Good luck to the GoY WELLIE OLYMPIANS of all nationalities

He's not the one lighting the flame later on tonight is he Terra?

Hi Pim ...
We've been rumbled !
This morning Crocus budgie, Conker and Truffle were all ringing their toy bells ... and I wouldn't be surprised if they get involved with lighting the Olympic flame as well ;o)

Oh,this is just great..well thought out Terra..and don't the boys look proud ? lovely pic :o)

Hi Sandra ... Glad you like this one :o)

Morning Terra - what a picture, made me laugh. I do think Conker looks great. Jx

Hi Jane ..
thank you ..
Conker wanted to carry all the wellies too. Lol.
x

Oh gawd, bless him. Is he completely better now after his cancer thing. Jx

Hi Jane ...
Thanks for asking. There was no "cure" promised. One in ten dogs are lucky enough to have "durable remission" and Conker is thankfully one of those, now three years on from his chemotherapy.

I feel very lucky ... he looks so well and happy, enjoying life.
I have to be a bit careful with his throat, but otherwise all seems well. x

That's brilliant. I was wondering how he was getting on the other day. He always looks so well and happy on the pics, hard to imagine him as poorly as he was. I think it's a bit like people, as long as they are busy and happy and have a purpose, it seems to keep some illness away. Jxx

Conker loves to be involved in whatever I'm doing ... gardening, charity dog shows etc. On some of his older photos, it is evident just how much hair he lost during treatment, but that has re-grown well.

Yes, you are right about "busy and happy" creating a positive outlook. :o) xxx

My goodness me, I just LURVE this dog!!!

Hi Sgbabe ...
Thanks ... he is sooo cute and helpful ... ;o)

So glad Conker is well enough to be happy and enjoying life at the moment. I hope he scores well in his synchro planting ... Go Conker :o)))

Hi Gem ..
Conker says thank you. He's feeling fit ..
His "Heuchera Rehearsals" have gone very well ;o)))

Nice to see Conker flying the flags with such aplomb
Good luck in the welly planting event.......

That doesn't look quite right?....... my brains still addled from all the bells. :0)))

Hi Pam. Lol. Thanks.
I'm hoping Conker will plant the Heucheras, and not the Wellies ! :o)))

Or the heucheras in the wellies.......

Will they all be watching the opening ceremony?

All looking forward to the Olympics ...
... London weather forecast next week is rather wet ... might need the wellies ;o)

another brilliant photo, well done Conker

Thanks Yorks ...
We took this pic early this morning, just after our bell-ringing :o)

have you put a photo on of the bell ringing then,

No pic, but Crocus budgie did the bell-ringing as well ...
He loved the sound of all those bells with the TV turned up loudly ! Lol.

I bet you and your pets have great fun together,

Yes, we do... Team Terra. Lol.
... they join in with work and play. x

Lol. TT, it is nice to play with your dogs. Enjoy the time.
I secretly wish all the best to some our sportsmen, like Sam Piasecky -gym, Richard Varga - triatlone, the Hochschorners - canoe and Cibulkova - tennis.

Aw Conker is jsut brilliant!!!!!

Hi Katarina ..
thanks ... Let's hope Olympians from all countries do well and enjoy the Games ... I'll keep a look-out for your favourites in the gymnastics, triathlon, canoeing and tennis :o)

Hi Pix ...
Conker hopes you noticed he has the Scottish flag too ;o)

Conker is an Olympic Champion in his own right and makes a great Mascot, we wil definately do well with him rooting for us ;0))

Great blog TT and good luck for the welly olympics:))))

Thanks Carole :o)

Hi Mark, J and J ...
Thank you ...
... hoping for a wonderful Wellie Olympics ;o)

Nice to see Conker flying both the Shetland flag and the saltire Terra. I'm sure Conker will win Gold!
What disciplines are Truffle and Crocus competing in TT? or is that another blog?
I'm hoping that his chosen anthem is ''FLOWER OF SCOTLAND'' :)

Hi Scottish...
Flower of Scotland sounds good ... Conker will play the tune on his toy piano ;o)
Crocus budgie is millet-lifting in the feather-weight category ...
Truffle hopes to win the 100 metres double-digging ;o)

I am fan of Scottish flag, too :)))

Hi Conker ! How are you enjoying this summer weather ?
I like your two flags :o)

Definitely a gold winner, TT, bless him :)
Millie is entering the 'most sniffs in 10 metres' race and Poppy the 'longest sit in on dud eggs' competition. The tortoises, of course, have done a joint entry for the 'crawl' but they insist no water should be involved :)

Excellent - Conker looks so proud!

