoy.

Conkers says thanks and hello to Tiny the budgie :o)

happy birthday Conker !!and wishing you lots more of them!!!!

Thank you, Arlene :o)))

That's the best news of the year so far!!!!! It looks as though dear Conker has a taste for heather there, :-)))

Hi Wagger ....
Conker has been celebrating all week ;o)
He sends a special message to you ~
"Woof <hug> Woof" ... he knows you'll understand..x

Happy Birthday indeed. Much love from Sophie and me.x

Happy Birthday lovely brave Conker. xx

You've made us all smile, TT - such a gorgeous photo, and it makes me want to hug Conker. No wonder you are so relieved that he's made it!! Fabulous.

Thanks Ginellie, Sophie, Linda and Sheila ~

Every few months, Conker has check-ups at the vet clinic, when the vet reminds me that Conker is not cured, but is in "durable remission" ...

... however, every extra day, week, month is a great bonus

:o) xxx

all the best to CONKER. it looks as if he can smile.WONDERFULL PHOTO . Today is raining. I look at your picture waiting the springtime and the gardening. DAVID

Hi David... Thank you ...

Conkers sends you thanks and woofs :o)

Springtime is just around the corner...

Happy Birthday Conker xxx Big birthday hugs from me and Perry (woof, woof). Lovely photo TT :o)

Hi Mandy and Perry ...
... woof woof woof, and many thanks :o)))

Wonderful pic, Tt, and Many Congrats, Conker, on everything!

Thanks David ...
Conkers send woofs and hugs to you, J & E. :o)

belated happy birthday conker, our brave boy, hope you got cake to :o)) xxx
sorry late Terra i dont seem to get all my updates on pics and blogs these days ;o(
casper says meow and purrr x

Hi Sandra ... Thank you ...
I know what you mean about the updates ... I've only just found your comment here by chance ...

Conker had a lovely time ... lots of presents ....
he thanks Casper for the pussy cat messages ;o) xxx

Terratoonie:

Happy birthday to Conker! He's looking very healthy, fit and handsome. The garden is superb as usual, also. :>)

Thanks Delonix ~
Conker enjoyed his birthday ...
... and he's a very good assistant gardener ;o)

glad im not the only one then Terra, glad conker enjoyed his day and had lovely presents x

Terratoonie:

I wish I could say my Puccini dog was a good assistant gardener....he just gets into all sorts of things. He's going to be 11 years old in a couple of months...and sometimes acts like a puppy. :>)

Delonix ~ Puccini will be a young veteran ...
but good to know he still has puppy ways at times.. :o)

What a gorgeous face Conker has. I hope he stays healthy. Our dog just had his 10th birthday. It is sad to think he won't be around for too many years. They bring such joy to our lives.

Thanks Rbtp ~
Conkers says Hi :o)
I think your dog is called Brownie ?
Happy 10th birthday !
Yes, let's hope our dogs enjoy more healthy years to come ...

Yes, Brownie is his name. It 's hard to believe he is 10 already. The years pass much too quickly. You must have seen his picture then. You have a great memory.

Brownie looks lovely...
... cuddly Brown Bear ..lol.

Yes. The years pass fast.
There is a saying... "The only thing wrong with our pets is that their lives are too short" ...

Oh no...another one I've missed. Belated Birthday wishes to lovely Conker :-)

Conker says thanks Bornagain, and hi to your dogs xxx

TT ... I have Heathers in pots with Pansies & Osmanthus at the moment ... when the Pansies are over I'm thinking of planting the Heathers (which are small) in the gravel garden. Please could you tell me how long your Heathers have taken to grow to this size? : o )))

Hi Shirley...
These heathers have been planted several years...
They seemed to stay smallish, and then this year have blossomed suddenly, and become bigger ... I'm wondering if they liked the cold winter !

Thanks, Tt, I'll plant them in pots to grow on before they go into their final place! By the way, the Verbena Bonariensis I had in the front gravel last year six of them, appear to be dead now! : o ((

Last year the vb seedlings you sent me grew into lovely tall plants... thank you :o)
I've just popped out to check on them and they appear dead, unless they regrow from under the ground ?

Over the years, mine have always grown back, but I guess after THAT Winter, we shouldn't be surprised at their loss. I've scratched a piece of the wood, dead as a dodo! Oh well, here's hoping some seedlings appear in the back garden, as they do most years.

Lovely to see Conker looking so well. Flowers are beautiful too!

Hi Gillian ~ Thank you ...

Yes, thankfully Conker has been looking very well this year.... and the heathers bright and cheery :o)

I cannot believe I missed Conkers special day so I`m sending a big hug now, he is a picture of good health Terra..........

Happy birthday Conker ,you are looking so Handsome ! is it really 2 years TT ? golly where has the time gone ,I'm so pleased to see Conker looking so fit and well , it was worth all the sleepless nights and days you spent nursing him .... xx

Thanks Lincs and Amy ...
We've been out day... having fun, discovering three garden centres we hadn't visited previously... They are all centres which welcome dogs.

It was wonderful seeing Conker enjoying himself walking around all the plants and shrubs :o) xxx

Hi Tt, forgot to ask you what the lovely lilac heather is called (distracted by handsome boy), do you know its name? :-)

A very happy belated birthday to gorgeous Conker sitting there in your equally gorgeous heathers!! I didn't know he had been so ill, he looks so young and healthy! Long may it continue, we'll do anything for our pets won't we! Our two kitties, Chloe and Bear send a 'prrrinng!' and a good pampering!

happy birthday conker so glad hes on the better side

I gladly join the chorus of congratulations and good wishes. He seems to enjoy lilac flowers, like me!

Beautiful photo TT...I am so happy to see Conker looking so well.

Bornagain ... If I find the heather name I'll let you know ...

Conker sends woofs and hugs to Libet, Chloe, Bear and Jackie ... :o)

Hi Arcadio .... Thank you .... this time of year, there are certainly lots of lilac flowers around ! :o)

Hello Pottygardener ! That's made my day .... so nice to hear from you .... xxxxxxx

VERY belated Happy Birthday to Conker, he is a natural poser Tt he definately likes his photograph taken, I think he is the handsomest Sheltie I have ever seen, big hugs Conker XXX

Happy Belated B'day Conker!!

Woof Maggy7 xxx
Woof Aleyna xxx

woof back :o)

Oh my, what a lovely picture - that's before I read on
- so pleased Conker is doing well! He's lucky to have
you.

Thank you Vicki ...
Conker seems well and is enjoying life...
.. and I'm very lucky to have Conker :o)

Hi TT...just been looking through my Fav pics....

Hope Conker is ok....and doing good...

You know I haven't seen a nice display of Heathers on anyones pics, maybe they're not as popular...I love them,
and I grow mine along a border edge...They are growing like mad at the mo...so hopefully will produce a good flowering...

Hi Cris ... Thanks ..
Yes, Conker is looking well at the moment thanks :o)

Some shrubs and plants do seem to go in and out of favour, don't they ... my heathers flowered for a long time earlier this year... sounds like yours will bloom well :o)

Well, I've been inspired by these Heathers and have planted six in the front gravel garden! Thanks Terra ... : o )))

I hope your heathers do well Shirley :o)))

They're teeny ones at the moment ... will get back to you in about six months on their progress ... lol! : o )

Pleased to see Conker looking fit and well amongst the beautiful heathers....

Hi TT just thought i'd let you know I've aquired a new Heather this week...'Winter Chocolate'...will be interest to see how it develops..

Thanks Dotty...
This is one of my favourites photos of Conker...

Hi Crissue ...
Good luck with "Winter Chocolate" ...
...sounds a good one :o)