Hello Hywel ...
Conker is very much enjoying the summer ... loves carrying his little flags :o)

Thanks, Gee ...
You have a great Olympic team there ... Lol.

Hi Sheila ...
Thank you :o)

Brilliant photo and blog, hi Conker who looks a proud boy :)

Thanks Carol ...
Conker says hello :o)

I thought I saw Conker on that speedboat on the Thames last night ... then realised it was only David Beckham - I bet he wouldn't be half as good as Conker at synchronised heuchera planting ;o))

Hi Gem ... Lol.
Conker has been practising with his Heucheras ...
... could be his gold medal event ... :o)

Hi to you aswell Conker,always lovely to see you and Truffles, and not forgetting Truffles aswell xxx one for each of you.

Thanks Carol ...
Hugs for Jack, Tilly and your gnomes ! xxx

:o)))

glad to see Conkers is supporting the Olympics...:-)

Conker you are a Gold Medal winner in my book, Good luck to you, Truffle and Crocus in the Wellie Olympics
Come on Team Terra :o)

I award Conker a gold medal just for posing for this photo TT. :)

Love it TT!!!

Yes, he could get a gold just for turning up - he's sooo beautiful. Same goes for cute little Truffles, of course.

Thanks Sandra, Neena, Grandmage, Tracey and Tuesdaybear
The Games are well under way here ;o)))

Thank you, Homebird :o)

OHHHHH fantastic picture, and Conker is just the right one to be there!!!!

Hi Aleyna ..
I hope Brazil has a good Olympics :o)

Bless Terra :D

Thanks, Paul :o)))

:))))))

Amazing photo Terra. Enjoy and go for Gold :o))

Thanks N3tyy ...
Definitely going for gold here !

Well done, Homebird ..
First place in the Downhill Slip event ..
Your medal will be sent by email ;o)

Hello, Terra, is there any sportsman on OG in LOndon who is really from Scotland?
P.S. Martikan has got bronze :)) Could bring gold home...ach.

Well Katarina, I can definitely tell you that there is one who is not only from Scotland but from our little town of Carnoustie...the distance runner Eilish McColgan...GO EILISH!!

Andy Murray .. Scotland ... :o)

ooop, got carried away there TT..forgot to say...what an amazing collection of 'colliewellies' you have there! I expect to see Conker modelling them soon! Or perhaps Truffle will be entering the Olympic Wellie Throwing Contest?

Sir Chris Hoy (Edinburgh)

Lol Karen ...
I reckon Truffle and Molly could together win Gold ..
... if they team up for the Wellie Throwing Doubles Slalom ???

:)) Sir Chris Hoy is for what discipline?

Chris Hoy .. Cycling... not in wellies... Lol.

Ach, TT, if I only understand what is wellies, lol...

So young and already Sir?

Yes, he is incredible....a lot of work inspiring young people, developing the sport of cycling, charities and many sporting achievements.....sorry, got carried away again!

p.s. don't tell everyone...but I'm not even Scottish!! lol ;)

:)) Sounds like interesting man. Will google him. Did he win already any medal on OG or is he before competition now?

He already has a few Katarina.

I meant this year :)

Yeah, he is sympathetic guy :)

Sorry! :D There is a scottish woman in the football team too.....

Was it flowers of scotland that the children sang at the opening ceremony?

I,m an adopted Scot too.......I,ve got my buspass to prove it. :0))))

Wellies a well known British fashion item invented I believe by The Duke of Wellinton......

I kid you not Katarina.........

In the London Olympics opening ceremony, the Czech team wore amazing blue Wellies ... really snazzy ;o)

Yes they did sing Flower of Scotland..at Edinburgh Castle I think. Not my favourite Scots song....but there you go....up here they can't resist having a go at the English at every opportunity! lol Thankfully, the English can take it!

Hi TT, I am Slovak, not Czech, so their boots did not move me to cry. Their Olympic dresses were made in China, lol.
Pamg@That´s interesting what you wrote about Duke Wellinton and wellies. I did not know that. But I must say, I am not overindulged by this type of shoes. I prefer shoes, which enable the skin to breathe. So we are leather shoes funs in the family. My grandfather was the master at Bata, the founder of the world shoe empire during economic crisis in thirties. My father sometimes mention that all workers in his factory got leather shoes for winter before Christmas (each memeber of the family one pair), full-carriage of wood and medical care for free. My father got pneumonia, when all employees had to flee to mountains in winter 1944 to avoid Germans. Bata managed for him the first penicillin produced in Czechoslovakia under the name BF Mykoin 510. Important to say at the end, that penicillin was invented by Scottish biologist Fleming :))

lol...brilliant family history Katarina...even though no Scots in there! :D

Lol Karen ;o)

I like somehing called Derry boots, they are insulated wellies very dry and warm but comfy too, they last well I must have this pair for about 20 years

And Well Done Wiggy!,!

Hi Pam ...
bought your Derry boots when you were sweet sixteen ? ;o)
They are wearing well ... :o))

Ah if only....it was when I had the ponies and the dogs and spent a lot of time in muddy fields so they have had some wear, they've retired to the seaside now and sometimes go paddling with me

Lol. Well-earned Derry-wellie retirement ;o)

:0)))

Karen@maybe, I was caught by boot story. But at least one Scottish was there. It is taught in all books that Fleming was Scottish. Is this information wrong?

Kat ...
Sir Alexander Fleming, FRSE, FRS, FRCS(Eng)
(6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist.

Thank you TT. Did you hear, Karen? :))) I did not put Sir before, you know, it is not title we use, we call all scientists by their full names or surnames and we know that theere was just one Einstein and one Fleming. Both great, but the Scottish one was more practical for mankind :)

lol great pic of conker Terra :o))

Thanks Sandra ...
Conker, Truffle and Crocus are all enjoying the Olympics on TV :o)))

thats good, iv not seen much but catch up with the news each day on the medals etc :o)))

I guess Casper watches TV during the day, and tells you about the medallists ? ;o)

yes your right there Terra, he was excited at the two Golds today, wasnt keen on the badminton antics though haha

LOL LOL ... Casper could have done a better job than some of those badminton players at shoving the shuttlecock over the net. ;o)

haha i think your right, they made it so obvious, like kids not wanting to play ;o))

Well, well, another two Scots doing us proud yesterday..the lovely Michael Jamieson and Heather Stanning! :D I hope Katarina is watching! ;)

Well done to the Scottish members of our Olympic team :o)))

I bet Katarina is wishing she never asked now! I'll shut up about it, I promise! I had no idea that one of those rowers was a Scot tbh. and I'd never heard of Jamieson, but what a lovely lad he is...very proud of him.

Conker has been waving his Scottish and Shetland flags ... :o)

I bet he has too! lol ;)

;o)))

Whoo hooo! David Florence Tim Baillie Gold and Silver in the Canoeing...both Scots! :D

Well done to the GB paddlers :o)))

Missed this one at the time - just wanted to say I loved the featherweight millet lifting. Hope Crocus Budgie did well.

Hi Steragram ...
Thanks. Crocus Budgie did well in the feather weight category.
Won lots of medals ;o)

Hello TT,
Looking again at that picture came up a question.
What kind of flowers are those in the bush behind Conker?

great pic... well done Conker...

Thanks Holly...
.. we very much enjoyed the Olympics ...
and the Paralympics. :o)